2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election

2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election
Turnout	75.35% 6.37pp
	Cooper: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Forest: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50%
Governor before election; Roy Cooper; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Roy Cooper; Democratic

2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election

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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]

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

Cooper was re-elected to a second term by a closer margin than polls forecasted, defeating the Republican nominee, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest. Cooper's re-election win made him the first Governor of North Carolina to win re-election since fellow Democrat Mike Easley in 2004. Once again, Cooper outperformed other Democrats on the ballot. With a margin of 4.51%, this election was the second closest of the 2020 gubernatorial election cycle, the closest being the election in Puerto Rico.

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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
"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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[28] Compete Everywhere primarily supports Democratic candidates

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

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

[NCGOP-92] Poll sponsored by the North Carolina Republican Party

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

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

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

[30] With voters who lean towards a given candidate

[31] "Someone else" with 1%

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

[33] With voters who lean towards a given candidate

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

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

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

[37] Undecided with 6%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[46] Undecided with 4%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[56] Undecided with 8%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[77] Undecided with 7%

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

[80] Undecided with 5%

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

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

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

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

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

[86] Undecided with 10%

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

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

[89] Undecided with 11%

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

[91] Undecided with 13%

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Margin of error	Roy Cooper	Ernest Reeves	Undecided
High Point University Archived 2020-03-02 at the Wayback Machine	February 21–28, 2020	269 (LV)	–	74%	13%	13%
	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 Archived 2020-02-12 at the Wayback Machine	January 31 – February 6, 2020	198 (LV)	–	80%	8%	12%
	January 31 – February 6, 2020	400 (RV)	–	69%	10%	21%

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%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Margin of error	Dan Forest	Holly Grange	Pat McCrory	Undecided
High Point University Archived 2020-03-02 at the Wayback Machine	February 21–28, 2020	246 (LV)	–	74%	13%	–	13%
	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 Archived 2020-02-12 at the Wayback Machine	January 31 – February 6, 2020	198 (LV)	–	67%	8%	–	25%
	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%

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

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[13]	Likely D	October 23, 2020
Inside Elections^[14]	Lean D	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[15]	Likely D	November 2, 2020
Politico^[16]	Lean D	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos^[17]	Likely D	October 28, 2020
RCP^[18]	Lean D	November 2, 2020
270towin^[19]	Likely D	November 2, 2020

2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election

2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election

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Republican primary

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Other candidates

Libertarian Party

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Constitution Party

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Predictions

Endorsements

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Cooper (D)	Dan Forest (R)	Other / Undecided
Swayable Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine	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 Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine	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) Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine	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 Archived October 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine	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) Archived October 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine	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 Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine	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 45]}
East Carolina University	August 29–30, 2020	1,101 (LV)	± 3.4%	50%	40%	10%^{[lower-alpha 47]}
Redfield and Wilton Strategies	August 16–19, 2020	967 (LV)	± 3.2%	51%	38%	11%^{[lower-alpha 48]}
East Carolina University	August 12–13, 2020	1,255 (RV)	± 3.2%	52%	38%	11%^{[lower-alpha 49]}
Emerson College	August 8–10, 2020	673 (LV)	± 3.8%	50%	44%	7%^{[lower-alpha 50]}
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	August 6–10, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	49%	39%	13%^{[lower-alpha 51]}
Public Policy Polling (D)^{[upper-alpha 3]}	July 23–24, 2020	884 (V)	± 3.4%	53%	42%	5%^{[lower-alpha 52]}
Cardinal Point Analytics (R) Archived 2020-07-30 at the Wayback Machine	July 22–24, 2020	735 (LV)	± 3.6%	46%	46%	8%^{[lower-alpha 53]}
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	July 19–23, 2020	919 (LV)	± 3.2%	51%	37%	12%^{[lower-alpha 54]}
Marist College/NBC News	July 14–22, 2020	882 (RV)	± 4.0%	58%	38%	4%^{[lower-alpha 55]}
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)	July 13–15, 2020	547 (LV)	± 4.2%	49%	46%	5%^{[lower-alpha 56]}
East Carolina University	June 22–25, 2020	1,149 (RV)	± 3.4%	49%	38%	13%^{[lower-alpha 57]}
Public Policy Polling	June 22–23, 2020	1,157 (V)	± 2.9%	50%	41%	10%^{[lower-alpha 58]}
NYT Upshot/Siena College	June 8–18, 2020	653 (RV)	± 4.1%	50%	39%	11%^{[lower-alpha 59]}
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 60]}
Public Policy Polling	June 2–3, 2020	913	± 3.2%	50%	39%	11%^{[lower-alpha 61]}
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)	May 26–28, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	37%	14%^{[lower-alpha 62]}
Neighbourhood Research & Media	May 12–21, 2020	391 (LV)	–	47%	35%	18%
Meeting Street Insights (R) Archived 2020-06-05 at the Wayback Machine	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 63]}
Public Policy Polling	April 20–21, 2020	1,275 (V)	± 3.2%	53%	40%	7%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) Archived April 30, 2020, at the Wayback Machine	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) Archived 2020-04-23 at the Wayback Machine	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) Archived October 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine	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) Archived June 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine	June 8–10, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	47%	37%	16%
Emerson College Archived 2019-06-04 at the Wayback Machine	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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Roy Cooper (incumbent)	2,834,790	51.52%	+2.50%
	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

District	Forest	Cooper	Representative
1st	42.6%	56.4%	G. K. Butterfield
2nd	31.4%	67.0%	Deborah K. Ross
3rd	58.5%	40.0%	Greg Murphy
4th	29.9%	68.8%	David Price
5th	63.5%	35.2%	Virginia Foxx
6th	34.2%	64.2%	Kathy Manning
7th	54.5%	44.0%	David Rouzer
8th	49.2%	49.0%	Richard Hudson
9th	50.3%	48.4%	Dan Bishop
10th	63.7%	35.0%	Patrick McHenry
11th	52.2%	46.3%	Madison Cawthorn
12th	27.0%	71.0%	Alma Adams
13th	62.9%	35.9%	Ted Budd