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2026-11-04 10:56:36
[Cooper Expected to Swap Key North Carolina Senate Seat: Voter Polls Reveal Four Key Supporting Factors] (1) With Democrat Roy Cooper expected to swing the key swing Senate seat in North Carolina, preliminary results from ABC News voter polls suggest his path to victory lies primarily in the following areas: (2) Race: Black voters make up about one-sixth of the Senate electorate, with about nine-tenths voting for Cooper; about three-quarters of the state's voters are white, and they are roughly split between Cooper and Republican challenger Michael Whitley. (3) Education: Preliminary polls found that voters without a college education are evenly matched between Cooper and Whitley; Cooper has gained an edge among college-educated voters, winning that group by more than 30 percentage points. (4) Party Affiliation: Cooper is particularly strong among independent voters, with about 60% of them supporting him, compared to about one-third voting for Whitley. (5) Age: Cooper has won over 18- to 29-year-old voters by about 58 percentage points.
