Former President Donald Trump and North Carolina Republicans appear poised to win the Tar Heel State’s 2024 elections, according to newly released poll.
Conducted from March 6-7 by the John Locke Foundation/Cygnal, the survey among 600 likely North Carolina voters shows Trump enjoying an early lead over Democrat President Joe Biden heading into the 2024 general election. If the contest were held today, 45.2 percent of respondents said they would either “definitely” or “probably” vote for Trump, while just 39.8 percent said they’d support Biden. Meanwhile, 9.4 percent indicated they would vote for “someone else” and 5.5 percent remain undecided.
Likely voters also favored GOP congressional candidates over Democrat ones by nearly 6 points (48.3 to 42.5 percent).
The results spell potentially bad news for Biden, whose approval rating is heavily underwater in the Tarheel State. Only 37.5 percent of those surveyed said they approve of Biden’s job as president, compared to 58.9 percent who disapprove of his performance. These figures come in addition to 65.6 percent of respondents saying the U.S. is headed on the “wrong track,” compared to just 26.4 percent who said the country is moving in the “right direction.”
Unlike Biden, North Carolina Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper enjoys a net-positive approval rating among likely voters (48.9 percent “approval” vs. 42.9 percent “disapproval”).
Republicans additionally appear to hold an advantage over their Democrat competitors in North Carolina’s state-level elections. According to the poll, GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson is leading Democrat Josh Stein
