President Barack Obama’s popularity is slipping in North Carolina as the unemployment numbers continue to climb.
Obama’s approval rating is at 50 percent, down from a high of 54 percent in April, according to a new statewide survey by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning firm in Raleigh, reports Rob Christensen.
Although Obama's approval numbers are in decline, they are still higher than North Carolina’s two senators or governor, as well as those of former President George W. Bush.
Obama has the highest support in urban areas such as the Triangle, Charlotte, and in the northeastern part of the state. He is very popular among African-Americans.
His weakest support is in the mountains.
Obama surprised many people by carrying North Carolina -- a traditionally Republican-leaning state in presidential contests -- by a narrow margin in November.
The survey of 784 registered voters was taken June 12-14 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.




Re: Poll: Obama slips slightly in NC
MLK4662---it's interesting that everyone else but you talks about taxes, deficits, spending---yet you are the one injecting race into the discussion.Is that because if you don't have facts to state, you have to raise an emotional issue to try to justify your position?