SC Ping
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Posted on 06/21/2004 6:40:41 PM PDT by KQQL
U.S. Senate, SC GOP Runoff 6/21/2004
DeMint 54%
Beasley 44%
Undecided 2% Data Collected 6/18/04 - 6/20/04
Geography State of South Carolina
Sample Population 499 Certain Voters
Margin of Error 4.5%
(Excerpt) Read more at surveyusa.com ...
Caution.
In 2002 SurveyUSA was off by 9% SC in both SENate and GOV race.
WAHOO!
Go DeMint!
So who's the R and who's the D for those of us who don't live in SC?
GOP runoff...duh...sorry lol
I'll follow up to that.. Senate and Gubernatorial races are very difficult to poll. You can get some "wild" numbers in these.
The poll makes sense. Last week SurveyUSA had it a dead-heat, and it seemed like Demint had all of the momentum then, and this now confirms it. I believe it's an accurate representation of what tomorrow will look like
SURVEYUSA SC GOP PRIMARY POLL ; DEMINT 54% Beasley 44%
Read the headline, please
Me and Hubby going to vote tomorrow, De Mint
Both have good conservative credentials, but Beasley is less electaable given his has-been track record, IMHO.
From what I have learned here in South Carolina, Beasely is a RINO, and DeMint is the real thing...........I have only lived here for 2 years.
So, who's the good guy?
DeMint is a man with a future ahead of him. In the a primarily textile (pro-protectionist) district, he has held steady with his free-trade beliefs. As a result, his district has the HIGHEST amount of foriegn investment per capita in any congressional district. He also has been named taxpayer hero by interest groups.
I suspect Demint getting the nod will mean the GOP has nominated the weaker candidate, and make the seat a tossup. But that is a tentative view, without knowing enough about the candidates, or how well Demint presents himself. But he is from the wrong part of the state, and has not pandered to protectionism. Good for him as to the latter, but it gives the Dem a wedge issue against him.
DeMint had better get ready to defend his Free Trade voting record against Inez.
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That still leaves DeMint up by 1 at the end of the day tomorrow. (knock on wood)
I doubt this one misses by 9%.
Beg to differ. First am voting for DeMint. He's a good conservative, and more electable. But Beasly is a good conservative as well, and a fine Christian man. Beasly did 2 things to lose re-election for Governor, and both were because he stood up for what he believed to be the right moral thing to do.
1st He opposed the lottery. I have no problem either way with the lottery. But he saw it as taking advantage of the poor, which it does. The money would help education they said. Well the fact is, the place where any help is needed is in early education. All the money from the lottery goes to help a little of the first year of college. All those folks who dream of hiitimg the big powerball lotto saw Beasly as the guy who 'stole their retirement dreams.
2nd: Beasly supported moving the confederate flag from statehouse grounds. He did this not under political pressure, but he believed God wanted him to promote reconciliation between the people he was elected to serve. You may or may not support the confederate flag, but a bunch of conservatives (in name only?) threw out a pro-life, profamily governor over a historical flag. Yes the flag is part of our history, but so is Disney world, and we boycott Disney World because they have gay days. Homosexuality is a sin, and so is racism and offending your brother. The confederate flag is not the Gospel. It may represent some things some folks fondly remember, but it in some way, to some represents something that wasn't right about all things.
Beasly did the right thing, what God wants us all to be, ministers of reconcilitaion. Maybe David Beasly should go into the ministry instead of being senator. As I said, I am voting for DeMint on electability, but please don't call Beasly a RINO.
The poll is WCSC (Charleston). DeMint's big problem is how to cover a one-region win against the leader who carried more regions.
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