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About this Poll
The Elon University Poll conducted a live-caller, dual frame (landline and cell phone) survey of
1,258 residents of North Carolina between September 17 and September 21, 2015. Of these
respondents, 1,075 said they were registered to vote in the state of North Carolina. Of these
registered voters, 516 said they were a Republican or Republican-leaning Independent who
planned to vote in the Republican Primary next year. Also in the sample were 427 registered
voters who self-identified as Democrat or Independents who leaned Democrat who said they
planned on voting in the Democratic primary. The survey reported here presents the results for
registered voters and has a margin of error of +/- 2.99 percentage points. Margins of error
increase when looking at subgroups. The margin of error for Republican and Republican-leaning
voters is +/- 4.31 percentage points, and for Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters it is +/-
4.74 percentage points. Details regarding the methodology of the survey can be found at the end
of this report.