From October 27, 2022 post
This week news outlets are reporting on the new Marist Poll that showed candidate for U.S. Senate Cheri Beasley is “tied at 44% among registered voters” with Congressman Ted Budd, in “one of the nation’s most competitive Senate contests in the midterm elections.”
Following the poll results, Spectrum News called the race a “toss-up.” ABC 13 said the North Carolina Senate race “could be the one that tilts the balance of power,” and emphasized it is “definitely a toss-up,” where “a flip from red to blue could happen.
Fox News also reported on the poll, calling the race a “dead heat” and noted that the poll shows that Cheri is leading Congressman Budd in favorability among independents in North Carolina, the “key purple battleground state” where one-third of voters are unaffiliated.
Read the highlights below:
Fox News: North Carolina Senate poll: Budd, Beasley neck and neck less than 2 weeks from Election Day
By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi
October 26, 2022
North Carolina’s Senate race is in a dead heat, with Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd tied at 44% of registered voters, according to a new Marist Poll.
Beasley and Budd boast identical favorability ratings of 38%, and independents are split 40% to 39% in favor of Beasley.
North Carolina is a key purple battleground state, and this year’s midterm election race is especially high stakes as the Senate remains deadlocked at 50-50. Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, currently has the deciding vote
The Marist Poll was conducted Oct. 17-20 with a sample size of 1,130 registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
Spectrum News: Polls still show Senate race a toss-up in N.C. less than two weeks from Election Day
By Charles Duncan
October 26, 2022
More than 650,000 people have already voted early, either by absentee ballot or in person.
The race at the top of the ballot, for North Carolina’s open seat in the United States Senate, is still considered a toss-up. Republican Rep. Ted Budd and Democrat Cheri Beasley, the former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, have been in a tight race for months with no clear front-runner.
Beasley and Budd are tied at 44% among registered voters in the latest Marist College poll released Wednesday. The number of undecided voters is still 10%
“This does seem like a case where the ‘jury is out,’” said Jay DeDapper, director of strategy and innovation at the Marist Poll. He said they would expect to see one of the candidates getting closed to 50% in their polling by this point in the campaign.
ABC 13: ‘Definitely a toss-up’ | Open NC Senate seat race features Beasley vs Budd
By Mike Gooding
October 26, 2022
With an evenly split U.S. Senate, every seat up for grabs in the November 8 midterm elections could be the one that tilts the balance of power.
North Carolina has one of the nation’s most competitive Senate contests in the midterm elections.
Virginia Wesleyan University Political Science Associate Professor Leslie Caughell said the race is close and a flip from red to blue could happen.
“I think it’s still a possibility,” she said. “The seat is definitely a toss-up.”
The race features Democrat Cheri Beasley, the former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd.
Beasley has accused Budd of being an election denier, who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential results.
During the debate, she said if she wins, she’ll fight for all North Carolinians.
“North Carolina deserves a senator who is going to represent all of us, who’s going to represent one North Carolina,” he said. “I’ve been so honored to serve North Carolinians for the last nearly 30 years as a public defender, judge and chief justice of the supreme court. My commitment to you is to serve you well.”
A Marist poll published Wednesday shows Beasley and Budd tied 44%-44% among registered voters in the state. But, among those definitely planning to vote, the poll shows Budd ahead, 49%-45%.
Beasley has been endorsed by former President Barack Obama. Budd has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
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