Civitas poll shows McCrory lead

Gov. Pat McCrory leads Attorney General Roy Cooper in a new Civitas Poll on the governor’s race.

The conservative Civitas Institute asked respondents who they would vote for if the election was held today.

Forty-three percent said they would vote for McCrory and 38 percent for Cooper; 17 percent were undecided or leaning toward one of the candidates.

Previous polls have suggested that Cooper is not as well-known across the state as the incumbent governor.

The poll was taken of 600 registered voters, 30 percent on cell phones, between June 23 and 25, and has a margin of error of 4 percent.

The survey also noted that former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s announcement last week that she would not seek U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s seat came amid poor polling numbers: Burr led Hagan 46 to 38 percent, at about the same time the news media reported Hagan’s decision not to run.

This story was originally published July 1, 2015 at 11:31 AM.