Look out, Sen. Richard Burr. Democrat Deborah Ross is nipping at your heels. From Public Policy Polling:
We continue to find him with just a narrow lead over Deborah Ross for reelection—40/37, with Libertarian Sean Haugh at 5%. The overall state of the race remains steady—Burr is unpopular, with only 30% of voters approving of the job he's doing to 40% who disapprove. That makes voters open to a change. But Ross is currently unknown with 62% of voters having no opinion about her one way or another. They're open to the possibility of replacing Burr but don't know enough about Ross yet to decide if they think she would be an upgrade.
“Richard Burr’s the most vulnerable Republican Senator that no one’s talking about,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “His numbers aren’t any better than those of folks like Pat Toomey and Rob Portman who are widely accepted to be facing tough reelections.”
That puts Ross within the 3.2 percent margin of error in this poll. Helping Ross, PPP says, are a couple of things: Strong support for gun measures in the state, as well as opposition to the Republicans' Supreme Court blockade. According to this poll, 85 percent of voters support background checks on all gun purchases, and 81 percent support closing the terror gap. "It's very rare," the polling memo says, "to see such strong bipartisan support on any contentious issue." What's more, "North Carolinians also support an assault weapons ban, 52/34."
Fifty-six percent think there should be hearings on Merrick Garland's nomination, and 19 percent say they're less likely to vote for a candidate who's opposed to having hearings. Oh, and one other thing—73 percent of the voters want the minimum wage increased to at least $10 an hour. Richard Burr, needless to say, is on the wrong side of his constituency on these pretty darned key issues.
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