Another Good Poll for Democrats in North Carolina

I don’t know much about the quality of Emerson College polling, but they’ve released a poll that should have Democrats in North Carolina happy. It shows most Democrats beating Trump, including Biden defeating the president by double digits. It shows a Democrat Erica Smith soundly beating a Republican Thom Tillis for US Senate. And it shows Roy Cooper coasting to re-election.

In the presidential contest, the poll shows Joe Biden with a healthy lead in the Democratic primary. He’s at 39%, Sanders is at 22% and Warren is at 15%. Everyone else is in single digits.

Trump’s approval rating in the state is at an abysmal 41% with 52% disapproving. In head-to-head contests, Biden beats him by twelve points, Sanders tops him by eight, Buttigeig by four and Warren battles him to a draw. The rest of the field is essentially unknown and those are the only people Trump is beating. That’s bad news for every Republican down the ballot.

In the Senate race, Erica Smith, who is surely virtually unknown, defeats Tillis by seven points. That’s a reflection of the state’s view its junior senator and possibly its view of the body as a whole. I suspect numbers like these will entice more people into the Democratic primary.

Read more: https://www.politicsnc.com/another-good-poll-for-democrats-in-nc/