Posted on 09/25/2013 3:29:45 PM PDT by jazusamo
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham may be in for a bumpy ride in his bid to secure a third term in November 2014, a new poll suggests.
The Clemson University poll released Wednesday found that Mr. Graham enjoys far more tepid support among his fellow Republicans than other state GOP leaders, even as he faces a competitive primary against a trio of conservative challengers. Poll author David Woodard, a Clemson political scientist, found that just 53 percent of the 500 Republicans surveyed hold a favorable view of Mr. Graham, compared to 36 percent who had an unfavorable view.
This stands in stark contrast to South Carolina’s other Republican senator, Tim Scott. Although Mr. Scott has far lower name-recognition numbers among voters, he holds a 69 percent to 6 percent approval-disapproval rating among South Carolina Republicans. GOP Gov. Nikki Haley also is popular with the party base, with a 70 percent to 18 percent approval-disapproval rating.
Mr. Woodard said that the high disapproval margin posed a threat to Mr. Graham, reflecting his often tense relations with conservative and tea party activists in the state. During President Obama’s first term, Mr. Graham backed Mr. Obama’s nominations of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. More recently, Mr. Graham has pushed for immigration reform and military engagement with Syria.
“Most incumbents have a ‘re-elect regardless’ number in the 30s, so the governor’s numbers are quite strong,” Mr. Woodard told the State newspaper in Columbia. “That cannot be said about Graham.”
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That would be great if Grahamnesty finishes third in the primary....it would be a huge blow to GOPe, Kommie Karl Rove, George Soros, and put many RINOS on the run
Amen to that...I’m sure the three of them will be pounding him on Linda’s support for the immigration bill and 0bamacare among his other lib tendencies.
Seems to me he won’t be able to counter those things if they really press them but I’m not familiar with the voting base.
The RINOs do more harm to the causes constitutional conservatives espouse than do the dems. They're the reason the Republicans can't come to a consensus....the traitors from within.
Look at Murkowski in Alaska....she doesn't even have to pretend to have loyalty to the party, just to the globalist pro-corporate puppet masters.
There isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between a GOP progressive statist and a left wing Democrat statist.
When I talk to non voting people who have conservative values, that “dime’s worth of difference” is the usual reply to the question of why they don’t vote!
If the GOP presented a clear alternative to statism, the party and the nation might have a chance. But as it stands now, the NRSC/GOPe cabal fight conservatives in their own party ten times harder than they fight the Democrats and their agenda.
/johnny
Thanks for information. You answered all my questions right here.
“SC has a sore loser law. He loses the primary, he can’t run in another party.”
YAY!
Thos ought to read:
Sen. Graham’s re-election chances? Nil
.........if Graham would start crossing over and walking down the other side of the street everytime he sees John McCain coming he might pick up a few votes.............
McCain has turned in to kryptonite for too many people. Indeed, I wonder why I use to like the guy!?
i’m sure McCain will show up to campaign for his butt buddy, and straighten out all the wacko birds and Nazis who dare to vote against his pet RINO.
Just wait.....mr prissy pants will lose his primary, throw a hissy fit and run on a third party ticket. That’ll give us 6 more years of this insufferable twit, or another demhole in the senate
/johnny
“Concern trolls have to be concerned.”
Another newbie, this one all “concerned” about Lindsey baby’s future.
If he is re-elected again - then Republicans will be GONE!! He and McCain are emblematic of the Republican’s problems!
“This explains Lindsey’s absence on the Obamacare funding debate.
If it were otherwise he’d have his lips secured to McCain’s backside, as usual.”
I am becoming increasingly concerned that Linda may suffer asphyxiation if he remains in that position much longer.
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