President Obama's approval rating in the swing state of North Carolina remains largely unchanged from last month, a new PPP survey finds (March 12-15, 1000 RV, MoE +/- 3.1%). His 53%/40% approval rating is a two-point net approval increase from his 52%/41% rating last month.

Sen. Kay Hagan (D) has a 36% approval rating, with 34% disapproving and 30% not sure.

In November, Obama defeated John McCain by 1 point in North Carolina, which had voted Republican in each of the last seven presidential elections. Hagan defeated incumbent senator Elizabeth Dole by 9 points.