Scandal-plagued Mark Robinson fails to defeat Trump in North Carolina: poll

New polls from the Tar Heel State show the GOP presidential nominee is not being hampered by the gubernatorial candidate’s personal problems.

A survey of 1,005 likely North Carolina voters conducted Sept. 23-26 at East Carolina University suggests many people are considering dividing their fortunes between the presidential race and a run for the state’s top job.

Even though Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris 49% to 47% (a margin well within the +/- 3.3% margin of error), there is no mystery in the gubernatorial race between Republican Lt. Mark Robinson and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein.

Scandal-plagued Robinson visited an Asheville shelter for Hurricane Helene victims on Sunday. Ken Ruinard/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

In a poll conducted before the scandal-plagued Robinson, Stein leads 50% to 33% before LG was injured while leaning on a hot car during a campaign appearance, but after reports showed he once called himself a “black Nazi” – among farrago many other vile claims, including enthusiasm for slavery and “transvestites in girlie porn.”

Robinson is trending downward with the GOP base, which has 63% support among Republicans in this poll, down 20 points from his intraparty standing in the August edition.

Robinson has just 27% support among female voters and isn’t doing much better for her gender at this stage, winning just 40% of men.

The erosion cuts across demographics. The Republican has 42% of white voters and a miasmic 6% of black voters. It has only 30% independents.

By comparison, Trump leads Harris 47% to 44% among independent voters.

A billboard at a Trump campaign rally on September 21 in Wilmington. REUTERS

Trump is at 56% among men, 44% among women and 66% among white voters.

However, the former president’s share of the black population is only 7%, showing that the growth observed in this demographic group in studies conducted in other states is not necessarily reflected in North Carolina.

“The recent scandals surrounding Mark Robinson have had a huge impact. What was once a competitive North Carolina gubernatorial election is no longer so. “Right now, Josh Stein is the clear and overwhelming favorite to be the next governor of North Carolina,” said Peter Francia, director of ECU’s Geodetic Research Center, contextualizing the results.