| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14399 |
| Lindsey Graham Ahead In Race for 2nd US Senate Term in SC: In an election for United States Senator from South Carolina held today, 09/23/08, incumbent Republican Lindsey Graham is elected to his second term, according to this latest WCSC-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA. Today, it's Graham 54%, Democrat Bob Conley 40%.
Among men, Graham leads by 8 points; among women, Graham leads by 18. Graham leads by 8 points among voters age 18 to 49, by 19 points among voters 50+. Graham leads by 23 points Upstate, by 19 points in the Low Country. Graham ties with Conley, a commercial pilot and flight instructor, in the Midlands. |
| 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. Lindsey Graham was first elected to the Senate in 2002 with 54% of the vote, taking the seat held by the retiring Strom Thurmond since 1954. |
 | South Carolina will also elect a United States Senator. If the election for United States Senator were today, would you vote for ... (choices rotated) Republican Lindsey Graham? Or Democrat Bob Conley? |
| 690 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | 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+ | 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 | |
| Lindsey Graham (R) | 54% | 52% | 56% | 44% | 55% | 53% | 64% | 50% | 57% | 66% | 16% | ** | ** | 85% | 15% | 55% | 77% | 46% | 24% | 57% | 51% | 56% | 52% | 49% | 66% | 43% | 46% | 55% | 51% | ** | 33% | 48% | 77% | ** | ** | ** | 46% | 59% | 58% | 47% | 57% |
| Bob Conley (D) | 40% | 44% | 38% | 49% | 38% | 43% | 32% | 42% | 38% | 28% | 79% | ** | ** | 11% | 81% | 33% | 18% | 49% | 71% | 37% | 44% | 39% | 42% | 48% | 29% | 53% | 47% | 40% | 44% | ** | 63% | 45% | 21% | ** | ** | ** | 50% | 35% | 35% | 46% | 39% |
| Undecided | 6% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 5% | ** | ** | 4% | 3% | 12% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 5% | ** | 4% | 7% | 2% | ** | ** | ** | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 4% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 46% | 54% | 21% | 31% | 28% | 20% | 52% | 48% | 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% |