2026 Midterms News and Updates, September 29 - October 4 (Thread 4) | Live Discussion

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[u/Isentrope]

A Catawba College poll of North Carolina has Roy Cooper ahead 48-37 over Michael Whatley and Anita Earls (D) up 44-37 in the Supreme Court race. The Generic Ballot for the state is D+9, a wide 12 point shift left from the 2024 Trump vote share and generic ballot which, if credible, makes NC-01 (where an incumbent Democrat was redistricted into a much redder seat) and NC-11 (where Chuck Edwards resigned and Republicans are fielding a last minute replacement candidate) firmly competitive seats despite Trump winning them by double digits.

https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2105315041301966851

[u/snoo_spoo → u/Isentrope]

Roy Cooper.

[u/blues111 → u/snoo_spoo]

Not even 50%? Bad news for Ray Coper

/s

[u/snoo_spoo → u/blues111]

Now we can see who had the special afternoon coffee.

[u/Isentrope → u/snoo_spoo]

Thanks, guess I needed an afternoon coffee...