Poll: Hillary Leads Trump by 12 Points in North Carolina

Guy Benson | April 29, 2016 7:30 PM

Happy Friday. We began the day with one "Trump expands the map!" data point in Arizona, and here's another:

Trump shifts the map indeed: Clinton leads 49-37 against him in new poll of North Carolina, & Sanders leads 54-35. https://t.co/NL8jG1MXPM
— Taniel (@Taniel) April 29, 2016

In fairness, Cruz also trails Clinton in this poll, but by a smaller margin. The favorability story is a depressingly familiar one, too. Keep in mind that this is a reddish swing state:

Hillary at 43/54 (-9) favorability in NC.

Trump at 30/65 (-35)https://t.co/Pj170Iwy4N
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 29, 2016

I'll leave you with the latest anti-Trump ad, which highlights his dreadfully weak general election numbers (even in places like Utah and Mississippi), especially among women -- followed by a major outlier survey that finds Cruz ahead of Trump by 16 points in Indiana. Color me skeptical: