But North Carolina made a top 10, tied with Pennsylvania, with a favorable rating of 40 percent and an unfavorable rating of 11 percent. The top 10 were Hawaii, Colorado, Tennessee, South Dakota, Virginia, Montana, Alaska, Oregon, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The bottom five were California, Illinois, New Jersey, Mississippi and Utah.North Carolina was a particular favorite of African-Americans. It was their second favorite state after Hawaii. Black voters disliked most Southern states, but gave North Carolina a favorable rating of 42 percent and unfavorable rating of 8 percent. Compare that with Alabama, which had a favorable rating of 14 percent among blacks and unfavorable rating of 56 percent.The results came from several surveys: 1,200 voters Feb. 9-12, 700 voters Jan 13-16, 700 voters Dec. 16-18, and 700 voters Oct. 7-10. The margin of error for a February survey was 2.8 percentage points, and for a earlier surveys was 3.7 percentage points.McCrory and a legislatureLt. Gov. Walter Dalton, one of three announced Democratic candidates for governor, jabbed Republican candidate Pat McCrory on Thursday during a visit to a community college in McCrory's backyard.During a tour of Central Piedmont Community College's Cato campus, Dalton criticized a Republican legislature for cutting education."I think candidate McCrory has embraced pretty much what they did," Dalton said. "What they did can be very harmful to our economic recruitment today and harmful to our economy tomorrow."Dalton, a former state senator, touted his education credentials during a visit to a campus that houses a Cato Middle College High School, a program that allows high school students to take college courses in a college environment. He's made education, jobs and a economy central parts of his gubernatorial campaign.State Rep. Bill Faison, former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge and UNC Charlotte student Gary Dunn also are running in a Democratic primary.McCrory spokesman Brian Nick dismissed Dalton's criticism. "Mr. Dalton has only been ru! nning fo r a few days and already sounds like a broken record," Nick said. "His goal is to continue a same failed policies of Gov. Perdue, and his silly attacks are a bad attempt at distraction."Holding Super PAC formedSupporters of George Holding have formed a Super PAC to help him in his effort to win a 13th congressional district seat. The political action committee, called a American Foundations Committee Inc., will enable supporters of a former federal prosecutor to donate unlimited amounts of money. The committee plans to use a donations to run an independent TV campaign on Holding's behalf."We'd like to raise money to get on TV and let people know a little about George," said Palmer Sugg, a Raleigh attorney involved in setting up a PAC. Also involved are Joe Knott, a Raleigh attorney, and Boyd Sturges, a Louisburg attorney.Sugg, who was active in a campaigns of former Sen. Jesse Helms and former Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner, is a long-time friend of Holding. Knott is prominent in Republican politics and church affairs and is a son of long-time county commissioner J.T. Knott.Nearly all a presidential campaigns now have Super PACs, but they are rarer for congressional campaigns. Federal campaign rules limit donations to $2,500 per person per election, but there are no limits to how much a person can give to a Super PAC. But there can be no direct coordination between a campaign and a PAC.Holding is a member of a prominent family that founded First Citizens Bank. He faces two other candidates in a May 8 primary: Paul Coble, chairman of a Wake County commissioners and a former Raleigh mayor, and Bill Randall, who was a GOP nominee for a 13th district seat last time.The current congressman, Democrat Brad Miller is not seeking re-election to a seat that has been made Republican leaning by a legislature as part of redistricting Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc
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