S.C. Democrats tout new poll showing Clinton, Trump in dead heat

[molova]

Source: The Post and Courier

A new poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied in the presidential contest in the Palmetto State.

The poll, paid for by the South Carolina Democratic Party and conducted by the Feldman Group, found Clinton and Trump neck-and-neck at 39 percent in a state that hasn’t voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

“Clinton could win South Carolina this year if her campaign chooses to contest the state,” the Feldman Group told S.C. Democratic Party Chairman Jaime Harrison in a memo accompanying the poll results, which drew from interviews with a sample size of “600 likely voters” between August 18-21.


The news is exciting for Democrats in South Carolina, still riding high from a Public Policy Polling survey from earlier this month finding Trump just two points ahead of Clinton. Their eagerness to make a splash with these new numbers was on display Tuesday night: They gave liberal journalist Rachel Maddow an exclusive on the data, which she reported live on her widely-watched show on MSNBC. Harrison appeared on a split screen for an interview

Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/20160823/160829712/sc-democrats-tout-new-poll-showing-clinton-trump-in-dead-heat#content

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That's South Carolina. Not a typo.

[moonscape]

1. As delicious as this report is, Hillary

winning SC is as likely as me eating broken glass.

Not that I wouldn't be willing to take one for the team, mind, but ...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. But if you grind it really fine, it makes a great seasoning.

Especially with deep fried palmetto. The bug, I mean.

I was a YUGE Bernie fan, and will vote for the D candidate. But, even I feel a hint of a tsunami coming this year. And it will shake up the senate, the house, and many state govs.

[SunSeeker]

2. Wow.

[Yonnie3]

3. Anyone know where the full results are? Found some!

All I can find is that it was exclusive to MSNBC although fivethirtyeight.com uses the t'Rump +2 from the head to head.

Google has not been helpful and the fivethiryeight link just goes to the newspaper story.

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Edit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/25lt1dwrfpktd2s/Memo%20-%20SCDP%20-%20August%20Poll%20-%20August%2023%202016.pdf?dl=0

Found reading a GOP press release.

[jpak]

4. Wow - SC is the most Confederate state in the nation

Bad news for the GOP

yup

[alphafemale]

5. Many people here are from OH and PA

At least in the coastal areas.

[lindysalsagal]

6. The poll, paid for by the South Carolina Democratic Party and conducted by the Feldman Group

I'd be more excited if it were an indepedent poll.

With the right questions and sample you could get jack the ripper beating Snow White.

Remains to be seen.