Captn_Ag05 said:
NC is one of the harder states to poll traditionally. I can only imagine the storm has made it more difficult.
This, and one of the reasons its harder to poll is because NC is undergoing a shift similar to where FL was a few years ago.
Older white Republicans (less MAGA, more "country club" types) are dying off and being replaced by the positive net migration of conservative leaning whites from other states (more MAGA, less "country club" types) amongst the state's Republican electorate; meaning the white vote in NC overall, and the Republican white voters in NC more specifically, is/are more reliably conservative/Republican than even 5-10 years ago.
Because many of the pollsters, OTH, especially the lazy/cheap ones, include too many of the easier to poll (less MAGA, more "country club") Republicans in their polls, they tend to understate GOP support.
The recent general rule of thumb for NC is that it polls slightly to the left of GA, but votes slightly to the right of GA (which isn't trending as much in the GOP's direction as FL and NC are due to the growth of the Atlanta metro area compared to the rest of the state).
Vance in '28