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Easley could beat Dole in U.S. Senate match-up. North Carolinians do not support troop “surge”

| Tom Jensen

Header-poll-resultsTopline results are below. Full results, including crosstabs, can be found here.

Q1 Do you support or oppose President Bush’s
plan to send 22,000 additional troops to Iraq?
If you support the President’s plan, press 1 on
your keypad now. If you oppose the plan,
press 2. If you don’t know or have no opinion,
press 3.
Support ………………. 40%
Oppose ………………. 57%
Don’t know………….. 3%

Q2 In your opinion, should the United States
withdraw troops from Iraq right away, within the
year, or should troops stay in Iraq as long as it
takes to win the war? If troops should be
withdrawn right away, press 1. If within a year,
press 2. If troops should stay as long as it
takes, press 3. If you don’t know or have no
opinion, press 4.
Withdraw
immediately………….37%
Withdraw within a
year…………………….30%
Stay as long as it
takes …………………..30%
Don’t know………….. 2%

Q3 Do you approve or disapprove of the way
Senator Elizabeth Dole is handling her job as
Senator? If you approve, press 1. If you
disapprove, press 2. If you are undecided,
press 3.
Approve ……………… 36%
Disapprove………….. 36%
Undecided…………… 28%

Q4 Do you approve or disapprove of the way
Senator Richard Burr is handling his job as
Senator? If you approve, press 1. If you
disapprove, press 2. If you are undecided,
press 3.
Approve ……………… 32%
Disapprove………….. 34%
Undecided…………… 34%

Q5 Do you approve or disapprove of the way
Governor Mike Easley is handling his job as
Governor? If you approve, press 1. If you
disapprove, press 2. If you are undecided,
press 3.
Approve…………….. 50%
Disapprove………… 33%
Undecided…………. 18%

Q6 In 2008 Elizabeth Dole will be running for a
second term as U.S. Senator. As of yet, no
Democrat has announced they will run against
her. If Governor Mike Easley were to
challenge her, who would you vote for? If for
Elizabeth Dole, press 1. If for Mike Easley,
press 2. If you don’t know, press 3.
Dole………………….. 41%
Easley ………………. 44%
Undecided…………. 15%

Q7 If you are a woman, press 1, if a man, press 2.
Women ………………. 54% Men……………………. 46%

Q8 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If Republican,
press 2. If other, press 3.
Democrat ……………. 40%
Republican………….. 36%
Other………………….. 24%

Q9 If you are white, press 1. If African-American,
press 2. If Hispanic, press 3. If other, press
White …………………. 74%
Black………………….. 18%
Other………………….. 7%

Q10 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If you
are 30 to 45, press 2. If 46 to 60, press 3. If
older than 60, press 4.
18-29………………….. 15%
30-45………………….. 22%
46-60………………….. 29%
Older than 60………. 34%

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