The latest poll from Public Policy Polling, a North Carolina-based polling group says if the election were held today, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would have 41 percent of support from SC voters and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would have 39 percent of support. London-based William Hill, whose name adorns the sports book at Monmouth Park, gave Trump odds of 11 to 4, or a 26 percent chance.
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The survey of 749 likely voters had a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points.
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is at 5 percent, while the same survey shows 2 percent of S.C. voters back Green Party nominee Jill Stein, who is branding herself as the progressive alternative to former Democratic contender Bernie Sanders. Clinton’s supporters are split with 42 percent saying their main reason for supporting their candidate is due to pro-Clinton leanings while 41 percent of per supporters are chiefly voting for her because they anti-Trump.
The poll found Clinton winning 84 percent of the Democratic vote in the state, while Trump is only winning 77 percent of Republicans. After the party conventions, 69 percent of Republicans expected a Trump win – that number has now dropped by 14 points. It said the numbers point to a scenario down the road where Democrats could gain more footing in the traditionally red state of SC, rather than saying outright the state is poised to go blue in the immediate future.
The poll, conducted August 9-10, was administered by Public Policy Polling, a firm based in Raleigh.
S.C. Republican chairman Matt Moore is taking the results of the Public Policy poll seriously, saying Republicans will have to work to ensure SC stays in the “red” column this fall. “It’s time to get to work”.
The poll shows Ryan has 80 percent approval among Republicans statewide.
Conversely, 54 percent of GOP voters, fifty percent of independents and 57 percent of Democrats disapprove of Graham.
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Last November, PPP had Haley’s approval rating at 56 percent, with only 28 percent of voters disapproving.
