North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall received a big bounce in the polls last month following her run-off victory to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. However, the bounce is gone and the race is back to where it’s been for most of the year with Republican Senator Richard Burr enjoying a double digit lead.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Burr picking up 52% of the vote while Marshall attracts 37%. Four percent (4%) of voters would choose some other candidate and seven percent (7%) are undecided.

With the exception of last month’s post-primary poll, Burr’s support has remained in the narrow range from 48% to 52% all year. For Marshall, that range of support has been from a low to 32% to a high of 40%.

The new survey results move the North Carolina race to the Solid Republican category in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power ratings. Nine states remain as Toss-Ups at this time.

Voters in North Carolina are anxious about the economy. Just 11% rate it as good or excellent while 50% believe it is in poor shape. Twenty-four percent (24%) say it’s getting better while twice as many (49%) say it’s getting worse. These are broadly comparable to national numbers reported daily in the Rasmussen Consumer Index data. Also similar is the fact that 69% of North Carolina voters believe the United States is still in a recession.

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The survey of 500 Likely Voters in North Carolina was conducted on July 6, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Thirty-two percent (32%) of North Carolina voters believe last year’s economic stimulus package helped the economy while 38% say it hurt. That assessment is more positive than the national average. Sixty-eight percent (68%) believe cutting taxes is a more effective job creation tool than additional government spending. Just 15% hold the opposite view.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of North Carolina voters favor repeal of the recently passed health care law. That’s a big higher than support for repeal nationwide.

Sixty-two percent (62%) would like to see a law like Arizona’s immigration law passed in their state. That, too, is a bit above the national figures.

On a related topic, only 30% favor the Justice Department lawsuit to overturn the Arizona law.

As is found across the country, most North Carolina voters (62%) favor a welcoming legal immigration policy that excludes only national security threats, criminals, and those who would live off the U.S. welfare system.

Burr is viewed Very Favorably by 20% of the state’s voters while 13% have a Very Unfavorable opinion of their Senator. For Marshall, the numbers are 14% and 18% respectively.