NC-Sen: Cooper Leads Burr in New Poll

[ccharles000]

Civitas (3/16-19, registered voters):

Roy Cooper (D): 41
Richard Burr (R-inc): 38
Undecided: 21
(MoE: ±4.0%)
Roy Cooper, the Attorney General of North Carolina, continues to post the best numbers of any prospective Democrat against GOP wallflower Richard Burr. A Research 2000 poll for Daily Kos in January showed Burr edging Cooper by a 45-43 margin, while PPP had Cooper leading by a 39-34 spread in December. Burr has to be nervous about a head-to-head race against the state's top lawman.

Both Burr and Cooper will have an opportunity to acquaint a broad swath of voters with themselves; Burr holds a 44-12 favorability rating, but 31% have "no opinion" of the Senator, and another 19% have never heard of him. Lacking a well-defined image after four years in office while holding a notoriously volatile seat seems to be Burr's biggest weakness at this point. Cooper, meanwhile, is not exactly a household name either -- he sports a 32-4 favorability rating with 27% having no opinion of him and complete unfamiliarity with another 37%.

Still, Democrats have to be pretty excited about these nums. We just have to hope that Cooper can be persuaded to take the plunge.

http://www.swingstateproject.com

:woohoo:

[ShadowLiberal]

1. Great, lets hope the results on election day are close to that

It would be awesome if Cooper could keep the curse of that NC senate seat Burr holds going by unseating Burr.

[PBS Poll-435]

2. You gonna help with the ground game there?

Burr is in my top 5 of awful, obstructionist Republicans.

[struggle4progress]

3. We can take Burr down. All that will be required is a candidate who

can clearly distinguish him/herself from Burr and some hard work

[angee_is_mad]

4. Still hoping for Richard Moore

I voted for him during the primaries and he would be a nice balance for Hagan.

[Thrill]

5. Nonsense. I find it very hard to believe he is running that close to Cooper

[Pool Hall Ace]

6. I'm considering moving back to Maryland but maybe I'll stay in NC

to help unseat this douchnozzle.

[burning rain]

7. Been a volatile state for US Senate races for many years...

the dead and unlamented Jesse Helms is the only recent winner of back-to-back terms in NC.

[mwooldri]

8. I know he'd be a bit too conservative but former gov Mike Easley?

IMO he didn't do that bad a job as governor and he'd have name recognition right away.

To some, Richard Burr is still a congresscritter (and to me one that didn't really want to help me).

[HillWilliam]

10. Sadly, Easley already said flat-no.

That would have been lovely and Easley would handily have dusted that Bush-loving Burr. Still, Cooper isn't a bad choice at all when contrasted with a Federalist, neoKKKon-agenda-rubberstamping Burr. I'd love to see a true Progressive, but our best and brightest of late (Larry Kissel) just made it to the House.

I think I'll head back to BlueNC.com and see what the in-the-know folks have to say. They keep their ear to the ground over there and are pretty accurate. Off Topic Reminder: Blue NC Blogger Bash is May 2nd in Chapel Hill. Check BlueNC.com for details.

[fujiyama]

9. Looks like it will be a close race

I hope it can be mobilized like it was in November. That was an awfully sweet victory - both kicking out Dole and Obama winning it...