(CPOD) Nov. 29, 2003 – North Carolina senator John Edwards is the top Democrat in South Carolina, according to a poll by The Feldman Group published in Greenville Magazine. 17 per cent of respondents would support Edwards in the state’s primary election, a five per cent lead over reverend Al Sharpton.
(CPOD) Nov. 29, 2003 – North Carolina senator John Edwards is the top Democrat in South Carolina, according to a poll by The Feldman Group published in Greenville Magazine. 17 per cent of respondents would support Edwards in the state’s primary election, a five per cent lead over reverend Al Sharpton.
Edwards has spent an estimated $600,000 U.S. in campaign ads currently airing in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean and retired general Wesley Clark are the only other candidates with more than 10 per cent. The South Carolina Democratic primary will take place on Feb. 3, 2004.
George W. Bush won South Carolina’s eight electoral votes in 2000, with 57 per cent of all cast ballots. No Democrat has carried the state since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Polling Data
What Democratic presidential hopeful would you support in the state’s primary election?
John Edwards | 17% |
Al Sharpton | 12% |
Howard Dean | 11% |
Wesley Clark | 10% |
Joe Lieberman | 9% |
Dick Gephardt | 8% |
Carol Moseley Braun | 6% |
John Kerry | 5% |
Dennis Kucinich | 1% |
Undecided | 22% |
