North Carolina Primary Exit Polls 2008

This page contains exit poll information from the 2008 North Carolina primary held on May 6, 2008. Major TV networks projected that Barack Obama was the victor in the NC contest.

In North Carolina, polls suggested Obama took 91% of the African-American vote.

48% of Clinton voters said they would vote for Obama if he won the Democratic nomination. 70% of Obama voters would support Clinton if she won the nomination.

Exit polls suggested that of the voters who saw the economy as the most pressing issue in the US, 52% believed Obama would be the best candidate to tackle it.

The North Carolina primary is among the last to be held, and is seen as particularly important, given the extended primary fight between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Fast Facts

1. Held: May 6, 2008
2. Polls open: 6:30am to 7:30pm EST
3. An estimated 488,000 North Carolinians voted early or absentee
4. North Carolina primary among the last to be held
5. Indiana primary held on the same day

What are Exit Polls?

1. A survey of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations
2. Asks the voter which candidate they voted for
3. Pollsters are usually specialized private companies working for newspapers or broadcasters
4. Exit polls give an indication of the election result before the actual votes are counted

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