Polls · North Carolina Senate
AtlasIntel , 1 November 2026
AtlasIntel has Roy Cooper ahead of Michael Whatley by 14 points in North Carolina Senate, 56% to 42%. It is this pollster's first poll of this race in our data.
| Race | North Carolina Senate |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 28 October 2026 – 1 November 2026 |
| Stage | General election |
| Sample | 1,459 (likely voters) |
| Method | – |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes |
Main
 Roy Cooper D |
56 | |
 Michael Whatley R |
42 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Undecided | 0 |
Margin on the decided vote: D+14.1; after our adjustments D+15.9, which includes a move of 0.3 points to the Democrats with the national trend since the poll (↻).
Against the other polls
Against the median of the 3 other polls of this race taken within a week of it: Roy Cooper 56% against 54%; Michael Whatley 42% against 44%.
Photo credits
- Michael Whatley: Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Whatley_(54670563614)_(cropped).jpg)
- Roy Cooper: Photo: NCDOTcommunications, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roy_Cooper_in_November_2023_(cropped2).jpg)