| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14399 |
| McCain Holds Significant Lead In Palmetto State: In an election for President of the United States in South Carolina today, 09/23/08, six weeks from the vote, Republican John McCain defeats Republican Barack Obama by 19 points, 58% to 39%, according to this latest exclusive WCSC-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA.
McCain takes a majority of votes among men and women, young and old, and in all regions of the state. McCain wins white voters 3:1; Obama wins black voters 10:1. 13% of Democrats cross over to vote for McCain; 5% of Republicans cross over to vote for Obama. Independents break 2:1 for McCain. McCain takes 89% of conservative votes; Obama takes 77% of liberal votes; moderates split evenly. McCain wins college graduates by 30 points, those who did not attend college by 9 points. McCain wins those with household incomes greater than $50,000 by 34 points; Obama wins low-income households by 5 points. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 900 South Carolina adults 09/21/08 through 09/22/08. Of the adults, 817 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 690 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the 11/04/08 general election. South Carolina has 8 Electoral College votes. George W. Bush carried South Carolina by 17 points in 2004 and by 16 points in 2000. |
 | If the election for President were today, would you vote for ... (choices rotated) Republican John McCain? Or, Democrat Barack Obama? |
| 690 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | College Grad | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Income | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.8% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | < Obama | > McCain | > In Bet | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Yes | No | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Could Ch | Mind Mad | Economy | Environm | Health C | Iraq | Terroris | Social S | Educatio | Immigrat | < $50K | > $50K | Upstate | Midlands | Low Coun | |
| McCain (R) | 58% | 58% | 58% | 50% | 59% | 54% | 71% | 55% | 61% | 56% | 76% | 56% | 74% | 9% | ** | ** | 94% | 13% | 61% | 89% | 48% | 21% | 64% | 53% | 62% | 56% | 45% | 77% | 41% | 53% | 60% | 55% | ** | 35% | 51% | 91% | ** | ** | ** | 47% | 66% | 64% | 53% | 57% |
| Obama (D) | 39% | 39% | 40% | 47% | 38% | 43% | 27% | 42% | 36% | 41% | 22% | 41% | 23% | 90% | ** | ** | 5% | 86% | 30% | 10% | 49% | 77% | 34% | 44% | 36% | 42% | 51% | 21% | 56% | 38% | 39% | 43% | ** | 65% | 45% | 6% | ** | ** | ** | 52% | 32% | 32% | 45% | 41% |
| Other | 2% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | ** | ** | 0% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 1% | ** | 1% | 2% | 1% | ** | ** | ** | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| Undecided | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | ** | ** | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 1% | ** | 0% | 2% | 2% | ** | ** | ** | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 46% | 54% | 21% | 31% | 28% | 20% | 52% | 48% | 46% | 10% | 44% | 74% | 24% | 1% | 1% | 41% | 35% | 17% | 38% | 34% | 10% | 48% | 52% | 65% | 23% | 13% | 50% | 45% | 10% | 89% | 59% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 40% | 60% | 31% | 35% | 34% |