Just 27 percent of North Carolina’s likely voters approve of Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling out today.
Another 26 percent disapprove of his work, Barb Barrett reports.
Nearly half the respondents, 46 percent, said they were ambivalent about Burr, of Winston-Salem ,saying they "aren’t sure" their opinion of the first-term senator.
Public Policy Polling president Dean Debnam said this indicates Burr could be vulnerable in his re-election race in two years.
"Incumbency is a powerful force, but much less so when an elected official is not all that well known," Debnam said in a statement. "The high level of ambiguity toward Burr shows that in his first term he has not done much to enter into the public consciousness. That makes him a lot more vulnerable to a challenge in two years than a sitting office holder would normally otherwise be."
According to the survey, 13 percent of Democrats and 23 percent of Independents approved of Burr. His approval rating among Republicans was 48 percent.
Burr spokesman Chris Walker found the silver lining in the survey.
"A 26 percent disapproval rating is pretty good," Walker said. "This just goes to show we need to do more to show the good things we’re doing in Congress."
The polling firm surveyed 507 likely voters June 16-17. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.
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