2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina

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2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina
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Nominee Thom Tillis Cal Cunningham
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,665,5982,569,965
Percentage48.69%46.94%
2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina results map by county.svg
2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina results by congressional district.svg
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Tillis:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Cunningham:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%
U.S. senator before election

Thom Tillis
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Thom Tillis
Republican

The 2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. North Carolina was one of just five states holding presidential, gubernatorial, and senatorial elections concurrently in 2020. On March 3, 2020, Republican incumbent Thom Tillis and Democratic former state senator Cal Cunningham won their respective primaries. [1]

Contents

Cunningham led Tillis in the polls throughout much of the campaign. [2]

In early October 2020, it was reported that Cunningham had exchanged sexually suggestive messages with a married woman who was not his wife. Cunningham confirmed the texts were authentic and apologized for his behavior. [3] [4] The woman stated that she had a consensual physical relationship with Cunningham in 2020. [5] [6]

Incumbent Republican Senator Thom Tillis was re-elected to a second term. Tillis outperformed pre-election polling to win a narrow victory, successfully breaking the "one-term curse" that existed with this particular Senate seat for over twenty years; as no incumbent had been re-elected to this seat since 1996. [7] [8] [9] On November 10, 2020, a week after Election Day, Cunningham called Tillis to concede the race. [10] Tillis won by a margin of 1.8% over Cunningham, slightly larger than his 1.5% victory in 2014. [11] [12] Tillis received a smaller vote share than Donald Trump's 49.93%, but slightly overperformed his margin of victory in North Carolina.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Thom Tillis

U.S. presidents

U.S. executive branch officials

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Sandy
Smith		Thom
Tillis		Garland
Tucker		Mark
Walker		Paul
Wright		OtherUndecided
High Point University [23] February 21–28, 2020247 (LV)––69%––8%8% [b] 16%
444 (RV)––58%––7%10% [c] 26%
Meredith College [24] February 16–24, 2020353 (LV)± 3.0%–53%––5%6% [d] 36%
SurveyUSA [25] February 13–16, 2020501 (LV)± 5.0%–59%––3%8% [e] 29%
High Point University [26] January 31 – February 6, 2020198 (LV)––62%––7%5% [f] 27%
400 (RV)––52%––6%5% [g] 38%
December 20, 2019Smith withdraws from the race; Wright announces his candidacy
December 16, 2019Walker announces he will not run [27]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [28] December 2–4, 2019500 (LV)± 4.38%11% [h] 63%––––25%
December 2, 2019Tucker withdraws from the race
FOX News [29] November 10–13, 2019574 (LV)± 4.0%4%54%11%––5% [i] 26%
Public Policy Polling [30] August 19–20, 2019564 (V)–– [j] 38%31%–––31%
Diversified Research (R) [31] [32] [A] July 8–9, 2019500 (V)––40%30%–––30%
WPA Intelligence (R) [33] [B] May 19–21, 2019502 (LV)± 4.5%2% [k] 40%11%17%––30%
2% [l] 18%8%56%––16%
May 6, 2019Tucker announces his candidacy [34]
Diversified Research (R) [31] [32] [A] Months before May, 2019– [m] ––63%7%–––30%
Hypothetical polling

with only Thom Tillis and Mark Walker

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Thom
Tillis		Mark
Walker		Undecided
WPA Intelligence (R) [33] [B] May 19–21, 2019502 (LV)± 4.5%43% [k] 34%23%
28% [n] 64%8%
21% [o] 69%10%

with Thom Tillis and Generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Thom
Tillis		Generic
Republican		Undecided
WPA Intelligence (R) [33] [B] May 19–21, 2019502 (LV)± 4.5%17% [k] 18%52% [p]
7% [l] 32%57% [p]

Results

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Results by county:
  Tillis
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thom Tillis (incumbent) 608,943 78.08%
Republican Paul Wright58,9087.55%
Republican Larry Holmquist57,3567.35%
Republican Sharon Y. Hudson54,6517.01%
Total votes779,858 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Cal Cunningham

Federal officials

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Individuals

Erica D. Smith

Federal officials

State officials

Newspapers

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Cal
Cunningham		Trevor
Fuller		Atul
Goel		Erica
Smith		Steve
Swenson		Undecided
High Point University [66] February 21–28, 2020274 (LV)–50%4%1%24%3%18%
474 (RV)–42%5%1%24%4%4%
Civitas Institute/Spry Strategies [67] February 26–27, 2020587 (LV)± 4.1%45%2%1%23%1%28%
NBC News/Marist [68] February 23–27, 2020568 (LV)± 5.1%51%3%1%18%2%25%
Public Policy Polling [69] February 23–24, 2020852 (LV)± 3.4%45%4%1%18%2%30%
Meredith College [24] February 16–24, 2020429 (LV)± 3.0%43%2%1%14%2%36%
Civitas Institute/Spry Strategies [70] February 21–23, 2020553 (LV)± 3.8%48%1%0%21%1%29%
SurveyUSA [25] February 13–16, 2020698 (LV)± 4.9%42%3%1%17%3%34%
High Point University [71] January 31 – February 6, 2020224 (LV)–37%4%0%11%4%44%
397 (RV)–29%5%1%10%5%50%
Public Policy Polling [72] February 4–5, 2020604 (LV)–29%3%2%10%4%52%
Public Policy Polling [73] January 10–12, 2020509 (LV)–22%2%3%12%1%60%
FOX News [29] November 10–13, 2019669 (RV)± 4.0%13%10%–18%–49%

Results

Results by county: Cunningham 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Smith 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% North Carolina Senate Democratic Primary, 2020.svg
Results by county:
  Cunningham
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Smith
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cal Cunningham 717,941 56.93%
Democratic Erica D. Smith 438,96934.81%
Democratic Trevor M. Fuller48,1683.82%
Democratic Steve Swenson33,7412.68%
Democratic Atul Goel22,2261.76%
Total votes1,261,045 100.00%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Constitution Party

Nominee

Independence Party

Withdrawn

Independent write-in candidates

Withdrawn

General election

Campaign

During the Democratic primary, a Republican-funded Super PAC spent $3 million on ads attacking Cunningham and promoting left-wing rival Erica D. Smith. [79] [80]

Cunningham and Tillis participated in debates on September 13, [81] September 22, [82] and October 1. [83]

In July, Tillis claimed Cunningham had been "silent" on the issue of defunding the police, saying,—"I assume [his] silence is ...consent". In reality, Cunningham had spoken publicly about the issue and written an op-ed a month earlier stating his opposition to defunding the police, advocating police reform instead. [84]

On October 3, the New York Times wrote that the race had fallen into "utter mayhem" within a period of a few hours after Tillis tested positive for COVID-19 and Cunningham admitted to exchanging sexual text messages with a woman who was not his wife, damaging an image that leaned heavily on his character and military service. Days later, the woman stated that she had a consensual physical relationship with Cunningham in 2020. [5] The Army Reserve started an investigation into Cunningham. [85] The husband of the woman who stated that she had had an affair with Cunningham, himself an Army veteran, called on Cunningham to drop out of the Senate race. [6] Asked repeatedly whether he had had other extramarital affairs, Cunningham declined to answer. [86] [87] [88] [89]

Tillis's diagnosis, which came after an outbreak at a White House ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, temporarily threw Barrett's confirmation into jeopardy, as two Republican senators had already stated their intention to vote against (though one of them would eventually vote in favor of her confirmation). [90] [91]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
538 [92] Lean D (flip)November 2, 2020
Economist [93] Lean D (flip)November 2, 2020
Daily Kos [94] TossupOctober 30, 2020
DDHQ [95] Lean D (flip)November 3, 2020
Inside Elections [96] Tilt D (flip)October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [97] Lean D (flip)November 2, 2020
RCP [98] TossupOctober 23, 2020
The Cook Political Report [99] TossupOctober 29, 2020
Politico [100] TossupNovember 2, 2020

Endorsements

Thom Tillis (R)

U.S. presidents

U.S. executive branch officials

Organizations

Cal Cunningham (D)

U.S. presidents

U.S. senators, representatives, and federal officials

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Individuals

Fundraising

In the first quarter of 2020, Cunningham outraised Tillis for the first time, receiving $4.4 million compared to the $2.1 million Tillis raised. Tillis's prior fundraising, however, left him with the advantage in cash on hand, with $6.5 million in the bank, compared to Cunningham's $3 million. [138]

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Cal Cunningham vs. Thom Tillis
Source of poll aggregationDates administeredDates updated Cal Cunningham Thom Tillis Other/Undecided [q] Margin
270 to Win [139] November 2, 2020November 3, 202047.0%44.2%8.8%
Real Clear Politics [140] November 1, 2020November 3, 202047.6%45.0%7.4%

Tillis vs. Cunningham

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Thom
Tillis (R)		Cal
Cunningham (D)		Shannon
Bray (L)		Other /
Undecided
Change Research/CNBC [141] October 29 – November 1, 2020473 (LV)± 4.51%46%50%–5% [r]
Swayable [142] October 27 – November 1, 2020619 (LV)± 5.6%47%53%––
Ipsos/Reuters [143] October 27 – November 1, 2020707 (LV)± 4.2%46%48%–6% [s]
Data for Progress [144] October 27 – November 1, 2020908 (LV)± 3.3%46%51%1%1% [t]
Frederick Polls [145] [C] October 30–31, 2020676 (LV)± 3.7%46%50%3%2% [u]
Emerson College [146] October 29–31, 2020855 (LV)± 3.3%47% [v] 50%–2% [w]
Morning Consult [147] October 22–31, 20201,982 (LV)± 2%43%47%––
CNN/SSRS [148] October 23–30, 2020901 (LV)± 4%44%47%2%5% [x]
Pulse Opinion Research/Rasmussen Reports [149] October 28–29, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%44%47%–9% [y]
East Carolina University [150] October 27–28, 20201,103 (LV)± 3.4%46% [v] 48%–5% [z]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R) [151] October 27–28, 2020750 (LV)± 3.6%46%41%6%7% [aa]
Marist College/NBC [152] October 25–28, 2020800 (LV)± 4.7%43%53%–4% [ab]
Gravis Marketing [153] October 26–27, 2020614 (LV)± 4%44%46%–9% [ac]
Public Policy Polling (D) [154] [D] October 26–27, 2020937 (V)± 3.2%44%47%–9% [ac]
Meeting Street Insights/Carolina Partnership for Reform (R) [155] October 24–27, 2020600 (LV)± 4%43%47%––
Siena College/NYT Upshot [156] October 23–27, 20201,034 (LV)± 3.4%43%46%2%9% [ad]
Ipsos/Reuters [157] October 21–27, 2020647 (LV)± 4.4%47%48%–4% [ae]
RMG Research [158] [af] October 24–26, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%42% [k] 49%–9% [ag]
40% [ah] 51%–9% [ag]
43% [ai] 48%–9% [ag]
Swayable [159] October 23–26, 2020363 (LV)± 7.1%50%50%––
SurveyUSA [160] October 23–26, 2020627 (LV)± 4.9%45%48%–7% [aj]
YouGov/UMass Lowell [161] October 20–26, 2020911 (LV)± 4.2%45%49%–7% [ak]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [162] October 22–25, 2020504 (LV)± 4.37%43%46%2%8% [al]
YouGov/CBS [163] October 20–23, 20201,022 (LV)± 4.1%43%49%–8% [am]
Trafalgar Group [164] October 20–22, 20201,098 (LV)± 2.89%49%47%2%2% [an]
Pulse Opinion Research/Rasmussen Reports [165] October 20–21, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%45%45%–10% [ao]
Citizen Data [166] October 17–20, 20201,000 (LV)± 3.1%42%48%–9% [ap]
Ipsos/Reuters [167] October 14–20, 2020660 (LV)± 4.3%47%47%–6% [aq]
Morning Consult [147] October 11–20, 20201,904 (LV)± 2.2%42%48%––
Meredith College [168] October 16–19, 2020732 (LV)± 3.5%38%43%4%15% [ar]
Change Research/CNBC [169] October 16–19, 2020521 (LV) [as] –45%51%––
Data for Progress (D) [170] October 15–18, 2020929 (LV)± 3.2%42%46%1%11% [at]
East Carolina University [171] October 15–18, 20201,155 (LV)± 3.4%47%48%–5% [au]
ABC/Washington Post [172] October 12–17, 2020646 (LV)± 4.5%47%49%–4% [av]
Emerson College [173] October 13–14, 2020721 (LV)± 3.6%44%45%–12% [aw]
Civiqs/Daily Kos [174] October 11–14, 20201,211 (LV)± 3.3%45%51%2%3% [ax]
Siena College/NYT Upshot [175] October 9–13, 2020627 (LV)± 4.5%37%41%4%19% [ay]
Ipsos/Reuters [176] October 7–13, 2020660 (LV)± 4.3%42%46%–12% [az]
Monmouth University [177] October 8–11, 2020500 (RV)± 4.4%44%48%3%4% [ba]
500 (LV) [bb] 44%49%–6% [bc]
500 (LV) [bd] 47%48%–4% [ab]
SurveyUSA [178] October 8–11, 2020669 (LV)± 4.8%39%49%–11% [be]
Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc. (R) [179] [E] October 7–11, 2020500 (LV)± 4.3%44%46%–9% [bf]
RMG Research [180] [bg] October 7–11, 2020800 (LV)–36%46%4%15% [bh]
Morning Consult [181] October 2–11, 20201,993 (LV)± 2.2%41%47%––
Ipsos/Reuters [182] September 29 – October 6, 2020693 (LV)± 4.2%42%47%–11% [bi]
Public Policy Polling [183] October 4–5, 2020911 (V)± 3.3%42%48%–11% [bj]
Data For Progress (D) [184] September 30 – October 5, 20201,285 (LV)± 2.7%39%50%2%9% [bk]
Change Research/CNBC [185] October 2–4, 2020396 (LV)–46%50%–4% [bl]
East Carolina University [186] October 2–4, 20201,232 (LV)± 3.2%47%46%–7% [bm]
ALG Research (D) [187] [F] September 22–28, 2020822 (V)–41%53%––
Hart Research Associates (D) [188] [G] September 24–27, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%41%54%––
YouGov/CBS [189] September 22–25, 20201,213 (LV)± 3.6%38%48%–14% [bn]
YouGov/UMass Lowell [190] September 18–25, 2020921 (LV)± 4.1%43%49%–8% [bo]
Meredith College [191] September 18–22, 2020705 (RV)± 3.5%42%43%4%13% [bp]
Change Research/CNBC [192] September 18–20, 2020579 (LV)–43%48%–9% [bq]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [193] September 17–20, 2020612 (LV)± 3.96%38%44%3%15% [br]
Morning Consult [194] September 11–20, 20201,604 (LV)± (2% – 7%)38% [bs] 47%––
Emerson College [195] September 16–18, 2020717 (LV)± 3.6%43%49%–8% [bt]
Morning Consult [196] September 8–17, 20201,664 (LV) [as] ± (2% – 4%)39%46%––
Ipsos/Reuters [197] September 11–16, 2020586 (LV)± 4.6%44%48%–9% [bu]
Siena College/NYT Upshot [198] September 11–16, 2020653 (LV)± 4.3%37%42%2%19% [bv]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies [199] September 12–15, 20201,092 (LV)± 2.97%38%49%–13% [bw]
Suffolk University [200] September 10–14, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%38%42%6%15% [bx]
SurveyUSA [201] September 10–13, 2020596 (LV)± 5.6%40%47%–13% [by]
CNN/SSRS [202] September 9–13, 2020787 (LV)± 4.4%46%47%3%4% [bz]
893 (RV)± 4.1%44%46%4%6% [ca]
Kaiser Family Foundation/Cook Political Report [203] August 29 – September 13, 20201,116 (RV)–37%41%–22% [cb]
The Trafalgar Group (R) [204] September 9–11, 20201,046 (LV)± 3.0%45%46%3%6% [cc]
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research [205] September 7–8, 20201,000 (LV)± 3.0%44%47%–10% [cd]
Benenson Strategy Group/GS Strategy Group [206] [H] August 8 – September 8, 20201,600 (LV)± 2.5%39%42%5%13% [ce]
Change Research/CNBC [207] September 4–6, 2020442 (LV)± 4.6%44%51%–5% [cf]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies [208] August 30 – September 3, 2020951 (LV)± 3.2%37%47%–16% [cg]
Monmouth University [209] August 29 – September 1, 2020401 (RV)± 4.9%45%46%2%7% [ch]
401 (LV) [ci] 45%47%–8% [cj]
401 (LV) [ck] 46%46%–8% [cj]
FOX News [210] August 29 – September 1, 2020722 (LV)± 3.5%42%48%3%8% [cl]
804 (RV)40%47%3%10% [cm]
East Carolina University [211] August 29–30, 20201,101 (LV)± 3.4%44%44%–12% [cn]
Change Research/CNBC [212] August 21–23, 2020560 (LV)± 3.6%42%52%–6% [co]
Morning Consult [213] August 14–23, 20201,541 (LV)± 2.0%39%47%–14%
Redfield and Wilton Strategies [214] August 16–18, 2020856 (LV)± 3.4%38%47%–16% [cp]
East Carolina University [215] August 12–13, 20201,255 (RV)± 3.2%40%44%–16% [cq]
Emerson College [216] August 8–10, 2020673 (LV)± 3.8%42%44%–14% [cr]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [217] August 6–10, 2020600 (LV)± 4.0%38%41%2%18% [cs]
Change Research/CNBC [218] August 7–9, 2020491 (LV)± 4.4%43%48%–10% [ct]
Public Policy Polling (D) [219] [I] July 30–31, 2020934 (V)± 3.2%44%48%–8% [bt]
Data for Progress [220] July 24 – August 2, 20201,170 (LV)± 3.2%41%49%–10% [cu]
YouGov/CBS [221] July 28–31, 20201,121 (LV)± 3.8%39%48%–12% [cv]
HIT Strategies (D) [222] [J] July 23–31, 2020400 (RV)± 4.9%32%48%–21% [cw]
Change Research/CNBC [223] July 24–26, 2020284 (LV)± 5.6%40%52%–8%
Morning Consult [224] July 17–26, 20201,504 (LV)± 3.0%37%46%–17%
Cardinal Point Analytics (R) [225] [cx] July 22–24, 2020735 (LV)± 3.6%43%43%1%13% [cy]
Public Policy Polling [226] July 22–23, 2020939 (V)± 3.2%40%48%–13% [cz]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies [227] July 19–23, 2020919 (LV)± 3.2%36%47%–16% [da]
Marist College/NBC News [228] July 14–22, 2020882 (RV)± 4.0%41%50%–10% [db]
Spry Strategies (R) [229] [K] July 11–16, 2020750 (LV)± 3.5%40%40%–20% [dc]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R) [230] July 13–15, 2020547 (LV)± 4.2%44%47%1%7% [dd]
Change Research/CNBC [231] July 10–12, 2020655 (LV)± 3.8%42%49%–9% [de]
Public Policy Polling [232] July 7–8, 2020818 (V)± 3.4%39%47%–15% [df]
Change Research/CNBC [233] June 26–28, 2020468 (LV) [as] ± 3.9%41%51%–8% [dg]
East Carolina University [234] June 22–25, 20201,149 (RV)± 3.4%41%41%–18% [dh]
Public Policy Polling [235] June 22–23, 20201,157 (V)± 2.9%40%44%–16% [di]
FOX News [236] June 20–23, 20201,012 (RV)± 3.0%37%39%3%20% [dj]
NYT Upshot/Siena College [237] June 8–18, 2020653 (RV)± 4.1%39%42%–19% [dk]
Gravis Marketing (R) [238] [L] June 17, 2020631 (RV)± 3.9%46%45%–9%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies [239] June 14–17, 2020902 (LV)± 3.3%36%45%–19% [dl]
Public Policy Polling [240] June 2–3, 2020913 (V)± 3.2%41%43%–16% [di]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] May 26–28, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%38%36%3%24% [dm]
Meeting Street Insights (R) [242] [dn] May 9–13, 2020500 (RV)± 3.8%44%46%–8% [bt]
East Carolina University [243] May 7–9, 20201,111 (RV)± 3.4%40%41%–19% [do]
Civiqs/Daily Kos (D) [244] May 2–4, 20201,362 (RV)± 3.0%41%50%–9% [dp]
Meredith College [245] April 27–28, 2020604 (RV)± 4.0%34%44%–22%
SurveyUSA [246] April 23–26, 2020580 (LV)± 5.5%39%41%–20% [dq]
Public Policy Polling [247] April 14–15, 20201,318 (LV)± 3.4%40%47%–13%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [248] April 5–7, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%38%34%–28%
East Carolina University [249] February 27–28, 20201,288 (RV)± 3.2%44%42%–14%
NBC News/Marist [68] February 23–27, 20202,120 (RV)± 2.6%43%48%–9%
Public Policy Polling [250] [M] February 25–26, 2020 [as] 911 (RV)–41%46%–13%
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [251] [N] January 11–15, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%48%44%–8%
ALG Research (D) [252] [O] January 8–13, 2020700 (LV)–42%44%–13%
Meredith College [253] September 29 – October 7, 2019996 (RV)± 3%33%33%–32%
Public Policy Polling (D) [254] [O] September 16–17, 2019628 (V)± 3.9%43%45%–12%
Fabrizio Ward [255] [H] July 29–31, 2019600 (LV)± 4.0%41%42%–17%
Public Policy Polling [256] [P] June 17–18, 2019610 (RV)± 4.0%40%41%–19%
Hypothetical polling

with Erica D. Smith

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Thom
Tillis (R)		Erica D.
Smith (D)		Undecided
Meredith College [253] September 29 – October 7, 2019996 (RV)± 3%33%34%17%
Emerson College [257] May 31 – June 3, 2019932 (RV)± 3.1%39%46%15%

with Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Thom
Tillis (R)		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [258] [Q] June 30 – July 1, 20171,102 (V)± 3.6%44%48%8%

with Thom Tillis and Generic Opponent

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Thom
Tillis (R)		Generic
Opponent		OtherUndecided
Fabrizio Ward [255] [H] July 29–31, 2019600 (LV)± 4.0%26%52% [dr] 3% [ds] 19%

with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Republican		Generic
Democrat		Other/Undecided
Ipsos/Reuters [197] September 11–16, 2020586 (LV)± 4.6%47%48%5% [dt]
Siena College/NYT Upshot [198] September 11–16, 2020653 (LV)± 4.3%48%44%8% [du]
Emerson College [216] August 8–10, 2020673 (LV)± 3.8%45%44%11% [bj]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [217] August 6–10, 2020600 (LV)± 4%42%43%16% [dv]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] May 26–28, 2020500 (LV)± 4.38%43%40%17% [dw]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [259] April 5–7, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%41%42%17% [dw]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released March 17, 2020– [m] –44%41%15% [dx]
Climate Nexus [260] Feb 11–15, 2020675 (RV)± 3.9%43%46%11%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released October 17, 2019– [m] –40%41%20% [dy]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released September 11, 2019– [m] –37%42%21% [dz]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released August 4, 2019– [m] –39%37%24% [ea]
Fabrizio Ward [255] [H] July 29–31, 2019600 (LV)± 4.0%44%44%11% [eb]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released June 10, 2019– [m] –38%38%24% [ec]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released May 5, 2019– [m] –39%39%22% [ed]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released March 17, 2019– [m] –37%40%22% [ee]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) [241] Released February 13, 2019– [m] –37%38%25% [ef]

Results

Like many Republican Senate candidates in 2020, Tillis did much better on Election Day than pre-election prediction polling indicated. The senator narrowly defeated Cunningham 48.7 to 46.9 and slightly outperformed President Trump in terms of margin of victory. Tillis's upset victory has been largely attributed to Cunningham's response to his alleged affair as well as Tillis's fierce campaigning during the last few weeks of the campaign. [261]

2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina [262]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Thom Tillis (incumbent) 2,665,598 48.69% −0.13%
Democratic Cal Cunningham 2,569,96546.94%−0.32%
Libertarian Shannon Bray171,5713.13%−0.61%
Constitution Kevin E. Hayes67,8181.24%N/A
Total votes5,474,952 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

By county
County [263] Thom Tillis
Republican 		Cal Cunningham
Democratic 		Shannon Bray
Libertarian 		Kevin Hayes
Constitution 		MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%#%#%
Alamance 44,24651.7438,03844.492,3022.699221.086,2087.2685,508
Alexander 14,73973.534,28721.395632.814552.2710,45252.1520,044
Alleghany 4,08267.951,58726.421923.201462.432,49541.536,007
Anson 4,98144.845,75651.822041.841671.50-775-6.9811,108
Ashe 10,61967.914,27927.374572.922811.806,34040.5515,636
Avery 6,86573.652,07922.302462.641311.414,78651.359,321
Beaufort 15,44859.319,43936.247062.714531.746,00923.0726,046
Bertie 3,59737.115,82560.091581.631141.18-2,228-22.989,694
Bladen 8,96753.127,28043.133992.362351.391,6879.9916,881
Brunswick 52,97159.3832,18036.082,8813.231,1701.3120,79123.3189,202
Buncombe 60,68837.9292,66457.905,0543.161,6361.02-31,976-19.98160,042
Burke 28,93465.5113,10829.681,3092.968191.8515,82635.8344,170
Cabarrus 61,23152.7448,88642.114,2613.671,7241.4812,34510.63116,102
Caldwell 29,97170.7610,28824.291,2993.077991.8919,68346.4742,357
Camden 4,18171.621,40324.031833.13711.222,77847.595,838
Carteret 28,49267.4711,82328.001,3123.116011.4216,66939.4742,228
Caswell 6,64355.544,91641.102782.321241.041,72714.4411,961
Catawba 54,00465.1624,84529.982,5503.081,4841.7929,15935.1882,883
Chatham 21,03943.5225,69753.161,1712.424310.89-4,658-9.6448,338
Cherokee 12,04873.983,58922.044082.502411.488,45951.9416,286
Chowan 4,35356.613,12440.631391.81730.951,22915.987,689
Clay 4,89771.901,67624.611402.05981.443,22147.296,811
Cleveland 32,02263.0616,75232.991,2352.437681.5115,27030.0750,777
Columbus 15,56359.629,59936.775161.984241.625,96422.8526,102
Craven 29,54256.2520,41638.871,7723.377911.519,12617.3852,521
Cumberland 57,12139.2081,00155.595,3793.692,2181.52-23,880-16.39145,719
Currituck 11,36871.293,84924.145543.471751.107,51947.1515,946
Dare 13,58156.989,28438.957663.212040.864,29718.0323,835
Davidson 60,68668.8123,66026.832,4962.831,3461.5337,02641.9988,188
Davie 17,41569.216,57026.117813.103961.5710,84543.1025,162
Duplin 12,95457.758,68938.734772.133121.394,26519.0122,432
Durham 34,15219.20138,42977.405,0412.821,2240.68-104,277-58.30178,846
Edgecombe 8,58233.9015,95263.015062.002781.10-7,370-29.1125,318
Forsyth 83,22841.72107,27753.776,5333.272,4711.24-24,049-12.05199,509
Franklin 19,65452.9415,65942.181,2463.365651.523,99510.7637,124
Gaston 69,39860.7739,59534.673,5483.111,6601.4529,80326.07114,201
Gates 3,20554.462,47442.041322.24741.2673112.425,885
Graham 3,35573.751,01322.27942.07871.912,34251.484,549
Granville 15,68750.0214,36845.829082.903961.261,3194.2131,359
Greene 4,59152.783,84244.171892.17770.897498.618,699
Guilford 104,90837.18165,82358.778,5873.042,8191.00-60,915-21.59282,137
Halifax 9,44636.9315,43860.364561.782370.93-5,992-23.4325,577
Harnett 33,32157.5721,52337.182,1283.689111.5711,79820.3857,883
Haywood 21,50259.2613,11336.141,0812.985871.628,38923.1236,283
Henderson 39,35957.9925,78237.991,9642.897681.1313,57720.0067,873
Hertford 3,30531.806,81565.581541.481181.14-3,510-33.7810,392
Hoke 8,63840.4011,46653.629094.253701.73-2,828-13.2221,383
Hyde 1,31553.261,07543.54532.15261.052409.722,469
Iredell 64,31963.4431,89331.463,4873.441,6871.6632,42631.98101,386
Jackson 10,76350.689,38244.177883.713061.441,3816.5021,239
Johnston 64,82258.8239,77136.093,9533.591,6671.5125,05122.73110,213
Jones 3,04655.852,12438.941823.341021.8792216.915,454
Lee 15,41953.7011,85141.279793.414651.623,56812.4328,714
Lenoir 13,89849.4313,28447.245912.103461.236142.1828,119
Lincoln 34,67369.6612,85825.831,4822.987631.5321,81543.8349,776
Macon 13,40865.356,24830.455212.543401.667,16034.9020,517
Madison 7,39957.174,98738.533622.801951.512,41218.6412,943
Martin 6,03448.575,97348.082572.071601.29610.4912,424
McDowell 15,89469.875,93426.095652.483541.569,96043.7922,747
Mecklenburg 186,69333.18350,77562.3419,7643.515,4400.97-164,082-29.16562,672
Mitchell 6,73575.321,91921.461812.021071.204,81653.868,942
Montgomery 7,74160.954,37934.483242.552562.023,36226.4712,700
Moore 35,68261.7119,63333.951,7603.047481.2916,04927.7657,823
Nash 24,71947.6325,47449.091,1172.155851.13-755-1.4651,895
New Hanover 61,41547.1361,70247.355,5164.231,6851.29-287-0.22130,318
Northampton 3,72037.166,00559.981871.87990.99-2,285-22.8210,011
Onslow 42,86860.2123,34432.793,6275.091,3631.9119,52427.4271,202
Orange 20,86224.6861,21472.421,9612.324880.58-40,352-47.7484,525
Pamlico 4,58960.532,68135.361882.481231.621,90825.177,581
Pasquotank 9,49148.319,42147.955382.741981.01700.3619,648
Pender 20,66061.2011,27233.391,2743.775531.649,38827.8133,759
Perquimans 4,81764.872,38232.081391.87881.192,43532.797,426
Person 12,19256.498,47539.276002.783151.463,71717.2221,582
Pitt 37,94743.6745,59852.472,5102.898460.97-7,651-8.8086,901
Polk 7,39460.354,43636.212862.331361.112,95824.1412,252
Randolph 53,35773.5215,97322.012,0972.891,1431.5837,38451.5172,570
Richmond 11,00253.858,51041.655662.773521.722,49212.2020,430
Robeson 25,21154.8719,13541.649552.086481.416,07613.2245,949
Rockingham 28,97161.2316,18934.221,4733.116801.4412,78227.0247,313
Rowan 46,44663.8422,61531.092,2543.101,4331.9723,83132.7672,748
Rutherford 23,59669.269,13626.827812.295541.6314,46042.4534,067
Sampson 16,52158.2510,81838.156362.243851.365,70320.1128,360
Scotland 7,06648.866,85047.373222.232231.542161.4914,461
Stanly 23,89171.178,04523.969612.866742.0115,84647.2033,571
Stokes 18,59972.995,61122.028123.194581.8012,98850.9725,480
Surry 25,47570.179,26725.531,0302.845311.4616,20844.6536,303
Swain 3,84655.172,69638.672984.271311.881,15016.506,971
Transylvania 11,20955.488,15840.385522.732861.423,05115.1020,205
Tyrrell 94552.9777843.61372.07241.351679.361,784
Union 79,64561.3445,09634.733,7652.901,3381.0334,54926.61129,844
Vance 7,87637.8412,24758.844552.192371.14-4,371-21.0020,815
Wake 232,38837.05367,71858.6322,2303.544,8930.78-135,330-21.58627,229
Warren 3,52034.306,43762.721941.891121.09-2,917-28.4210,263
Washington 2,58442.053,32954.171282.081041.69-745-12.126,145
Watauga 14,21644.5916,19350.801,1383.573311.04-1,977-6.2031,878
Wayne 29,17453.1023,52842.821,4192.588231.505,64610.2854,944
Wilkes 25,48872.678,07423.029242.645871.6717,41449.6535,073
Wilson 18,64246.1320,44550.598852.194391.09-1,803-4.4640,411
Yadkin 14,79874.864,03620.425532.803811.9310,76254.4419,768
Yancey 7,03862.393,83333.982502.221591.413,20528.4111,280
Totals2,665,59848.692,569,96546.94171,5713.1367,8181.2495,6331.755,474,952

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Tillis won 8 of 13 congressional districts. [264]

DistrictTillisCunninghamRepresentative
1st 43%53% G. K. Butterfield
2nd 35%60% George Holding
Deborah K. Ross
3rd 59%37% Greg Murphy
4th 32%64% David Price
5th 64%31% Virginia Foxx
6th 37%59% Mark Walker
Kathy Manning
7th 56%39% David Rouzer
8th 50%44% Richard Hudson
9th 53%43% Dan Bishop
10th 64%31% Patrick McHenry
11th 53%42% Madison Cawthorn
12th 29%66% Alma Adams
13th 64%32% Ted Budd

See also

Notes

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by the Garland Tucker campaign
  2. 1 2 3 Poll conducted by the Club for Growth, a pro-Republican PAC
  3. ↑ Compete Everywhere primarily supports Democratic candidates
  4. ↑ Poll sponsored by Protect Our Care, a pro-Affordable Care Act organization.
  5. ↑ Poll sponsored by The American Greatness PAC, which is pro-Trump.
  6. ↑ Poll sponsored by Piedmont Rising, a pro-Affordable Care Act organization.
  7. ↑ Poll sponsored by The Human Rights Campaign, which has endorsed Biden prior to this poll's sampling period.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Poll sponsored by AARP.
  9. ↑ This poll's sponsor had endorsed Cunningham prior to the sampling period
  10. ↑ This poll’s sponsor, DFER, primarily supports Democratic candidates
  11. ↑ This poll's sponsor is the American Principles Project, a 501 that supports the Republican Party.
  12. ↑ Polling was sponsored by OANN.
  13. ↑ Poll sponsored by private client
  14. ↑ Internal poll
  15. 1 2 Poll sponsored by End Citizens United, an organization that has exclusively endorsed Democratic candidates
  16. ↑ Poll sponsored by VoteVets.org
  17. ↑ Poll sponsored by Save My Care, a pro-Affordable Care Act organisation

Voter samples and additional candidates

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Hudson with 8%; Holmquist with 5%
  3. ↑ Holmquist and Hudson with 5%
  4. ↑ Holmquist and Hudson with 3%
  5. ↑ Holmquist and Hudson with 4%
  6. ↑ Holmquist with 3%; Hudson with 2%
  7. ↑ Hudson with 3%; Holmquist with 2%
  8. ↑ If the only candidates were Smith and Tillis
  9. ↑ "None of the above" with 5%; "other" with 0%
  10. ↑ If the only candidates were Tillis and Tucker
  11. 1 2 3 4 Standard VI response
  12. 1 2 Response after pollster addresses respondents with talking points about Tillis
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Not yet released
  14. ↑ Response after pollster addresses respondents with short biographies for Tillis and Walker
  15. ↑ Response after short biographies and talking points about Tillis
  16. 1 2 Listed as "would consider another candidate in a Republican primary"
  17. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  18. ↑ "Refused" with 2%; Did not vote, would not vote and Undecided with 1%
  19. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 4%; would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 2%
  20. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; "Other candidate or write-in" with 0%
  21. ↑ Hayes (C) with 2%
  22. 1 2 With voters who lean towards a given candidate
  23. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%
  24. ↑ Hayes (C) and Undecided with 2%; "None of these" with 1%; "Other" with 0%
  25. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 6%
  26. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 3%; "Refused" with 2%; Did/would not vote with 0%; Undecided with no voters
  27. ↑ Hayes (C) with 2%; Undecided with 6%
  28. 1 2 "Other" and Undecided with 2%
  29. 1 2 Undecided with 9%
  30. ↑ Would not vote with 2%; Hayes (C) with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 6%
  31. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 1%
  32. ↑ Archived November 1, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  33. 1 2 3 "Someoene else" with 4%; Undecided with 5%
  34. ↑ Results generated with high Democratic turnout model
  35. ↑ Results generated with high Republican turnout model
  36. ↑ "Other" with 3%; Undecided with 4%
  37. ↑ Did not vote with 1%; "Another candidate" with no voters; Undecided with 6%
  38. ↑ Hays (C) with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  39. ↑ "Someone else" with 3%; Undecided with 5%
  40. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; Undecided with 2%
  41. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 4%; Undecided with 6%
  42. ↑ "Other" with 3%; Undecided with 6%
  43. ↑ "Some other candidate" and "Undecided/Refused" with 3%; would not vote with 0%
  44. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; Undecided with 14%
  45. 1 2 3 4 Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
  46. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; Undecided with 10%
  47. ↑ Did/would not vote and "Some other candidate" with 1%; "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 3%
  48. ↑ "Neither" with 1%; "Other" and would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 3%
  49. ↑ Undecided with 12%
  50. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 2%
  51. ↑ Hayes (C) with 3%; would not vote with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 15%
  52. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 5%; would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
  53. ↑ "No one" with 1%; Hayes (C) with 0%; "Other candidate" with no voters; Undecided with 3%
  54. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout
  55. ↑ "Other" and Undecided with 3%
  56. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout
  57. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 8%
  58. ↑ "Other" and "Refused" with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  59. ↑ Archived October 14, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  60. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 12%
  61. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 4%; would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
  62. 1 2 Undecided with 11%
  63. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; Undecided with 8%
  64. ↑ Would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 3%
  65. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 3%; "Refused" and would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 2%
  66. ↑ "Someone else" with 3%; Undecided with 11%
  67. ↑ "Another candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  68. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; Undecided with 12%
  69. ↑ Would not vote with 2%; "Don't recall" with 0%; Undecided with 7%
  70. ↑ Bray (L) with 2%; Undecided with 13%
  71. ↑ Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  72. 1 2 3 Undecided with 8%
  73. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 2%; would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 6%
  74. ↑ Hayes (C), "Someone else" and would not vote with 1%; "Undecided/Refused" with 16%
  75. ↑ "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 4%; Undecided with 9%
  76. ↑ Bray (L) with 6%; Hayes (C) and "Other" with 2%; "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 11%
  77. ↑ "Another candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 10%
  78. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; "None of these" and "Other" with no voters; Undecided with 3%
  79. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; "None of these" and "Other" with 0%; Undecided with 5%
  80. ↑ "Neither/Another Party" with 3%; "Undecided/Don't know/Refused" with 19%
  81. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; Undecided with 5%
  82. ↑ "Another candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 7%
  83. ↑ Hayes with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 12%
  84. ↑ Would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 4%
  85. ↑ "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 3%; Undecided with 13%
  86. ↑ Hayes (C) and "No one" with 1%; "Other candidate" with <1%; Undecided with 5%
  87. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
  88. 1 2 "Other" and Undecided with 4%
  89. ↑ With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
  90. ↑ Hayes (C), "Other" and would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 5%
  91. ↑ Hayes (C) with 2%; "Other" and would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 6%
  92. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 3%; Would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 9%
  93. ↑ Would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 5%
  94. ↑ "Third party/write-in" with 3%; Undecided with 13%
  95. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 5%; would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 10%
  96. ↑ Undecided with 14%
  97. ↑ Hayes (C) with 2%; Undecided with 16%
  98. ↑ Would not vote with 2%; Undecided with 8%
  99. ↑ "No one" with 10%
  100. ↑ "Someone else" with 3%; Undecided with 9%
  101. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 4%; would not vote with 2%; Undecided with 15%
  102. ↑ Archived July 30, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  103. ↑ Hayes (C) with 2%; Undecided with 11%
  104. ↑ Undecided with 13%
  105. ↑ "Third party/write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 14%
  106. ↑ "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 9%
  107. ↑ "Another candidate" with 6%; Undecided with 13%
  108. ↑ Hayes (C) with 1%; Undecided with 6%
  109. ↑ Undecided with 7%; would not vote with 2%
  110. ↑ Undecided with 15%
  111. ↑ Undecided with 7%; would not vote with 1%
  112. ↑ Undecided with 10%; "Some other candidate" with 8%
  113. 1 2 Undecided with 16%
  114. ↑ Undecided with 15%; Hayes (C) with 3%; "other" and would not vote with 1%
  115. ↑ Undecided with 17%; "Another candidate" and would not vote with 1%
  116. ↑ Undecided with 16%; "Another third party/write in" with 3%
  117. ↑ Hayes (C) with 2%; Undecided with 21%
  118. ↑ Archived June 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  119. ↑ Undecided with 11%; "other candidate" with 8%
  120. ↑ Undecided with 5%; "Someone else" with 4%
  121. ↑ Undecided with 20%
  122. ↑ "It is time to give a new person a chance to do better" with 50% as opposed to "Thillis has performed his job as U.S. Senator well enough to deserve re-election"
  123. ↑ "Refused" with 3%
  124. ↑ "Prefer not to answer/Refused" with 4%; "Candidate from another political party" with 1%; "Will not vote/not sure" with 0%
  125. ↑ "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
  126. ↑ "Neither" and "Other Party" with 1%; Undecided with 14%
  127. 1 2 Undecided with 14%; "Neither/other/independent" with 3%
  128. ↑ Undecided with 11%; "Neither/other/independent" with 4%
  129. ↑ Undecided with 17%; "Neither/other/independent" with 3%
  130. ↑ Undecided with 16%; "Neither/other/independent" with 5%
  131. ↑ Undecided with 19%; "Neither/other/independent" with 5%
  132. ↑ "Undecided" with 8%; "don't know/refused" with 3%
  133. ↑ Undecided with 18%; "Neither/other/independent" with 6%
  134. ↑ Undecided with 17%; "Neither/other/independent" with 5%
  135. ↑ Undecided with 15%; "Neither/other/independent" with 7%
  136. ↑ Undecided with 21%; "Neither/other/independent" with 4%

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  238. ↑ Gravis Marketing (R)
  239. ↑ Redfield & Wilton Strategies
  240. ↑ Public Policy Polling
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  242. ↑ Meeting Street Insights (R) Archived June 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  243. ↑ East Carolina University
  244. ↑ Civiqs/Daily Kos (D)
  245. ↑ Meredith College
  246. ↑ SurveyUSA
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  249. ↑ East Carolina University
  250. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  251. ↑ Public Opinion Strategies (R)
  252. ↑ ALG Research (D)
  253. 1 2 Meredith College
  254. ↑ Public Policy Polling (D)
  255. 1 2 3 Fabrizio Ward
  256. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  257. ↑ Emerson College Archived June 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  258. ↑ Public Policy Polling (D)
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  260. ↑ Climate Nexus
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