Dale, Jr. Loses New Popularity Poll (but so does Richard Petty)

From PUBLIC POLICY POLLING in Raleigh, NC

December 07, 2011

The most popular man in North Carolina...

Last week PPP took to Twitter asking people who they think the most popular living person in North Carolina is. We got 14 good suggestions of folks to test and the winner is...Billy Graham. Only 1 person in the poll received a negative rating... pro wrestler Ric Flair. Here's how they stacked up in terms of net favorability:

Person Favorability

Billy Graham 69/14 (+55) 16%

Dean Smith 59/9 (+50) 32%

Andy Griffith 64/15 (+49) 21%

Richard Petty 56/11 (+45) 33%

Michael Jordan 59/14 (+45) 27%

Roy Williams 46/10 (+36) 43%

Mike Krzyzewski 49/14 (+35) 37%

Cam Newton 37/9 (+28) 54%

Scotty McCreery 36/8 (+28) 56%

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 39/17 (+22) 43%

Jim Hunt 38/23 (+15) 40%

Bill Friday 23/8 (+15) 69%

Hugh Shelton 12/7 (+5) 81%

Ric Flair 12/23 (-11) 65%

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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Hush... we can't talk politics here, of course, but if Charlie Pride is to be Speaker of the House, he'll certainly have to sing "The Snakes Crawl at Night" to describe his coharts!

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I know we can't talk politics here but I will make this statement anyway: Billy Graham is an excellent choice and most folks here will have no problem with that. I find it very interesting, however, that Obama carried North Carolina in the last election. That seems very contrary to me.

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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.

Eveybody in downtown Charlotte these days has a NJ accent.

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