Chapel Hill lawyer Kenneth Lewis, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, is working hard to build name recognition. In Mecklenburg County, at least, that might be a double-edged sword.My Raleigh colleague Ben Niolet reports that a poll this month by Public Policy Polling showed 80 percent of N.C. residents have no strong opinions about Lewis, suggesting that they've never heard of him. But in the 704 area code, people did have strong opinions. At least about "Kenneth Lewis."
In 704 land, which includes the Charlotte area, 39 percent of those surveyed had an opinion about Lewis -- and 27 percent were negative. PPP's Tom Jensen said Lewis may be a victim of his name.
A Dec. 11-13 survey of 593 likely North Carolina voters found that 80 percent of state residents are unsure of how they feel about Lewis. But PPP noted that in the Charlotte area code of 704, there are lots of strong opinions about "Kenneth Lewis."
Ken Lewis is the name of the outgoing CEO of the Bank of America. Critics blame him for many of the woes that have hit both the bank and Charlotte.
6 comments:
That's what we need in the Senate - more lawyers.
704 IS Charlotte and its immediate North Carolina suburbs. Get a clue.
Bitter? Party of one...
So how is this newsworthy in Charlotte? As usual it is very poorly written. Jim, surely you can get an 8th grader to help edit your work. Do you not have any neighborhood kids?
Just what we need in the senate another lawyer and democrat to finish bankrupting the country and rewarding illegal aliens
Here, I do not really consider it will work.
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