Tom Jensen says Beverly Perdue is blowing off Charlotte.
The Democratic pollster writes on his blog that the Democratic gubernatorial candidate appears to have made a calculated decision to abandon the Queen City in order to rack up more votes elsewhere in the state.
About two weeks ago it seems Perdue's campaign became heavily focused on the east. First she started running effective ads on Yankee trash, an issue that hits home much harder east of I-95 than it does anywhere else. Her newest set of ads attack McCrory for a Charlotte first mentality: if there was no inherent anti-Charlotte bias with voters outside the state of Mecklenburg, it seems, the Perdue campaign is trying to create one.
Jensen says that Perdue has increased her lead in its polls by about 10 percentage points in Eastern North Carolina since she went with the Charlotte strategy.
"Forsaking a point in Charlotte to pick up three in the east? Could make the difference in a close race," he writes.
Related: Jack Betts is reminded of a famous headline: "Ford to city: Drop dead."




Re: Another Perdue exageration
First, this is no exaggeration...it was said, and nothing you can say will change that. You continue to refer to his winning 7 times, but even the Charlotte Observer just said he had very weak opposition each time. Don't drink the hateade just b/c Perdue is so much more qualified. Unless you are on the city council, I don't think you are qualified to tell me what all of them think...how do you know I or a relative is not a member? Just accept the fact that McCrory would probably lose the mayoral race if he ran again today. While I wish you would keep him in Charlotte, I can't wish that onus on Raleigh.
PS Did you and McCrory take the same spelling class at Ragsdale? I just received a letter written on Sarah Palin's letterhead on "Wendnesday Morning"..I suppose she was in that same class