2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Ted Budd Wins GOP Primary
2022 North Carolina Senate race polls: Ted Budd leads the GOP field while Cheri Beasley finds no competition from her Democratic Party Primary election Rivals
May 18th
North Carolina Senate Primary 2022 Date
The North Carolina Senate Race will be held on November 8th, 2022 to elect the representative. The Primaries were due to be held on May 17th, but a ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court has delayed them indefinitely over a challenge to the congressional maps passed by the GOP-held legislature earlier in 2021. The Current incumbent of North Carolina is Richard Burr, who will not seek another term in 2022.
The maps are being challenged by Democratic-aligned groups partisan and racial gerrymanders. In the last decade, North Carolina’s map was struck down 3 times so this is not without precedent.
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Contents
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: GOP Primary Polls
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race: GOP Google Search Data
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Social Media Sentiment
- Democratic Primary
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: General Election
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Google Search Data
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Social Media Sentiment
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Latest News
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Latest Videos
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Latest Tweets
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Candidates in the primaries
- Republican Candidates
- Democratic Candidates
- 2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Demographics of the Voting Age Population (VAP)
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2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: GOP Primary Polls
Donald Trump endorsed Ted Budd and is ahead in all the latest polls. Pat McCrory is a distant second.
Poll source |
Date |
Ted Budd |
Pat McCrory |
Mark Walker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Polls of Poll |
May 13th |
45% |
20% |
11% |
May 9th |
43% |
16% |
12% |
|
May 5th |
48% |
23% |
13% |
|
April 28th |
45% |
21% |
9% |
2022 North Carolina Senate Race: GOP Google Search Data
Date |
Ted Budd |
Pat McCrory |
Mark Walker |
|
May 18th |
60% |
26% |
13% |
|
May 17th |
61% |
23% |
14% |
|
May 16th |
62% |
24% |
13% |
|
May 10th |
71% |
23% |
16% |
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Social Media Sentiment
Date |
Ted Budd |
Pat McCrory |
Mark Walker |
|
May 18th |
+11% |
-14% |
+23% |
|
May 17th |
-23% |
-16% |
+40% |
|
May 16th |
-12% |
-12% |
+8% |
|
May 10th |
-42.8% |
+14.3% |
– |
Democratic Primary
Date(s) |
Cheri Beasley |
Jeff Jackson |
Rett Newton |
Richard Watkins |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 25–27 |
49% |
– |
– |
– |
|
April 6–10 |
37% |
– |
2% |
– |
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: General Election
Poll Source |
Date |
Ted Budd |
Cheri Beasley |
|
Polls of Poll |
May 14th |
45% |
43% |
|
May 14th |
44% |
45% |
||
May 9th |
48% |
41% |
||
May 4th |
45% |
45% |
In 2016, this race was seen as competitive but Senator Richard Burr won by a larger than expected margin. While Trump won the state by under 4 points, Republican Burr won by 5.7.
Only one poll has been conducted in the general election. It was conducted by Redfield and Wilton Strategies on November 10, 2021.
Tedd Budd leads Beasley 40%-39% while McCrory leads her 42-40%. Both races are too close to call but the higher number of decided voters in the head-to-head with McCrory could owe to his higher name recognition.
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Google Search Data
Date |
Ted Budd |
McCrory |
Cheri Beasley |
|
May 18th |
47% |
21% |
31% |
|
May 17th |
50% |
19% |
29% |
|
May 16th |
50% |
19% |
29% |
|
May 10th |
49% |
16% |
35% |
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Social Media Sentiment
Date |
Ted Budd |
McCrory |
Cheri Beasley |
|
May 18th |
-11% |
-14% |
+18% |
|
May 17th |
-23% |
-16% |
-1% |
|
May 16th |
-12% |
-12% |
+18% |
|
May 9th |
-42.8% |
+14.3% |
+9.3% |
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Latest News
- Trump-backed Rep. Ted Budd wins North Carolina GOP Senate primary, CNN projects
- Ted Budd (R), Cheri Beasley (D) win nominations for U.S. Senate in N.C. primary election
- Budd will face off against Beasley in North Carolina Senate contest, per AP race calls
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Latest Videos
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Latest Tweets
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Candidates in the primaries
The Republican field is much more competitive than the Democratic side. Here are the candidates running in the primary.
Republican Candidates
- Ted Budd, U.S. Representative for NC-13 (2017 – present)
- Marjorie K. Eastman, Author, and veteran
- Pat McCrory, former Governor of North Carolina (2013–2017) and Mayor of Charlotte (1995–2009)
- Mark Walker, Former US Representative for NC
Former Rep. Walker staying in North Carolina Senate race
Democratic Candidates
- Cheri Beasley, former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2012–2020; Chief Justice 2019–2020)
- Everette Newton, mayor of Beaufort (2017-2021)
Supreme Court Justice Beasley is the outright favorite in the Democratic primary. She lost re-election to her seat in 2020 by a mere 300 votes. Her impressive performance, outrunning both Biden and the Democratic nominee in the senate election has given Democrats hope that she is a strong nominee and could win this seat. 2008 was the last time the party won a Senate election in the state.
2022 North Carolina Senate Race Polls: Demographics of the Voting Age Population (VAP)
Demographic |
Proportion |
|
White-American |
63.6% |
|
Hispanic-American |
8.9% |
|
African-American |
21.4% |
|
Asian-American |
3.7% |
|
Native-American |
2.8% |
The data is from the 2020 census. It shows an increasingly diversifying state with a booming Hispanic population. As a deep-south state, it has a large African-American population, especially in the rural areas.
Democratic vote strength comes from minorities and urban areas especially the research triangle and the Charlotte metro area. Joe Biden won Mecklenburg county – home to 1.1m people – by 35 points, while Clinton only won it by 29. Republican strength is centered in the exurban county around Charlotte and Sandhill area.
Native Americans are a swing group in the state unlike Natives in other western states, who backed Biden is massive margins. Robeson county, which is 40% backed Trump by 18 after backing him by 4 in 2016.
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