Deborah Ross

The good news keeps on coming for Deborah Ross in her bid to unseat North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr, the "most vulnerable Republican Senator that no one's talking about," according to PPP back in June. Guess what? PPP finds that the race is still tight, and Burr is not getting any more popular.

North Carolina's Senate race is close as well. Richard Burr leads with 41% to 37% for Deborah Ross, and 5% for Libertarian Sean Haugh. The overarching themes of this race remain the same. Burr is not popular, with only 28% of voters approving of the job he's doing to 39% who disapprove. But Ross is still pretty much unknown, with only 39% of voters having an opinion about her one way or another. Burr's weak numbers make voters open to the possibility of replacing him, but they'll have to learn more about Ross before they decide whether they think she's a better alternative or not.

Burr has been a political fixture in North Carolina since he was elected to the U.S. House in 1994. He's a known—and disliked—entity. The current dislike is founded on a number of issues in which he's at odds with his constituency. Like these: "78% of voters in the state supporting barring those on the Terror Watch list from buying a firearm, including 81% of Republicans, 78% of Democrats, and 73% of independents. 77% support background checks on all gun purchases, including 81% of Democrats, 75% of Republicans, and 71% of independents. North Carolinians even support an assault weapons ban by a 51/39 spread."

Those are some interesting "Second Amendment" views. In related news, North Carolinians "would like to see the Senate move forward with Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court by holding hearings" by a 60/23 margin. Even a plurality of Republicans (43/36) want to see hearings for Garland. (Apparently only a sliver of them fall in the Clinton is the devil camp.)

Deborah Ross is making this a real race. Let's help her.

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