Biden leads President Trump by 7 points in the key swing state of North Carolina, new NBC News/Marist poll says.
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 points in the key swing state of North Carolina, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll, with voters also favoring Democratic Senate and gubernatorial candidates and saying by 2 to 1 that the state was right to balk at the Trump administration'sAmong registered voters, Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, got the support of 51 percent, compared with 44 percent who backed Trump.
Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham leads GOP Sen. Thom Tillis by 9 points, with the backing of 50 percent of voters, compared to Tillis' 41 percent. And Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who spent much of the spring in a dispute with the Trump administration over its efforts to hold the in-person Republican National Convention in Charlotte despite the pandemic, easily led his Republican challenger, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, 58 percent to 38 percent.
Cooper, who recently paused the state's reopening plan and issued a statewide mask mandate in response to the rising number of coronavirus cases, had a positive approval rating from 59 percent of voters, compared with 35 percent who disapproved.Meanwhile, Trump's job approval rating among North Carolina voters stood at just 41 percent, with a majority — 55 percent — disapproving. That's a net drop of 11 points since March, when 45 percent approved and 48 percent disapproved.
And just 32 percent of North Carolina voters say state leaders were wrong to insist on safety protocols for the convention. Republican officials ultimately dismissed the protocols as too strict and moved the president's nomination speech to Jacksonville, Florida. Six in 10 agreed that"the state was right to prioritize its health protocols for large gatherings over the objections of the president.
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