GOP Heading For Thrashing in North Carolina Council of State Races

Why does North Carolina continue to vote for Republican Preisents, yet continue to vote for Democrats on the state level?

The latest polling numbers from the progressive pollsters at Public Policy Polling:

Governor

Bev Perdue 43
Pat McCrory 38
Michael Munger 4

More here.

Lieutenant Governor:

Walter Dalton 32
Robert Pittenger 29
Phillip Rhodes 7

Auditor:

Beth Wood 40
Leslie Merritt 29


Treasurer:

Janet Cowell 36
Bill Daughtridge 34


Insurance Commissioner:

Wayne Goodwin 34
John Odom 33
Mark McMains 8


Superintendent:

June Atkinson 39
Richard Morgan 34



Labor Commissioner:

Cherie Berry 39
Mary Fant Donnan 36



Agriculture Commissioner:

Steve Troxler 40
Ronnie Ansley 35



Attorney General:

Roy Cooper 48
Bob Crumley 30



Secretary of State:

Elaine Marshall 43
Jack Sawyer 32

More on these races here.

Commentary

My expectation is that Troxler will be the only Republican elected in these races for multiple reasons...the chief of which is an excrutiating to watch ignorance in how to run a campaign on all levels...from raising money to putting in campaign appearances that are woefully unadvertised. Unless they rebuild their campaigns from the ground up...I expect no change in my assessment.

**update** 2.30PM Civitas has released their August Decision Maker Poll and, to my mind, it serves to confirm my assertion that the candidates and the North Carolina GOP are not getting the message out to voters.