NC-SEN: New poll shows Whatley within striking distance of Cooper as GOP support coalesces

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Gov. Roy Cooper leads Michael Whatley by four percentage points in a new poll from Public Policy Polling, which shows a race that remains competitive as voters begin to tune into the campaign.

While national attention has increasingly turned to high-profile Senate races in Maine and Texas, the newly released poll suggests that Whatley, the former RNC and NC GOP chairman, still has an opportunity to contest a race that forecasters say favors Cooper.

The PPP poll, released on Monday, surveyed 759 North Carolina voters earlier this month and found Cooper leading the race by 48% to 44%, with a margin of error of +/-3.6%. That’s a slight increase in support for Cooper from PPP’s March survey, which showed him leading by 47% to 44%.

Both surveys are relative outliers, as most polls this year have shown Cooper with a substantial lead over Whatley — often in the double digits, a rarity in North Carolina’s perennially razor-thin statewide elections.



https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/new-poll-shows-whatley-within-striking-distance-of-cooper-as-gop-support-coalesces/