Mar 25 2008
McCain Easily Beats Dems In North Carolina
Raleigh, N.C. — If the presidential election were held this week, Sen. John McCain would easily carry North Carolina, according to a poll released Monday.Rasmussen Reports surveyed 500 likely North Carolina voters last Thursday and found McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, holds commanding leads over the two Democratic candidates. The poll has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
McCain leads Sen. Hillary Clinton 50 to 34 percent, and he leads Sen. Barack Obama 51 to 42 percent, according to the poll.
There is nothing earth shattering about this news. North Carolina hasn’t voted for a Democratic President since 1976. I am surprised that Obama is trailing McCain as much as he is, though. I would think with the new voters that Obama will potentially bring to the table it would be closer between he and McCain. Polls this early out really don’t amount to a hill of beans anyway. A week in politics is like a lifetime. So much can change by November.
