GOP's Burr Has Big Lead over Democrats in N.C. Senate Race

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GOP Sen. Richard Burr has comfortable double-digit leads over the top two Democrats contending for their party's nomination in North Carolina, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 22.

Burr leads Secretary of State Elaine Marshall by 51 percent to 35 percent with 6 percent preferring another candidate and 8 percent undecided.

He leads former state Sen. Cal Cunningham by 52 percent to 32 percent with 7 percent preferring someone else and 11 percent undecided.

Rasmussen did not test Democratic organizer and fundraiser Ken Lewis, who came in third in the Democratic field in a Public Policy Polling survey conducted March 12-15.

Marshall and Cunningham at this point have name recognition problems with 24 percent not knowing enough about Marshall to express a favorable or unfavorable opinion and the same being true for Campbell with 39 percent of voters. Both also suffer from a much lower percentage of support among fellow Democrats than Burr does among Republicans. Presumably, the name recognition and party support problems will change once the Democrats choose their nominee in a May 4 primary.

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