South Carolina
Interview dates: September 14-17,
2008
Sample size: 600 likely voters
Margin of error: ± 4 percentage points, 95% of the time Question wording and responses:
If the general election were being held
today between John McCain for president and Sarah Palin for vice president, the Republicans,
and Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president, the Democrats, for whom would
you vote - McCain and Palin, Obama and Biden (names rotated), or someone else?
South Carolina |
|
McCain |
Obama |
Other |
Undecided |
|
Likely voters
|
59%
|
37%
|
-
|
4% |
|
Democrats (35%) |
13% |
82% |
- |
5% |
Republicans (45%) |
96% |
2% |
- |
2% |
Independents
(20%) |
55% |
37% |
1% |
7% |
|
Men (44%) |
63% |
32% |
- |
5% |
Women
(56%) |
55% |
41% |
- |
3% |
|
18 to
49 (58%) |
54% |
42% |
- |
4% |
50 and
older (42%) |
65% |
30% |
- |
4% |
|
White (69%) |
80% |
16% |
- |
4% |
African American
(31%) |
11% |
84% |
1% |
4% |
|