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Civitas Poll Examines Political Trends
Publisher's note: This post, by Brian Balfour, was originally published in the Poll Results, Press Releases section of Civitas's online edition.
RALEIGH A new poll by the Civitas Institute examined North Carolina voters' views of state and national leaders.
Among the key points, Gov. Pat McCrory holds a strong favorability rating, with 56 percent of voters holding a favorable view, and 25 percent holding an unfavorable view. Sen. Kay Hagan has a 41-31 favorable/unfavorable rating. That is a plurality of the voters polled, but her favorable rating is below 50 percent, which political observers say is a key marker of political strength. Also, 23 percent of those polled had not heard of her or had no opinion.
Also, 40 percent of those polled said U.S. House Republicans bear most of the blame for the sequester spending cuts; 34 percent said the president bears most of the blame.
The poll of 600 registered voters was taken March 19-21, and had a margin of error of plus-minus 4 percent.
Text of questions:
1. Now I am going to read you a list of people and organizations active in politics. After I read each name, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of that person or group. If you never heard of them, just tell me and we'll go on to the next one ... the (first/next) one is
2. Now, please tell me whether you approve or disapprove of ...
3. At the beginning of the month, the Sequester Spending Cuts went into effect. These are across the board federal government spending cuts that are automatically triggered if there is no budget compromise. Do you support or oppose the Sequester?
In your opinion, who do you feel bears most of the responsibility for the Sequester cuts...
In your opinion, will the Sequester spending cuts negatively impact you or your family?
Because of rounding, percentages may not equal totals.
Click here for crosstabs.
About the Poll:
This poll of 600 registered voters, of which 25% (150) were cell phone respondents, in North Carolina was conducted March 19-21, 2013 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ. All respondents were part of a fully representative sample of registered general election voters in North Carolina. For purposes of this study, voters interviewed had to have voted in at least one of the past two general elections (2010, 2012) or be newly registered to vote since November 3, 2012.
The confidence interval associated with a sample of this size is such that: 95 percent of the time, results from 600 interviews (registered voters) will be within +-4% of the "True Values."
For more information on Civitas polling, see http://www.nccivitas.org/category/poll/.
More information on the Civitas Institute is available at www.nccivitas.org, or contact Jim Tynen at (919) 834-2099.
CONTACT: Brian Balfour (919) 834-2099 Brian.Balfour@NCCivitas.org
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RALEIGH A new poll by the Civitas Institute examined North Carolina voters' views of state and national leaders.
Among the key points, Gov. Pat McCrory holds a strong favorability rating, with 56 percent of voters holding a favorable view, and 25 percent holding an unfavorable view. Sen. Kay Hagan has a 41-31 favorable/unfavorable rating. That is a plurality of the voters polled, but her favorable rating is below 50 percent, which political observers say is a key marker of political strength. Also, 23 percent of those polled had not heard of her or had no opinion.
Also, 40 percent of those polled said U.S. House Republicans bear most of the blame for the sequester spending cuts; 34 percent said the president bears most of the blame.
The poll of 600 registered voters was taken March 19-21, and had a margin of error of plus-minus 4 percent.
Text of questions:
1. Now I am going to read you a list of people and organizations active in politics. After I read each name, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of that person or group. If you never heard of them, just tell me and we'll go on to the next one ... the (first/next) one is
2. Now, please tell me whether you approve or disapprove of ...
3. At the beginning of the month, the Sequester Spending Cuts went into effect. These are across the board federal government spending cuts that are automatically triggered if there is no budget compromise. Do you support or oppose the Sequester?
In your opinion, who do you feel bears most of the responsibility for the Sequester cuts...
In your opinion, will the Sequester spending cuts negatively impact you or your family?
Because of rounding, percentages may not equal totals.
Click here for crosstabs.
About the Poll:
This poll of 600 registered voters, of which 25% (150) were cell phone respondents, in North Carolina was conducted March 19-21, 2013 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ. All respondents were part of a fully representative sample of registered general election voters in North Carolina. For purposes of this study, voters interviewed had to have voted in at least one of the past two general elections (2010, 2012) or be newly registered to vote since November 3, 2012.
The confidence interval associated with a sample of this size is such that: 95 percent of the time, results from 600 interviews (registered voters) will be within +-4% of the "True Values."
For more information on Civitas polling, see http://www.nccivitas.org/category/poll/.
More information on the Civitas Institute is available at www.nccivitas.org, or contact Jim Tynen at (919) 834-2099.
CONTACT: Brian Balfour (919) 834-2099 Brian.Balfour@NCCivitas.org
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