New Poll: Bush Holds Strong Lead in N.C

[MattNC]

http://www.wral.com/news/3863358/detail.html

[deadparrot]

1. 7 points?

Wasn't there a poll that had Kerry up +7 in MN, and they called it a "slight lead"?

Considering Gore lost it by 13 in 2000, I see this as making a decent gain.

[snowbear]

2. Gross...

And NC is such a nice state..

[fujiyama]

3. I'm not surprised

Still, even if he wins the state by 9, that's a smaller margin than '00. The state is a longshot.

I hope Bowles can still keep the seat in Dem hands.

[fryguy]

4. who really thought edwards would have really been able to pull NC from red

he's a campaigner and might win over loads of people, but i don't think he could have been expected to break the gun lovin, rah-rah good ole'boy support for chimpy

[NDFan]

5. Ha!

Kerry's 7-point lead in MN is "slight," Bush's 7-point lead in NC is "strong."

[Thrill]

6. I live in NC

It will be closer than that. This will be too close to call on election night. Remember this is a Mason Dixon Repuke poll. If he wins NC, it will be by 2-4 points

[kimpossible]

7. Don't believe it - we're bringing NC into the light!

There's already a huge democratic turnout in early voting. NC is a sleeper swing state. We're turning it blue.

[Zuni]

9. NC might be a lot closer than these polls would have you think

the Dem base is ready to vote, the polls oversample Republicans and ignore young voters and cell phone users.

This might be neck and neck.
I think 7 points might be the margin of error for Kerry---considering that pollsters undersample his supporters.

[progressivebydesign]

8. Uh oh! ANOTHER Mason-Dixon poll!

Totally skewed to the republicans.. I remember that from the last election, too.

[Joe Turner]

10. After all the job losses in NC under Shrub's free trade cronyism

I'd think that the folks in NC would be mad as hell and ready to Fire Shrub in overwhelming numbers come next Tuesday.