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Parents > United States > North Carolina > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 05:30pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedThe Sunset Provision December 09, 2008 12:59am
Data Sources[Link]

Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameGeorge W. Bush Votes1,961,166 (56.02%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin435,317 (+12.43%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/2012
NameMitt Romney Votes2,270,395 (50.39%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin92,004 (+2.04%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 06, 2008 NC US President - R Primary
John McCain
R 517,583
May 06, 2008 NC US President - D Primary
Barack Obama
D 1,580,726
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/27/2005 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
John McCain 20 7 9 1
Barack Obama 33 2 ----
Leaning Call: John McCain (63.73%)
Weighted Call: John McCain (53.67%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

06/26/2007 11/02/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John McCain Committee Member Bob Barr (W) Write-In (W) Ralph Nader (W) Rep. Cynthia McKinney (W) Brian P. Moore
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Independent Independent Independent Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 2,142,651 (49.71%) 2,128,474 (49.38%) 25,722 (0.60%) 12,036 (0.28%) 1,454 (0.03%) 158 (0.00%) 38 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -14,177 (-0.33%) -2,116,929 (-49.11%) -2,130,615 (-49.43%) -2,141,197 (-49.67%) -2,142,493 (-49.70%) -2,142,613 (-49.71%)
Predict Avg.47.00% 51.20% 1.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2008 03/04/2008 00/00/2008 -- 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008
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MATCHUP POLLS (80 from 19 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg47.70%-- 46.54%-- 1.53%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Rasmussen Reports 
11/02/08-11/02/08		 49.00% 1.0 50.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/30/08-11/02/08		 48.00% 1.0 49.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/31/08-11/02/08		 50.00% 1.0 49.00% 1.0 0.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/30/08-11/01/08		 47.70% 2.0 49.30% 2.9 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 51.00% -- 47.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/28/08-10/30/08		 47.00% 1.0 45.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/29/08-10/29/08		 50.00% 2.0 48.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/28/08-10/29/08		 46.00% -- 47.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
10/27/08-10/29/08		 47.00% 1.0 46.00% 1.0 3.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN) 
10/23/08-10/28/08		 52.00% 1.0 46.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Financial Dynamics 
10/23/08-10/27/08		 47.00% -- 43.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/25/08-10/26/08		 49.00% 2.0 48.00% 4.0 1.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/26/08-10/26/08		 48.00% -- 49.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/23/08-10/26/08		 49.70% -- 46.40% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
GfK 
10/22/08-10/26/08		 48.00% -- 46.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/25/08-10/25/08		 47.00% -- 47.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/23/08-10/23/08		 48.00% 3.0 50.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Marshall Marketing 
10/20/08-10/21/08		 48.40% 2.4 46.40% 1.4 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN) 
10/19/08-10/21/08		 51.00% 2.0 47.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/18/08-10/20/08		 47.00% 1.0 47.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
10/18/08-10/20/08		 48.00% -- 45.00% 2.0 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/19/08-10/19/08		 51.00% 3.0 48.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Winthrop University 
09/28/08-10/19/08		 44.60% -- 44.20% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/18/08-10/19/08		 51.00% 2.0 44.00% 2.0 2.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/14/08-10/15/08		 46.00% 8.0 44.00% 11.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Insider Advantage 
10/13/08-10/13/08		 48.00% 5.2 46.00% 1.5 0.00% 5.2 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/11/08-10/12/08		 49.00% 1.0 46.00% 2.0 1.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/12/08-10/12/08		 48.00% 1.0 48.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby Interactive 
10/09/08-10/09/08		 49.50% 2.5 46.10% 7.1 0.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/08/08-10/08/08		 49.00% 1.0 48.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
10/06/08-10/08/08		 48.00% 3.0 43.00% 2.0 0.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Marshall Marketing 
10/06/08-10/07/08		 46.00% -- 47.80% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/05/08-10/06/08		 46.00% 8.0 49.00% 9.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN) 
10/03/08-10/06/08		 49.00% 4.0 49.00% 3.0 0.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/04/08-10/05/08		 50.00% 3.0 44.00% 1.0 2.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/30/08-09/30/08		 50.00% 1.0 47.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
09/28/08-09/29/08		 47.00% 1.0 45.00% 1.0 3.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
09/27/08-09/29/08		 46.00% 5.0 49.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/23/08-09/23/08		 49.00% 2.0 47.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
09/17/08-09/20/08		 45.00% 6.0 45.00% 1.0 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
09/17/08-09/19/08		 46.00% 2.0 46.00% 2.0 5.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/18/08-09/18/08		 47.00% 3.0 50.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Elon University 
09/15/08-09/18/08		 35.00% -- 41.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN) 
09/14/08-09/16/08		 45.00% -- 46.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
09/13/08-09/16/08		 41.00% -- 52.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
09/06/08-09/10/08		 44.00% 4.0 47.00% 1.0 0.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
09/08/08-09/10/08		 38.00% 5.0 55.00% 8.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
09/09/08-09/09/08		 44.00% 2.0 48.00% 3.0 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
09/06/08-09/08/08		 38.00% 7.0 58.00% 9.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) 
09/05/08-09/07/08		 46.00% -- 49.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D) 
08/20/08-08/26/08		 44.00% -- 47.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
08/20/08-08/23/08		 42.00% 2.0 45.00% 2.0 4.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Insider Advantage 
08/19/08-08/19/08		 42.80% -- 44.50% -- 5.20% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby Interactive 
08/15/08-08/19/08		 47.00% -- 39.00% 1.0 3.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
08/14/08-08/17/08		 40.00% -- 46.00% 3.0 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
08/13/08-08/13/08		 44.00% 1.0 50.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
08/09/08-08/11/08		 45.00% -- 49.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
07/28/08-07/30/08		 43.00% 2.0 47.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
07/23/08-07/27/08		 44.00% 3.0 47.00% 2.0 3.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
07/14/08-07/16/08		 40.00% 1.0 43.00% 2.0 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
07/15/08-07/15/08		 45.00% 2.0 48.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
07/12/08-07/14/08		 45.00% 2.0 50.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby Interactive 
06/11/08-06/30/08		 47.00% -- 38.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
06/26/08-06/29/08		 41.00% 1.0 45.00% 2.0 5.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Civitas Institute (R) 
06/11/08-06/13/08		 41.00% -- 45.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
06/10/08-06/10/08		 43.00% 2.0 45.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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