(The Center Square) – For the second time this week, new polling suggests the race for governor in North Carolina is effectively over and mainly due to a damning report from CNN about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.

Attorney General Josh Stein leads Robinson 51%-34% in the poll that began the day after the published report from the media giant known for a lean to the left side of the political aisle. Stein, easy winner of the Democrats primary on Super Tuesday, added the High Point University Survey Research Center analysis released Thursday to a 17-point poll lead unveiled earlier this week by the East Carolina University Center for Survey Research.