U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has a 10-point lead.
In a recent survey for the conservative Civitas Institute, Dole had 48 percent, while state Sen. Kay Hagan had 38 percent. Libertarian candidate Chris Cole had one percent and 13 percent were undecided.
"Senator Dole has been able to open up a significant lead over her challenger due to the effective advertising campaign she has run over the past month," said executive director Francis DeLuca. "Since last month, Senator Hagan concluded her advertising in conjunction with the end of her primary race, while Senator Dole has just begun to reintroduce herself to voters."
In last month's poll for the group, Dole led Hagan by just two points. Other recent polls have shown Dole opening a wider lead against Hagan since advertising on television.
The live-operator poll of 600 likely general election voters was conducted June 11-13 by TelOpinion Research of Alexandria, Va. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.




Bias poll
This so-called "poll" is without merit. The "institute" is just another arm of the republican party spreading their propaganda. It must not be believed. Any poll with a margin of error over 3 percentage points is not valid. You learn that in any first year Political Science class.