North Carolina State Polls

Below is a selection of public opinion polls showing presidential preference in the state of North Carolina; we have highlighted survey findings on gender.

The gender gap is the difference in the percentages of women and men who support a given candidate — the gap between the genders, not within a gender. Even if women and men favor the same candidate, they may do so by different margins, resulting in a gender gap.

* We calculate the gender gap for each poll based on the votes of women and men who support the candidate leading in that poll.

State	Poll	Date in Field	Release Date	Overall Results	Gender Gap*	Women for McCain	Men for McCain	Women for Obama	Men for Obama	Undecided Women	Undecided Men
NC	Rasmussen	10/23	10/24	McCain 50%; Obama 48%	16 pts.	43%	59%	55%	39%	2%	0%
NC	SurveyUSA	10/18-10/20	10/21	McCain 47%; Obama 47%	4 pts.; 3 pts.	45%	49%	49%	46%	3%	3%
NC	Fox/Rasmussen	10/19	10/20	Obama 51%; McCain 48%	3 pts.	46%	50%	52%	49%	1%	1%
NC	Fox/Rasmussen	10/12	10/13	McCain 48% Obama 48%;	10 pts. 8 pts.	44%	54%	51%	43%	3%	3%
NC	Rasmussen	10/8	10/9	Obama 49%; McCain 48%	4 pts.	46%	49%	51%	47%	2%	2%
NC	Civitas/Tel Opinion Research	10/6-10/8	10/9	Obama 48%; McCain 43%	4 pts.	42%	44%	50%	46%	7%	7%
NC	SurveyUSA	10/5-10/6	10/7	McCain 49%; Obama 46%	5 pts.	46%	51%	48%	44%	2%	3%
NC	Rasmussen	9/30	10/2	Obama 50%; McCain 47%	10 pts.	42%	54%	54%	44%	2%	1%
NC	ARG	9/27-9/29	9/30	McCain 49%; Obama 46%	14 pts.	42%	56%	54%	38%	4%	4%
NC	John W. Pope/Civitas	9/17-9/20	9/22	McCain 45%; Obama 45%	3 pts. 3 pts.	45%	48%	46%	43%	8%	8%
NC	PPP	9/17-9/19	9/21	Obama 46%; McCain 46%	7 pts. 8 pts.	43%	50%	49%	41%	3%	4%
NC	ARG	9/13-9/16	9/17	McCain 52%; Obama 41%	11 pts.	47%	58%	46%	35%	6%	6%