John McCain is ahead of Barack Obama by five points.
According to a recent poll by the conservative Civitas Institute, McCain had 44 percent, while Obama had 39 percent. Eighteen percent were not sure.
In addition, McCain had a stronger Republican base, with 77 percent of members of his party saying they would support him, while Obama had just 58 percent of the Democratic base.
The poll did not include any questions about Hillary Clinton, who is still running for the Democratic nomination despite being behind in delegates.
"At this time, Senator Obama clearly has a problem with the base Democratic voter in North Carolina,” said Francis DeLuca, Civitas' executive director. "Obama is failing to recapture the Hillary voters to broaden his appeal."
The live survey of 800 likely voters was conducted May 14-17 by TelOpinion Research of Alexandria, Va. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
Respondents voted in the 2002, 2004 or 2006 general elections or registered since 2006.
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