Posted on 05/29/2010 7:36:49 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
The Club for Growth today released the following memorandum from Adam Geller, CEO of National Research Inc., about the findings of a new poll conducted in South Carolina’s first congressional district.
TO: THE CLUB FOR GROWTH FROM: ADAM GELLER RE: SURVEY RESULTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 DATE: MAY 26, 2010
Tim Scott holds a very strong lead over his opponents in the multi candidate primary in the First congressional district. His image rating is also better than those of his opponents and he leads among those surveyed who have a favorable opinion of competing candidates. Finally, Scott is far ahead in scenarios that tested head-to- head runoff ballots against two of Scott’s opponents.
Specific findings:
· Tim Scott is winning three times as many votes as his closest competitor. In the multi-candidate ballot, Scott wins 30%, followed by Carroll Campbell III (10%); Paul Thurmond (9%); Clark Parker (9%); Larry Kobrovsky (8%); W. Stovall White (6%); Mark Lutz (4%); Ken Glasson (2%) and Katherine Jenrette (2%).
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The Club For Growth is backing Tim Scott, so this poll should be taken with a grain of salt, but I don’t think that the organization is paying anyone to lie to them. At the very least, Scott is in the top tier of candidates.
Scott has my endorsement in this race. Unlike those who have the names of their fathers for viability and visibility, Scott has earned it through his own personal achievements.
Heck. I’m for Jenrette.
Tim Scott - proponent of the increase in local sales tax to “fix” traffic problems in Charleston. Yeah that’s not your typical politician.
/sarcasm
I belonged to Club For Growth until their old President was writing pro-illegal immigration columns in the Wall Street Journal. I forget that pri*k’s name but I quit after that.
I was absolutely flabbergasted by this poll. The sons of Strom Thurmond and Carroll Campbell in single digits, and Tim Scott beating them by over 20%? Sounds too good to be true.
The poll can’t be *that* far off, so I think we can take from it that Scott, who is a terrific candidate and could become a star in Congress, has an excellent chance of making the run-off (with so many prominent candidates, no one will get 50% in the first round). I hope that Scott doesn’t suffer the same fate as fellow black conservatives Dylan Glenn and Vernon Robinson, who were held to 45% in the run-off.
The poll left me surprised, too. I thought for sure it would be a Thurmond/Campbell runoff. How has Scott gotten such high name I.D.?
In the case of Vernon Robinson, I think it was for the better.
I agree on Robinson. At the time I was for him but it’s a good thing he didn’t win.
It would remarkable if Scott beats the famous scions.
I just saw this GOP primary poll from AZ-03 that reminded me of that Club for Growth poll that gave us the first sign that Tim Scott was going to be the GOP nominee:
http://sonoranalliance.com/2010/07/07/time-to-take-the-bark-off-of-quayle/
Ben Quayle (Dan’s son) is at only 18%, with 13% for former State Senator Jim Waring and 12% for Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker; there is no run-off in AZ, and the winner will likely get under 25%. Vernon Parker, a solid conservative and a very impressive non-establishment candidate, has a real chance of winning the August 24 GOP primary (which is tantamount to election in the AZ-03), and if he wins he will join Tim Scott (SC-01) and hopefully Bill Hardiman (MI-03), Allen West (FL-22) and Ryan Frazier (CO-07) to form the largest group of black Republicans in Congress since the 1870s.
For more information on Vernon Parker, or if you wish to make a donation to his campaign, go to http://www.parker2010.com/
Another race with a famous scion.
The modern record is just 2 Black Republicans in the house at once correct? Franks and Watts together for just 1 term? IIRC they were the first 2 since DePriest (in the House, we know about the DIABLO Barbara Walters fetishist who was in the Senate)
So at least 3 would be good.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129283/posts
Blast from the past
Yeah, Franks and Watts served from 1995-1997. Franks would’ve lasted longer, but he got so focused on running for the Senate seat against Dodd that he neglected his own reelection efforts.
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