Poll: Where SC voters stand on Graham-Harrison race, when to fill Supreme Court seat
Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham holds a one point lead over his Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison in a poll released Sunday by CBS News and YouGov.
The poll, which was conducted last week between Tuesday and Friday as the nation mourned the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has Graham leading 45% to 44%. Two percent of respondents said they would vote for someone else, and 9% said they were not sure. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
In the same survey, President Donald Trump had a 52% to 42% lead over former Vice President Joe Biden in South Carolina.
In South Carolina, 54% of those surveyed said they believe a vote on a Supreme Court nominee should take place in the Senate before the Nov. 3 election, while 46% of respondents said it should wait until after the election.
Graham, who is the Senate Judiciary Chairman, announced this weekend hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are scheduled to begin on Oct. 12. He hopes to have her approved by the committee by Oct. 26 leaving about a week before the election for a full Senate vote.
The poll also found Harrison has support of 94% of Democrats. Graham, who is seeking a fourth term, has support of 82% of Republicans. Only 3% of Democrats said they are unsure of who they will vote for, while 10% of Republicans didn’t know who they would vote for in the Senate race, showing Graham’s support has more room to grow.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed the race between Harrison and Graham was tied at 48%. The Graham campaign has contended the Quinnipiac polls did not survey enough Republicans in the GOP leaning state.
According to CNN’s 2016 presidential election exit polls from CNN, 46% of South Carolina voters were Republicans, 27% of voters were Democrats, and 26% were independents.
In the CBS News poll released Sunday, Republicans made up about 41% of respondents and Democrats made up 30% of respondents.
This story was originally published September 27, 2020 at 1:05 PM with the headline "Poll: Where SC voters stand on Graham-Harrison race, when to fill Supreme Court seat."
