New Rasmussen poll on North Carolina just out. Obama is up two points:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Tar Heel State shows Obama attracting 49% of the vote while McCain earns 47%. A week ago, McCain held a three-point edge. This is the first time in eight Rasmussen Reports polls that Obama has held any kind of a lead in North Carolina, though the candidates were tied once as well......As always, the racial divide is sharp. In the Tar Heel State, Obama is supported by 98% of African-Americans while McCain currently earns the vote from 64% of White voters.
So, 36% white support for Obama is high in a conservative southern state like that (whereas it would be terrible in, say, Minnesota). If he can stay at that number and really get his vote out, then the Tarheel state is realitically swipe-able. It's 15 electoral votes.
