SurveyUSA recently released a poll for the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina. See the details here. The poll shows Republican incumbent Richard Burr at 50%, Democratic nominee Elaine Marshall at 40%, and Libertarian nominee Michael Beitler at 6%, with 5% undecided.
The poll also shows that 4% of Republicans support Beitler, 3% of Democrats support him, and 12% of independent voters support him. The poll also breaks down the respondents by age and sex. Voters least likely to support Beitler are those over age 65.
Past North Carolina Libertarian vote percentages for U.S. Senate have been: 1980 .42%, 1984 .42%, 1992 3.33%, 1996 .99%, 1998 1.84%, 2002 1.45%, 2004 1.38%, 2008 3.12%. Thanks to Political Wire for the link to the poll.
Polls can often start a little high but the trick is keeping people interested in the campaign.
1 – Could be difficult for a campaign when the platform pretty much states that the candidate is applying for a job they have no interest in doing.
The splits in voter attraction to the LP candidate are similiar to what we see in Central Ohio. It appears we are drawing in non-voters and more independents. Of course the question is who the independent voter would generally lean. In many counties in Ohio, there are more registered independents than there are D’s or R’s. Independent voter block is growing and many are “looking for a home”.
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