President Trump
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Joe BidenTrump tweets ‘we all miss’ Ailes after hitting Fox senior campaign officer reassigned in a staff shakeup Poll: Biden, Trump faced off in a melee battle for North Carolina MORE They run side by side in North Carolina, with the former vice president with a 1-point marginal lead in one of the election’s most crucial battleground states, according to a new survey from the University of East Carolina (ECU).
The poll shows that Biden got 45 percent of the vote compared to 44 percent for Trump. That’s within the poll’s 3.4 percentage point margin of error.
But in a sign that the president’s support is trending down amid several national crises, his approval rating fell to 44 percent in North Carolina, compared to 48 percent in a previous ECU poll conducted in May. His disapproval also increased 4 points from last month, marking up to 51 percent from 47 percent.
North Carolina is a key electoral target for both parties this year. Not only is it expected to play a critical role in deciding the presidential race, but it is also the site of disputed senatorial and governor elections.
In the Senate race, the senator. Thom Tillis
Thomas (Thom) Roland TillisPoll: Biden, Trump faced a hand-to-hand battle for Republican Senator from North Carolina: Russia should be labeled a state sponsor of terrorism if intelligence is accurate Trump faces bipartisan calls for answers on offered rewards for Russia MORE (RN.C.) and his Democratic rival, Cal Cunningham, are in a tie, with each candidate garnering 41 percent support in the ECU poll. That contest is one of five in which Democrats target Republican incumbents they consider particularly vulnerable.
That tie has practically not changed since the May ECU poll, which showed Tillis leading Cunningham from 41 to 40 percent.
Meanwhile, in North Carolina’s governor’s career, current Governor Roy Cooper (D) has a double-digit lead over his Republican opponent, Lt. Governor Dan Forest. The poll shows Cooper notching 49 percent of the vote to Forest’s 38 percent. Still, that is below a 15-point lead for Cooper in the May poll.
The ECU poll surveyed 1,149 registered voters from North Carolina from June 22 to 25.
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