North Carolina isn't the sleeper Senate race of 2016 anymore—it's now common knowledge that Democrat Deborah Ross could very well oust Sen. Richard Burr. A just released Monmouth poll:
GOP incumbent Richard Burr holds an insignificant 45% to 43% lead over former Democratic state legislator Deborah Ross. Another 4% say they will vote for Libertarian Sean Haugh and 8% are undecided. Burr has the support of 94% of Republicans while Ross has the backing of 89% of Democrats. Independents prefer Burr by 46% to 31%.
Burr earns a largely positive job rating from North Carolina voters—46% approve and 30% disapprove, with about 1-in-4 (24%) having no opinion of his performance. Fewer voters have a personal opinion of their two-term senator, with 32% holding a favorable view and 21% having an unfavorable view of him personally, while 47% have no opinion. Far fewer voters feel they know Ross, who earns a 23% favorable and 6% unfavorable personal rating, with 71% who have formed no opinion of her.
That's a lot of voters who don't know enough about their sitting senator—who's been there for 20 years!—to have an opinion about him. It gives Ross a wide-open opportunity to convince voters to make a change. Ross has been steadily sneaking up on Burr in the polls for over a month now, leading pretty much all the prognosticators to put North Carolina in the "tossup" column.
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