NC-GOV: Stein leads Robinson by double digits in NC governor race
North Carolina GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s scandal-plagued campaign continues to flounder, with Democratic Attorney Gen. Josh Stein ahead by double digits and growing in a pair of new polls out in the battleground state.
A new Washington Post poll now has Stein ahead 54 percent to Robinson’s 38 percent, while a poll from East Carolina University has Stein at 50 percent to Robinson’s 33 percent.
The latest polls come as North Carolina is reeling from the effects of Hurricane Helene but were conducted before the storm, which decimated the western part of the state, leaving towns flattened and flooded. At least 40 people are dead and many remain missing in the state.
Before the storm ravaged the mountainous Asheville area, North Carolina voters — particularly Republicans — were adjusting their positions on Robinson after a bombshell Sept. 20 CNN report linked Robinson to posts on a pornographic website’s message board more than a decade before he entered the political realm.
https://thehill.com/homenews/4908903-north-carolina-gop-candidate-scandal-polls/