Polls · North Carolina's 1st district
Neighborhood Research , 6 October 2026
Neighborhood Research has Don Davis ahead of Laurie Buckhout by 10 points in North Carolina's 1st district, 51% to 41%. It is this pollster's first poll of this race in our data.
| Race | North Carolina's 1st district |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 1 October 2026 – 6 October 2026 |
| Stage | General election |
| Sample | 303 (likely voters) |
| Method | – |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes |
Main
 Don Davis D |
51 | |
 Laurie Buckhout R |
41 | |
| Undecided | 8 |
Margin on the decided vote: D+10.9; after our adjustments D+11.8, which includes a move of 0.5 points to the Democrats with the national trend since the poll (↻).
Against the other polls
Against the median of the 2 other polls of this race taken within a week of it: Don Davis 51% against 44.5%.
Photo credits
1 official portrait from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (US government work, public domain): Don Davis.
- Laurie Buckhout: Photo: U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laurie_Buckhout.jpg)