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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll director Hunter Bacot answered questions from the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record in a weekly segment published Oct. 26, 2008.

Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin electrified thousands of people from across North Carolina on Thursday during a campaign stop at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. Her mission: Explain to the crowd inside the Latham Park baseball stadium why she believes Sen. John McCain is the best man to be the next president.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ undergraduate and law students took the stage Wednesday night in a campus event that matched supporters of Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama against each other for a presidential debate on issues chosen by their peers at a recent College Coffee.

Support for school vouchers in North Carolina remains mixed, with no majority of respondents in the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll showing a strong inclination either for or against such a program.

Forty-eight percent of North Carolinians support the federal government’s efforts to assist banks and other financial institutions on the verge of collapse, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll, and more than half of respondents believe such aid will have a positive impact on the economy.

More than half of North Carolina residents have a favorable view of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, whose marks are much higher than those of Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll.

A majority of North Carolinians support offshore oil drilling initiatives, and nearly four out of five respondents in the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ University Poll believe that supplies should be available exclusively to people living in the United States – not sold to nations overseas.