Perdue 43, McCrory 42

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on May 23, 2008 - 12:10pm.
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The gubernatorial race is a dead heat in a new survey.

Democratic nominee Beverly Perdue leads Republican rival Pat McCrory by a 43 percent to 42 percent margin, with 15 percent undecided, according to a new state-wide poll conducted for the conservative Civitas Institute, Rob Christensen reports.

"The race for governor is a toss-up at this point," said Francis DeLuca, the group's executive director. "Both candidates begin the general election on equal footing. It will be a race to see who is the first to break away or gain some sort of leg up."

McCrory's strength is in the Charlotte area, where he has served as mayor. Perdue, the lieutenant governor, runs well in the Triangle and in the northeastern part of the state.

The live survey of 800 registered voters was conducted May 14-17 by TelOpinion Research of Alexandria, Virginia. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percent.

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Re: Perdue 43, McCrory 42

Submitted by breining24 on May 25, 2008 - 7:45am.

Perdue will be 4 more years of the same lousy Easley agenda. Roads where we don't need them, poor education, high taxes, absolutely no vision for the future and lots and lots of excuses.

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