Dems ready to gain another house seat? NC Dem already polling even in heavy GOP district.
Poll shows dead heat in NC 9th Congressional District
Jennifer Roberts running strong among key group of unaffiliated voters
A new poll of likely voters in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District shows the race as a dead heat between Jennifer Roberts and Robert Pittenger. The poll, commissioned by Lake Research Partners, surveyed 400 likely voters from September 9-11.
Jennifer Roberts’ strength among unaffiliated voters provides her with a clear path to victory in this district where registered Republicans make up 42% of likely voters and Democrats make up 30% of likely voters, with unaffiliated voters at 28%.
The poll of likely voters in Mecklenburg, Union and Iredell counties shows Jennifer Roberts with 37 percent support and Robert Pittenger with 38 percent, with 22 percent undecided and Libertarian Curtis Campbell with 3 percent.
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Major findings of the poll include:
Jennifer Roberts’ base of support is as strong and large as Pittenger’s, 30% of voters say they strongly support Pittenger and 31% say they strongly support Roberts.
Jennifer Roberts is particularly strong in Mecklenburg County, where she is leading Pittenger 42% to 33%.
Unaffiliated voters make up 28 percent of likely voters and favor Roberts by 12 percentage points, 41% to 29%.
Methodology: Lake Research Partners designed and administered this telephone survey, using professional interviewers, with 407 likely November voters in NC-09. The survey was conducted September 9-11, 2012. Telephone numbers for the sample were generated from a list of registered voters in North Carolina. The margin of error for the total sample is +/- 4.86 percentage points and greater for sub-groups.
We can take this one, too, especially since the Dem Convention helped put this area on the map!
http://votejenniferroberts.com/
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When she got into the race I kinda wondered. She is a serious dem candidate in a district that has been conservative for as long as I have lived here. But I guess she know what she was doing.
How much do the redrawn boundaries play into this? Did they syphon off too many conservative voters while they were gerrymadering the other districts and leave this one vulnerable? Serves them right if they did!
