A new survey from Public Policy Polling (D) shows President Obama with a small five point lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in North Carolina, a state he won in 2008 and will be a major battleground in 2012. Obama gets 49 percent of registered voters in the state versus Romney’s 44, as the President’s approval rating is barely above water but Romney’s favorability is at an extremely negative 29 – 58 split.
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