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06-09-2014, 03:38 PM
South Carolinians aren’t that fond of Sen. Lindsey Graham, and the Democrats have noticed. Despite the veneer of an inevitable win that Graham’s camp has carefully cultivated in the national media, polls show that he’s weaker than most people realize. So weak, in fact, that the state’s Democrats are quietly preparing a serious challenge for his US Senate seat.
Republicans don’t typically lose statewide races in red South Carolina, but this race, the Democrats believe, could be different.
Graham had a mere 39.6 percent approval rating among all registered voters in a recent Winthrop University poll. Forty-three percent disapproved of his job performance. That’s without a single negative ad run against Graham so far in this race. No one knows how low Graham’s popularity would sink with a real examination of his record on SC’s airwaves, because his GOP primary opponents lack the funds to do it.
That could change if former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel, a multi-millionaire developer, enters the race. Before Ravenel announced he would run as an independent in the general election if Graham won the GOP primary, Graham had no serious Democratic challenger. Once Ravenel announced, the Democrats put up state Sen. Brad Hutto, who is not a placeholder, but one of the state’s strongest candidates on their side.
Why? Because Democrats believe that as a third party challenger, Ravenel could take enough of the vote away from Graham to make Hutto viable.
Read the article at http://muckrakernews.com/2014/06/lindsey-graham-lose-south-carolina-democrats-think/
Republicans don’t typically lose statewide races in red South Carolina, but this race, the Democrats believe, could be different.
Graham had a mere 39.6 percent approval rating among all registered voters in a recent Winthrop University poll. Forty-three percent disapproved of his job performance. That’s without a single negative ad run against Graham so far in this race. No one knows how low Graham’s popularity would sink with a real examination of his record on SC’s airwaves, because his GOP primary opponents lack the funds to do it.
That could change if former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel, a multi-millionaire developer, enters the race. Before Ravenel announced he would run as an independent in the general election if Graham won the GOP primary, Graham had no serious Democratic challenger. Once Ravenel announced, the Democrats put up state Sen. Brad Hutto, who is not a placeholder, but one of the state’s strongest candidates on their side.
Why? Because Democrats believe that as a third party challenger, Ravenel could take enough of the vote away from Graham to make Hutto viable.
Read the article at http://muckrakernews.com/2014/06/lindsey-graham-lose-south-carolina-democrats-think/