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.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen |
10/23
|
10/24
|
McCain 50%; Obama 48% |
16 pts.
|
43%
|
59%
|
55%
|
39%
|
2%
|
0%
|
| SurveyUSA |
10/18-10/20
|
10/21
|
McCain 47%; Obama 47% |
4 pts.;
3 pts. |
45%
|
49%
|
49%
|
46%
|
3%
|
3%
|
| Fox/Rasmussen |
10/19
|
10/20
|
Obama 51%; McCain 48% |
3 pts.
|
46%
|
50%
|
52%
|
49%
|
1%
|
1%
|
| Fox/Rasmussen | 10/12 | 10/13 | McCain 48% Obama 48%; |
10 pts.
8 pts. |
44%
|
54%
|
51%
|
43%
|
3%
|
3%
|
| Rasmussen | 10/8 | 10/9 | Obama 49%; McCain 48% |
4 pts.
|
46%
|
49%
|
51%
|
47%
|
2%
|
2%
|
| Civitas/Tel Opinion Research | 10/6-10/8 | 10/9 | Obama 48%; McCain 43% |
4 pts.
|
42%
|
44%
|
50%
|
46%
|
7%
|
7%
|
| SurveyUSA | 10/5-10/6 |
10/7
|
McCain 49%; Obama 46% |
5 pts.
|
46%
|
51%
|
48%
|
44%
|
2%
|
3%
|
| Rasmussen | 9/30 | 10/2 | Obama 50%; McCain 47% |
10 pts.
|
42%
|
54%
|
54%
|
44%
|
2%
|
1%
|
| ARG | 9/27-9/29 | 9/30 | McCain 49%; Obama 46% |
14 pts.
|
42%
|
56%
|
54%
|
38%
|
4%
|
4%
|
| John W. Pope/Civitas | 9/17-9/20 | 9/22 | McCain 45%; Obama 45% |
3 pts.
3 pts. |
45%
|
48%
|
46%
|
43%
|
8%
|
8%
|
| PPP | 9/17-9/19 | 9/21 | Obama 46%; McCain 46% |
7 pts.
8 pts. |
43%
|
50%
|
49%
|
41%
|
3%
|
4%
|
| ARG | 9/13-9/16 | 9/17 | McCain 52%; Obama 41% |
11 pts.
|
47%
|
58%
|
46%
|
35%
|
6%
|
6%
|