RALEIGH, NC (AP) –
North Carolina voters identified the economy as a top issue as they left the polls Tuesday, and most agreed that the U.S. Senate campaign featured nasty attacks by both sides.
The survey of 2,526 North Carolina voters was conducted for AP and the television networks by Edison Research. This includes preliminary results from interviews conducted as voters left a random sample of 35 precincts statewide Tuesday, as well as 660 who voted early or absentee and were interviewed by landline or cellular telephone from Oct. 24 through Nov. 2. Results for the full sample were subject to sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points; it is higher for subgroups.
Below are highlights from the exit-poll interviews.
HAGAN’S STRENGTHS: Hagan did well among women, black voters and voters who identified themselves as liberal or moderate. She also did better than Tillis in cities of over 50,000 people, but her urban advantage was slightly less pronounced than it was in 2008 when she beat then-Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
TILLIS’S STRENGTHS: Veterans, white voters, religious voters and married voters with children were among the groups who favored Tillis. He also did better than Hagan among voters who were deeply worried about the nation’s economy.
VIEW ON OBAMA AND CONGRESS: More than half of voters said they disapproved of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job, while nearly two-thirds expressed dissatisfaction or anger with Republican leaders in Congress. A majority of voters expressed unfavorable opinions of each party.
About half of voters said they thought Hagan agreed with Obama on the issues too often, while about 4 in 10 said Tillis’s positions on the issues were too conservative.
TOP ISSUES: About four in 10 voters said the economy was their top issue, followed by about a third of voters identifying health care as the most important. Illegal immigration and foreign policy were each identified as a top issue by about one in 10 voters.
ECONOMY: In a separate question, about three-fourths of all voters said they were at least somewhat worried about the direction of the economy in the coming year.
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: About half of voters said they think Obama’s signature health law went too far, while a quarter thought it should have gone farther. About one in five said they think it was about right.
FEELINGS ON THE SENATE CAMPAIGN: Perceptions of a nasty campaign were widespread in North Carolina, with seven in 10 saying each candidate attacked the other unfairly.
About half of those who voted say they weren’t contacted by either campaign about coming out to vote, 4 in 10 said they were contacted by either Hagan or Tillis, including one-quarter who said they’d been reached by both the Democrat and the Republican.
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RALEIGH, NC (AP) -
North Carolina voters identified the economy as a top issue as they left the polls Tuesday, and most agreed that the U.S. Senate campaign featured nasty attacks by both sides.The survey of 2,526 North Carolina voters was conducted for AP and the television networks...
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