Gulp:
Our new South Carolina poll, on behalf of @scdp, finds a toss up race in the state: https://t.co/cZolxcIrXl
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) August 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/763752992977915904
Got ourselves our first poll out of South Carolina (PPP), and woah:
Trump 41
Clinton 39
Johnson 5
Stein 2 https://t.co/HSH6CnZSUI— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 11, 2016
PPP’s newest South Carolina poll finds that the state is trending toward being competitive in the Presidential race this year, just like in neighboring Georgia. Donald Trump has only a 2 point lead with 41% to 39% for Hillary Clinton, 5% for Gary Johnson, and 2% for Jill Stein.
The closeness is a function of Democrats being a lot happier with their party’s candidate than Republicans are with theirs. Clinton is winning 84% of the Democratic vote, compared to Trump’s 77% of the Republican vote. Although neither candidate is well liked by voters in the state Trump’s favorability, at 38% positive and 56% negative, comes in slightly worse than Clinton’s at 38/55.
Whether Democrats end up winning South Carolina in the Presidential race this fall or not, the generational differences in the state portend well for the party in the decades ahead. Trump is only ahead because of a massive advantage among seniors in the state at 58/30. When you look at everyone in the electorate below the age of 65, Clinton leads Trump 41/36. That suggests the potential for the Palmetto State to become much more of a battleground in the years ahead, just as in migration and the increasing diversity of the electorate has done in Southern states like Virginia and North Carolina.
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