American Research Group, Inc.

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%

 

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