That's actually pretty good news for Democrats because 22% of Democrats report being undecided on the generic ballot question while only 12% of Republicans are. Some folks in the party reasonably want to see who the party's actual candidate is before committing to support them but it seems likely most Democratic voters would end up voting for whoever their nominee is.
Only 11% of Democrats say they're committed to voting for Burr against their party's candidate, and with the large Democratic registration and identification advantage in North Carolina most Republicans are going to need to earn around 20% of the Democratic vote to win statewide.
So far we have tested five prospective candidates against Burr for 2010 and only Roy Cooper has outperformed the generic Democratic ballot. Here's how the folks we've tested stack up:
| Candidate | Margin Relative to Burr |
| Roy Cooper | +5 |
| Generic Democrat | -4 |
| Elaine Marshall | -8 |
| Heath Shuler | -11 |
| Jim Neal | -14 |
| Cal Cunningham | -19 |
I remember several earlier polls each testing different Democratic candidates against Burr, but never one testing them all at the same time. I'd argue that unless including all previously tested candidates in one poll, results may be skewed and of no significance. Why not run them at the same time?
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