United States / 2026 United States Senate election in North Carolina
Change Research (D)
Voting intention · published 18 May 2026
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Election
- 2026 United States Senate election in North Carolina
- Polling institute
- Change Research (D)
- Published
- 18 May 2026
- Fieldwork
- 4 May 2026 – 8 May 2026
- Sample size
- 957
- Margin of error
- ±3.2 est. (Not published: estimated from sample size (95%, simple random sample))
- Methodology
- Not published
Results
Change Research (D), 18 May 2026: Cooper (D) leads with 49.0%, 7.0 points ahead of Whatley (R).
- Roy Cooper (D)49.0%−1.0 percentage points
- Michael Whatley (R)42.0%+2.0 percentage points
Change in percentage points vs. the previous poll by the same institute for this election.
How to read a poll
- Sample size is how many people were asked. More people means less random error, never none.
- ±3 is the margin of error: the real figure is likely within 3 points either way of the one shown.
- Two polls can differ because they were taken on different dates, with different methods and different samples.
- est. means the institute did not publish a margin of error, so it is estimated from the sample size.
- The average smooths this out: it combines recent polls, so one unusual poll cannot swing the picture.