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Polls about 2026 North Carolina

Every tracked poll about 2026 North Carolina, newest first. Dots on the chart are individual polls; the line is the rolling average. How to read these numbers.

Average result

Unweighted mean across 75 matching polls

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Average result
Choice	%
Roy Cooper	49.9%
Michael Whatley	40.3%
Shannon Bray	2.2%
Michael Dublin	1.4%
Anita Earls	45.4%
Sarah Stevens	40.3%
Don Brown	19.2%
Thom Thillis	43.6%

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Individual polls (75)

Polls, newest first
End date	Pollster	Sample	Results
10/25/2026	Quantus Insights	722 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 51.4% Michael Whatley (R) 42.8% Shannon Bray (L) 1.3% Michael Dublin (G) 0.7%
10/20/2026	ActiVote	400 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 56.9% Michael Whatley (R) 43.1%
10/20/2026	Harper Polling for Carolina Journal	600 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 49% Michael Whatley (R) 39% Shannon Bray (L) 3% Michael Dublin (G) 2%
10/20/2026	Harper Polling for Carolina Journal	600 LV	Anita Earls (D) 47.3% Sarah Stevens (R) 39.7%
10/20/2026	High Point University	620 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 54% Michael Whatley (R) 40% Shannon Bray (L) 2% Michael Dublin (G) 1%
10/20/2026	High Point University	620 LV	Anita Earls (D) 51% Sarah Stevens (R) 43%
10/11/2026	SurveyUSA for WRAL-TV, WSOC-TV	643 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 54% Michael Whatley (R) 40%
10/10/2026	Trafalgar Group	1,091 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 48.8% Michael Whatley (R) 40.9% Michael Dublin (G) 2% Shannon Bray (L) 1.4%
10/8/2026	Elon University/YouGov	561 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 52% Michael Whatley (R) 39% Shannon Bray (L) 2% Michael Dublin (G) 1%
10/7/2026	Change Research for Carolina Forward	829 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 50% Michael Whatley (R) 40% Shannon Bray (L) 2% Michael Dublin (G) 1%
10/7/2026	Change Research for Carolina Forward	829 LV	Anita Earls (D) 50% Sarah Stevens (R) 41%
10/3/2026	East Carolina University	810 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 53% Michael Whatley (R) 46% Shannon Bray (L) 2% Michael Dublin (G) 0%
9/29/2026	Big Data Poll for Public Polling Project	642 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 51% Michael Whatley (R) 39% Shannon Bray (L) 7% Michael Dublin (G) 4%
9/22/2026	Quantus Insights	686 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 48.4% Michael Whatley (R) 43.3% Michael Dublin (G) 0.8% Shannon Bray (L) 0.5%
9/20/2026	Fabrizio Ward/Impact Research for AARP	1,115 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 53% Michael Whatley (R) 42%
9/20/2026	Opinion Diagnostics for Common Cause North Carolina	857 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 51.7% Michael Whatley (R) 43.5%
9/18/2026	YouGov	3,742 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 53% Michael Whatley (R) 41%
9/17/2026	InsiderAdvantage	1,200 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 48.4% Michael Whatley (R) 42.5% Shannon Bray (L) 1.6% Michael Dublin (G) 1.1%
9/16/2026	High Point University	706 LV	Anita Earls (D) 46% Sarah Stevens (R) 44%
9/16/2026	High Point University Survey Research Center	706 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 50% Michael Whatley (R) 42%
9/15/2026	Harper Polling for Carolina Journal	608 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 49% Michael Whatley (R) 34% Shannon Bray (L) 3% Michael Dublin (G) 2%
9/15/2026	Harper Polling for Carolina Journal	608 LV	Anita Earls (D) 47.2% Sarah Stevens (R) 36.4%
9/15/2026	YouGov for Catawba College Center for N.C. Politics & Public Service	885 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 48% Michael Whatley (R) 37%
9/15/2026	YouGov for Catawba College Center for N.C. Politics & Public Service	885 LV	Anita Earls (D) 44% Sarah Stevens (R) 36%
9/10/2026	Trafalgar Group	1,084 LV	Roy Cooper (D) 48.2% Michael Whatley (R) 42.3% Shannon Bray (L) 1.4% Michael Dublin (G) 1.3%