2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election

2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election
	November 3, 2020
	November 3, 2020
	County results; Cooper: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80–90%; Forest: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Governor before election; Roy Cooper; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Roy Cooper; Democratic

The 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to one-third of the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor Roy Cooper was eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office, and announced his intention to do so on December 5, 2019.[1]

Under a 2018 state law, party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.[2]

Cooper was re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican nominee, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest. Cooper's re-election win makes him the first Governor of North Carolina to win re-election since Mike Easley, who was re-elected in 2004. Once again, Cooper outperformed other Democrats on the ballot.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Roy Cooper, incumbent Governor[1]

Eliminated in primary

Ernest T. Reeves, retired U.S. Army captain and perennial candidate[3]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Roy Cooper	Ernest Reeves	Undecided
High Point University	February 21–28, 2020	269 (LV)	–	74%	13%	13%
High Point University	February 21–28, 2020	468 (RV)	–	68%	14%	18%
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV	February 13–16, 2020	698 (LV)	± 4.9%	73%	9%	18%
High Point University	January 31 – February 6, 2020	198 (LV)	–	80%	8%	12%
High Point University	January 31 – February 6, 2020	400 (RV)	–	69%	10%	21%

Results

Results by county:

Cooper—>90%

Cooper—80-90%

Cooper—70-80%

Democratic primary results [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roy Cooper (incumbent)	1,128,829	87.19%
	Democratic	Ernest T. Reeves	165,804	12.81%
Total votes			1,294,633	100.00%

Republican primary

Nominee

Dan Forest, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina[5]

Eliminated in primary

Holly Grange, state representative[6]

Declined

Pat McCrory, former Governor of North Carolina[7]
Mark Meadows, former U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district, White House Chief of Staff[8]

Endorsements

Dan Forest

U.S. Representatives

Mark Meadows former (NC-11) and current White House Chief of Staff[9]

State and local officials
Organizations

Susan B. Anthony List[10]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Dan Forest	Holly Grange	Pat McCrory	Undecided
High Point University	February 21–28, 2020	246 (LV)	–	74%	13%	–	13%
High Point University	February 21–28, 2020	443 (RV)	–	64%	12%	–	24%
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV	February 13–16, 2020	698 (LV)	± 5.0%	60%	8%	–	32%
High Point University	January 31 – February 6, 2020	198 (LV)	–	67%	8%	–	25%
High Point University	January 31 – February 6, 2020	400 (RV)	–	54%	10%	–	36%
	December 19, 2019	McCrory announces he will not run
Harper Polling (R)	December 2–4, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.38%	31%	3%	42%	25%

Results

Results by county:

Forest—>90%

Forest—80–90%

Forest—70–80%

Republican primary results [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Forest	698,077	88.95%
	Republican	Holly Grange	86,714	11.05%
Total votes			784,791	100.00%

Other candidates

Nominee

Steven J. DiFiore, candidate for Charlotte City Council in 2017, factory lighting representative[11]

Nominee

Al Pisano, chairman of the Constitution Party of North Carolina[12][11]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[13]	Likely D	October 23, 2020
Inside Elections[14]	Lean D	October 16, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[15]	Likely D	October 8, 2020
Politico[16]	Lean D	October 12, 2020
Daily Kos[17]	Likely D	October 19, 2020
RCP[18]	Lean D	July 29, 2020
270towin[19]	Likely D	October 23, 2020

Endorsements

Roy Cooper (D)

U.S. Presidents

Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States[20]

State and local officials

Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020).[21]

Organizations

Equality NC[22]

Dan Forest (R)

U.S. Executive Branch Officials

Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff and former U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 11th Congressional District[9]

Organizations

Susan B. Anthony List[10]

Debate

A debate between Cooper and Forest occurred 7:00 pm EDT, October 14, 2020.[23]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Cooper (D)	Dan Forest (R)	Other / Undecided
Swayable	October 27 – November 1, 2020	655 (LV)	± 5.5%	55%	43%	2%[lower-alpha 2]
Frederick Polls (D)[upper-alpha 1]	October 30–31, 2020	676 (LV)	± 3.7%	52%	45%	3%[lower-alpha 3]
Emerson College	October 29–31, 2020	855 (LV)	± 3.3%	55%[lower-alpha 4]	45%	1%[lower-alpha 5]
CNN/SSRS	October 23–30, 2020	901 (LV)	± 4%	52%	42%	5%[lower-alpha 6]
East Carolina University	October 27–28, 2020	1,103 (LV)	± 3.4%	54%[lower-alpha 7]	43%	2%[lower-alpha 8]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)	October 27–28, 2020	750 (LV)	± 3.6%	47%	45%	8%[lower-alpha 9]
Marist College/NBC	October 25–28, 2020	800 (LV)	± 4.7%	59%	40%	1%[lower-alpha 10]
Gravis Marketing	October 26–27, 2020	614 (LV)	± 4%	51%	43%	6%[lower-alpha 11]
Meeting Street Insights (R)	October 24–27, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	51%	43%	–
Siena College/NYT Upshot	October 23–27, 2020	1,034 (LV)	± 3.4%	51%	42%	7%[lower-alpha 12]
RMG Research	October 24–26, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	53%	41%	6%[lower-alpha 13]
Swayable	October 23–26, 2020	386 (LV)	± 6.9%	53%	44%	3%[lower-alpha 14]
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV	October 23–26, 2020	627 (LV)	± 4.9%	53%	42%	6%[lower-alpha 15]
YouGov/UMass Amherst	October 20–26, 2020	911 (LV)	± 4.2%	54%	42%	3%[lower-alpha 16]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	October 22–25, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.4%	52%	42%	5%[lower-alpha 17]
Meredith College	October 16–19, 2020	732 (LV)	± 3.5%	52%	34%	16%[lower-alpha 18]
East Carolina University	October 15–18, 2020	1,155 (LV)	± 3.4%	53%	44%	2%[lower-alpha 19]
Emerson College	October 13–14, 2020	721 (LV)	± 3.6%	50%	46%	4%[lower-alpha 20]
Civiqs/Daily Kos	October 11–14, 2020	1,211 (LV)	± 3.3%	53%	46%	1%[lower-alpha 21]
Siena College/NYT Upshot	October 9–13, 2020	627 (LV)	± 4.5%	51%	37%	12%[lower-alpha 22]
Monmouth University	October 8–11, 2020	500 (RV)	± 4.4%	51%	44%	5%[lower-alpha 23]
		500 (LV)[lower-alpha 24]		52%	44%	3%[lower-alpha 25]
		500 (LV)[lower-alpha 26]		51%	46%	3%[lower-alpha 27]
SurveyUSA	October 8–11, 2020	669 (LV)	± 4.8%	52%	39%	10%[lower-alpha 28]
RMG Research	October 7–11, 2020	800 (LV)	–	51%	37%	12%[lower-alpha 29]
Public Policy Polling	October 4–5, 2020	911 (V)	± 3.3%	52%	40%	8%[lower-alpha 30]
East Carolina University	October 2–4, 2020	1,232 (LV)	± 3.2%	53%	40%	7%[lower-alpha 31]
ALG Research (D)[upper-alpha 2]	September 22–28, 2020	822 (V)	–	53%	43%	–
YouGov/UMass Lowell	September 18–25, 2020	921 (LV)	± 4.1%	54%	41%	4%[lower-alpha 32]
Meredith College	September 18–22, 2020	705 (RV)	± 3.5%	50%	39%	11%[lower-alpha 33]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	September 17–20, 2020	612 (LV)	± 3.96%	46%	39%	14%[lower-alpha 34]
Siena College/NYT Upshot	September 11–16, 2020	653 (LV)	± 4.3%	47%	42%	10%[lower-alpha 35]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	September 12–15, 2020	1,092 (LV)	± 2.97%	55%	36%	9%[lower-alpha 36]
Suffolk University	September 10–14, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	50%	38%	12%[lower-alpha 37]
SurveyUSA	September 10–13, 2020	596 (LV)	± 5.6%	49%	42%	10%[lower-alpha 38]
CNN/SSRS	September 9–13, 2020	787 (LV)	± 4.4%	53%	44%	2%[lower-alpha 39]
CNN/SSRS	September 9–13, 2020	893 (RV)	± 4.1%	53%	42%	5%[lower-alpha 40]
Kaiser Family Foundation/Cook Political Report	August 29 – September 13, 2020	1,116 (RV)	–	48%	38%	14%[lower-alpha 41]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	August 30 – September 3, 2020	951 (LV)	± 3.18%	54%	35%	11%[lower-alpha 42]
Monmouth University	August 29 – September 1, 2020	401 (RV)	± 4.9%	51%	40%	8%[lower-alpha 43]
		401 (LV)[lower-alpha 44]		51%	42%	7%[lower-alpha 45]
		401 (LV)[lower-alpha 46]		51%	42%	7%[lower-alpha 47]
East Carolina University	August 29–30, 2020	1,101 (LV)	± 3.4%	50%	40%	10%[lower-alpha 48]
Redfield and Wilton Strategies	August 16–19, 2020	967 (LV)	± 3.2%	51%	38%	11%[lower-alpha 49]
East Carolina University	August 12–13, 2020	1,255 (RV)	± 3.2%	52%	38%	11%[lower-alpha 50]
Emerson College	August 8–10, 2020	673 (LV)	± 3.8%	50%	44%	7%[lower-alpha 51]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	August 6–10, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	49%	39%	13%[lower-alpha 52]
Public Policy Polling (D)[upper-alpha 3]	July 23–24, 2020	884 (V)	± 3.4%	53%	42%	5%[lower-alpha 53]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)	July 22–24, 2020	735 (LV)	± 3.6%	46%	46%	8%[lower-alpha 54]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	July 19–23, 2020	919 (LV)	± 3.2%	51%	37%	12%[lower-alpha 55]
Marist College/NBC News	July 14–22, 2020	882 (RV)	± 4.0%	58%	38%	4%[lower-alpha 56]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)	July 13–15, 2020	547 (LV)	± 4.2%	49%	46%	5%[lower-alpha 57]
East Carolina University	June 22–25, 2020	1,149 (RV)	± 3.4%	49%	38%	13%[lower-alpha 58]
Public Policy Polling	June 22–23, 2020	1,157 (V)	± 2.9%	50%	41%	10%[lower-alpha 59]
NYT Upshot/Siena College	June 8–18, 2020	653 (RV)	± 4.1%	50%	39%	11%[lower-alpha 60]
Gravis Marketing (R)	June 17, 2020	631 (RV)	± 3.9%	46%	46%	8%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	June 14–17, 2020	902 (LV)	± 3.6%	52%	31%	17%[lower-alpha 61]
Public Policy Polling	June 2–3, 2020	913	± 3.2%	50%	39%	11%[lower-alpha 62]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	May 26–28, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	37%	14%[lower-alpha 63]
Neighbourhood Research & Media	May 12–21, 2020	391 (LV)	–	47%	35%	18%
Meeting Street Insights (R)	May 9–13, 2020	500 (RV)	–	55%	37%	8%
East Carolina University	May 7–9, 2020	1,111 (RV)	± 3.4%	51%	36%	13%
Civiqs/Daily Kos	May 2–4, 2020	1,362 (RV)	± 3.0%	53%	44%	3%
Meredith College	April 27–28, 2020	604 (RV)	± 4.0%	52%	32%	16%
SurveyUSA	April 23–26, 2020	580 (LV)	± 5.4%	57%	30%	13%[lower-alpha 64]
Public Policy Polling	April 20–21, 2020	1,275 (V)	± 3.2%	53%	40%	7%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)	April 13–18, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	55%	36%	9%
Public Policy Polling	April 14–15, 2020	1,318 (V)	± 3.4%	50%	36%	13%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	April 5–7, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	50%	33%	17%
East Carolina University	February 27–28, 2020	1,288 (RV)	± 3.2%	49%	41%	10%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	October 15–17, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	46%	36%	18%
Meredith College	September 29 – October 7, 2019	996 (RV)	± 3.0%	46%	33%	21%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	August 1–4, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	36%	16%
Public Policy Polling	June 17–18, 2019	610 (RV)	± 4.0%	45%	41%	14%
Harper Polling (R)	June 8–10, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	47%	37%	16%
Emerson College	May 31 – June 3, 2019	932 (RV)	± 3.1%	52%	38%	10%
Spry Strategies (R)[upper-alpha 4]	May 25 – June 1, 2019	730 (LV)	± 3.5%	40%	44%	16%
Public Policy Polling	January 4–7, 2019	750 (RV)	± 3.6%	47%	35%	18%

Hypothetical polling

with Holly Grange

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Cooper (D)	Holly Grange (R)	Other / Undecided
East Carolina University	February 27–28, 2020	1,288 (RV)	± 3.2%	49%	33%	18%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	October 15–17, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	46%	27%	27%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	August 1–4, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	30%	22%

with Phil Berger

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Cooper (D)	Phil Berger (R)	Other / Undecided
Public Policy Polling	June 17–18, 2019	610 (RV)	± 4.0%	46%	39%	16%
Public Policy Polling	January 4–7, 2019	750 (RV)	± 3.6%	48%	34%	18%

with Pat McCrory

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Cooper (D)	Pat McCrory (R)	Other / Undecided
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	October 15–17, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	44%	38%	18%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	August 1–4, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	47%	38%	14%
Public Policy Polling	January 4–7, 2019	750 (RV)	± 3.6%	45%	41%	14%

with Tim Moore

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Cooper (D)	Tim Moore (R)	Other / Undecided
Public Policy Polling	June 17–18, 2019	610 (RV)	± 4.0%	46%	38%	16%
Public Policy Polling	January 4–7, 2019	750 (RV)	± 3.6%	46%	32%	22%

with Thom Tillis

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Cooper (D)	Thom Tillis (R)	Other / Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 4–7, 2019	750 (RV)	± 3.6%	46%	37%	17%

Results

2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election[24][25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Roy Cooper (incumbent)	2,834,790	51.51%	+2.49%
	Republican	Dan Forest	2,586,605	47.01%	-1.79%
	Libertarian	Steven J. DiFiore	60,449	1.10%	-1.09%
	Constitution	Al Pisano	20,934	0.38%	N/A
Total votes			5,502,778	100.00%	N/A
Turnout			5,545,847	75.35%
Registered electors			7,359,798
	Democratic hold

Notes

Partisan clients

Compete Everywhere primarily supports Democratic candidates
Poll sponsored by Piedmont Rising, a pro-Affordable Care Act organization.
This poll's sponsor, AFSCME, had endorsed Biden prior to the sampling period
Poll sponsored by the North Carolina Republican Party

General

Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 0%
DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%
With voters who lean towards a given candidate
"Someone else" with 1%
DiFiore (L) with 3%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other" with 0%; "None of these" with no voters; Undecided with 1%
With voters who lean towards a given candidate
"Refused" and "Some other candidate" with 1%; Did/would not vote with 0%; Undecided with no voters
DiFiore (L) with 3%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 4%
"Other" with 0%; Undecided with 1%
Undecided with 6%
DiFiore (L), Pisano (C) and would not vote with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 4%
"Someone else" and Undecided with 3%
DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%
"Other" with 2%; Undecided with 4%
"Another candidate" with 0%; Did not vote with no voters; Undecided with 3%
DiFiore (L) with 1%; Pisano (C) with 0%; Undecided with 4%
DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 13%
"Some other candidate" and would/did not vote with 1%; "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 1%
Undecided with 4%
DiFiore (L) with 1%; Pisano (C), "Someone else" and Undecided with 0%
DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 9%
DiFiore (L) and "No one" with 1%; Pisano (C) with 0%; "Other candidate" with no voters; Undecided with 3%
With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout
"Other" with 1%; Undecided with 2%
With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout
"Other" with 1%; Undecided with 2%
"Some other candidate" with 2%; Undecided with 8%
DiFiore (L) with 3%; Undecided with 9%
Undecided with 8%
"Some other candidate" with 2%; would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 4%
"Another candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 4%
DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 8%
DiFiore (L) and Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 12%
Pisano (C) with 2%; DiFiore (L) with 1%; "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
"Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 7%
DiFiore (L) with 5%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other" and "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 6%
"Another candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 7%
DiFiore (L) with 1%; "None of these" and Pisano (C) with 0%; "Other" with no voters; Undecided with 1%
DiFiore (L) with 2%; "None of these" with 1%; "Other" and Pisano (C) with 0%; Undecided with 2%
"Neither/Another Party" with 1% "Undecided/Don't know/Refused" with 12%
"Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 9%
DiFiore (L) with 3%; "No one" and Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 3%
With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
"Other" with 5%; Undecided with 2%
With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
"Other" with 5%; Undecided with 2%
"Some other candidate" with 2%; Would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 8%
"Third party/write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 9%
"Some other candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 7%
Undecided with 7%
DiFiore (L) and Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 11%
Undecided with 5%
Pisano (C) with 0.9%, DiFiore (L) with 0.7%; Undecided with 5.9%
"Third party/write-in" with 1%; Undecided with 11%
"Other" with 0%; Undecided with 4%
Undecided with 3.7%; DiFore with 0.5%; Pisano with 0.4%
Undecided with 8%; "Some other candidate" with 5%
Undecided with 10%
Undecided with 10%; "Another candidate" with 1%; would not vote with 0%
Undecided with 14%; "Third party/write-in" with 3%
Undecided with 11%
Undecided with 13%; Pisano (C) with 1%; DiFiore (L) with 0%
Undecided with 13%

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"League of Women Voters of North Carolina". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
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[26] Compete Everywhere primarily supports Democratic candidates

[56] Poll sponsored by Piedmont Rising, a pro-Affordable Care Act organization.

[78] This poll's sponsor, AFSCME, had endorsed Biden prior to the sampling period

[NCGOP-91] Poll sponsored by the North Carolina Republican Party

[Key-4] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[25] DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 0%

[27] DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%

[28] With voters who lean towards a given candidate

[29] "Someone else" with 1%

[30] DiFiore (L) with 3%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other" with 0%; "None of these" with no voters; Undecided with 1%

[31] With voters who lean towards a given candidate

[32] "Refused" and "Some other candidate" with 1%; Did/would not vote with 0%; Undecided with no voters

[33] DiFiore (L) with 3%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 4%

[34] "Other" with 0%; Undecided with 1%

[35] Undecided with 6%

[36] DiFiore (L), Pisano (C) and would not vote with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 4%

[37] "Someone else" and Undecided with 3%

[38] DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%

[39] "Other" with 2%; Undecided with 4%

[40] "Another candidate" with 0%; Did not vote with no voters; Undecided with 3%

[41] DiFiore (L) with 1%; Pisano (C) with 0%; Undecided with 4%

[42] DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 13%

[43] "Some other candidate" and would/did not vote with 1%; "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 1%

[44] Undecided with 4%

[45] DiFiore (L) with 1%; Pisano (C), "Someone else" and Undecided with 0%

[46] DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 9%

[47] DiFiore (L) and "No one" with 1%; Pisano (C) with 0%; "Other candidate" with no voters; Undecided with 3%

[48] With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout

[49] "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 2%

[50] With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout

[51] "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 2%

[52] "Some other candidate" with 2%; Undecided with 8%

[53] DiFiore (L) with 3%; Undecided with 9%

[54] Undecided with 8%

[55] "Some other candidate" with 2%; would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 4%

[57] "Another candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 4%

[58] DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 8%

[59] DiFiore (L) and Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 12%

[60] Pisano (C) with 2%; DiFiore (L) with 1%; "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%

[61] "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 7%

[62] DiFiore (L) with 5%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other" and "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 6%

[63] "Another candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 7%

[64] DiFiore (L) with 1%; "None of these" and Pisano (C) with 0%; "Other" with no voters; Undecided with 1%

[65] DiFiore (L) with 2%; "None of these" with 1%; "Other" and Pisano (C) with 0%; Undecided with 2%

[66] "Neither/Another Party" with 1% "Undecided/Don't know/Refused" with 12%

[67] "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 9%

[68] DiFiore (L) with 3%; "No one" and Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 3%

[69] With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election

[70] "Other" with 5%; Undecided with 2%

[71] With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election

[72] "Other" with 5%; Undecided with 2%

[73] "Some other candidate" with 2%; Would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 8%

[74] "Third party/write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 9%

[75] "Some other candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 7%

[76] Undecided with 7%

[77] DiFiore (L) and Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 11%

[79] Undecided with 5%

[80] Pisano (C) with 0.9%, DiFiore (L) with 0.7%; Undecided with 5.9%

[81] "Third party/write-in" with 1%; Undecided with 11%

[82] "Other" with 0%; Undecided with 4%

[83] Undecided with 3.7%; DiFore with 0.5%; Pisano with 0.4%

[84] Undecided with 8%; "Some other candidate" with 5%

[85] Undecided with 10%

[86] Undecided with 10%; "Another candidate" with 1%; would not vote with 0%

[87] Undecided with 14%; "Third party/write-in" with 3%

[88] Undecided with 11%

[89] Undecided with 13%; Pisano (C) with 1%; DiFiore (L) with 0%

[90] Undecided with 13%

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