HIGH POINT, N.C. — A national poll conducted by High Point University indicates slightly more registered voters would choose to re-elect President Barack Obama as opposed to voting for Republican candidate Mitt Romney if the election were held today.
However, an HPU spokesperson says an additional sample of registered North Carolina voters “narrowly favored” the former Massachusetts governor over Obama.
According to the national poll’s results, 46 percent of participants said they would vote for Obama while 43 percent said they would choose Romney.
In a “special oversample” of N.C. voters, the poll indicated 46 percent would vote to elect Romney while 45 percent would vote for Obama.
“These results show why North Carolina continues to receive considerable attention from both sets of candidates,” the poll’s director, Dr. Martin Kifer, said in a statement.
Previous HPU polls: Aug. 27 — Obama, Romney deadlocked in North Carolina || Sept. 3 — Romney has slight edge with NC voters || Sept. 20 — Obama regains edge with NC voters
The survey was fielded from Oct. 22 to Oct. 30 by the Telephone Centre, Inc. of Greensboro.
The responses for the national sample came from 805 registered voters with landline or cellular telephones. The N.C. portion of the survey comprises an oversample of 403 registered voters. In total, the Telephone Centre conducted 1,208 interviews.
All respondents are contacted through phone numbers attached to state Board of Elections registration data.
Presidential race – registered voters (who have and who have not yet voted):
Combined responses of these two questions for people who have voted early and those who have not yet voted: If the November 6th election for President of the United States were being held today would you be voting for the Democrat Barack Obama or the Republican Mitt Romney? And, if you already voted for president, for whom did you vote: Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney?
In the United States (50 states):
- Democrat Barack Obama – 46 percent
- Republican Mitt Romney – 43 percent
- (Other) – 1 percent
- (Don’t plan to vote) – 1 percent
- (Don’t know/Refuse) – 10 percent
(For registered voters, n = 805, margin of sampling error is approximately 3.45 percent, percentages may not total 100 due to rounding)
In the North Carolina oversample:
- Democrat Barack Obama – 45 percent
- Republican Mitt Romney – 46 percent
- (Don’t plan to vote) – 1 percent
- (Don’t know/Refuse) – 8 percent
(n = 403, margin of sampling error is approximately 5 percent, percentages may not total 100 due to rounding)
Further results and methodological details from the survey can be found at HPU’s Survey Research Center website.