SurveyUSASUSA poll in North Carolina: Republicans hold small lead
The results of a new poll, conducted by SurveyUSASUSA in North Carolina, were released on 23. March. In the survey participants were asked, whether they would vote for democrat Hillary Clinton or republican Donald Trump, assuming that these two candidates would win the primaries. According to the results, 43.0% of participants intend to vote for the Democratic Party, while 45.0% intend to vote for the GOP. The poll was in the field between February 14 and February 16. The sample size was 1250 likely voters. The margin of error is +/-2.8 percentage points.
Converting these results into two-party vote shares yields values of 48.9% for the Democrats and 51.1% for the Republicans. In Comparison, the PollyVote right now predicts the to garner % of the two-party vote in North Carolina, which is percentage points lower than their poll results.