Super Tuesday is over, and the matchup for North Carolina’s 76th governor is set. Now, the actual race begins.
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In a poll from Meredith College, taken before Super Tuesday results, a presumptive match-up between Josh Stein and Mark Robinson showed that 62.2% of polled Black or African Americans would vote for Stein, whereas 3.1% would vote for Robinson. Jason Roberts, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said he expects Robinson to pursue African-American voters’ approval.
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“If either gubernatorial candidate can make a case for turning out to vote for governor—can argue that this race is critical to the state—that person might be at an advantage,” said Sarah Treul, an associate professor with UNC-Chapel Hill’s department of political science.