New Polling: Increasingly pessimistic, North Carolinians favor more guardrails on presidency

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 9, 2026

Words: 646

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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A new poll conducted for the Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service finds that a majority of North Carolinians — 56% — believe that the future of the United States’ political climate will be negative. Only 18% believe the future political climate will be positive.

Notably, of those respondents who said they supported Donald Trump 2024’s presidential bid, 47% were negative about the future of the nation’s political climate, while only one-third …

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