John McCain is still in the lead.
According to a recent poll by the conservative Civitas Institute, the Republican presidential candidate had 46 percent support, while Democrat Barack Obama had 40 percent and Libertarian Bob Barr had two percent.
Twelve percent were undecided.
That matches other recent polls, which have also shown McCain in the lead despite nearly $2 million in recent ad spending by Obama.
"While Obama and his campaign have talked about North Carolina being in play, the numbers do not seem to be indicating that is happening on the ground despite an unprecedented effort," said executive director Francis DeLuca.
The live poll of 600 registered voters was conducted Aug. 14-17 by TelOpinion Research of Alexandria, Va. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
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