Exclusive — South Carolina Poll Shows Lindsey Graham in Trouble as Challenger Mark Lynch Surges

Breitbart ^ | March 20 | Matthew Boyle

[RandFan]

Businessman Mark Lynch is surging against longtime incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) ahead of the May primary in South Carolina, a new poll provided exclusively to Breitbart News ahead of its public release shows.

On an initial ballot, Graham is well under 50 percent down at just 41 percent while Lynch has moved up to 21 percent. A third candidate, Paul Dans, is at 11 percent and 22 percent are unsure.

“Lindsey Graham is in real trouble in this solidly pro-Trump primary,” the polling memo states. “When South Carolina Republican voters learn the candidates’ records, they shift sharply to conservative challenger Mark Lynch. With a large undecided pool and strong Trump alignment on border security and America First issues, Lynch is well-positioned to win the nomination and the seat.”

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: lindseygraham; ohnoes; senate; southcarolina

[RandFan]

Big. They should be careful not to split the vote so Graham loses out. There's a general poll showing him vulnerable to the Democrat in a General Election match-up.

[irishjuggler]

It’d be absolute dream come true to see Linda Graham successfully primaried. There are many, many things seriously wrong with that dude. In a Senate full of crackpots, weirdos and sleazeballs, Linds stands out as the GOP’s worst.

[RandFan]

Some other good news:-

The alternative - Lynch - has the $$$ to make this a race.

This is terrific. If he’s solid and flawless he could take this.

Rasmussen’s polling expert says:

“I’ve polled quite a few races like this in the ’26 cycle and Lindsey Graham is one of the weakest incumbents I’ve seen,” Mitchell said. “Despite the name ID advantage, Mark Lynch takes a clear lead on the informed ballot. This is a huge opportunity.”

[srmanuel]

It would a huge win if Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn both lost in primaries....plus we are getting rid of Mitch McConnell this election.

That’s 3 establishment Republicans a major step in the right direction.

[Baldwin]

If he loses, maybe Flimsey will enlist.

[Alberta's Child]

Lindsey Graham (R-Ukraine) doesn’t have enough of his own constituents living in this state.

[chajin]

You mean Lindsey is about to get Lynched?

[John 3_19-21]

Limpsey is in no real trouble.

The Columbia GOP mafia has everything well in hand.

The GOP State bosses have refused to close the "open" South Carolina primaries,
in spite of overwhelming republican support for closed primaries..

Every election the Columbia GOP field, and support just the right candidates to split the
real conservative vote, giving Limpsey, with the help of democrat crossover primary votes and the "win".

Bank on it.

[doggieboy]

I don’t know anyone that likes Graham. We have seen a lot of his ads on FOX. It would have been nice if Trump stayed out of it. I hear he golfs with Graham. We could use an upgrade.

[FreedomPoster]

We still have open primaries next door here in GA and need to change that.

[Theodore R.]

Splitting votes is expensive. In SC, it means a prolonged runoff to select a nominee.

[John 3_19-21]

I wish you luck.

I worked with several local elected state of South Carolina Representatives in the past,

only to have our efforts quashed in Columbia.

[FLT-bird]

We’ve already bagged Tillis. Cornyn looks like he’s going down. Now we need to bag Lindsey, Cassidy in Louisiana and if we could get Moore-Capito in West Virginia, that would be great. The Turtle is retiring in 2 years. MAGA is steadily hunting down and purging the RINOs.

[FLT-bird]

Add that we here in North Carolina already hated Tillis so much - and told him so - that he decided to “retire”. I think Cassidy in Louisiana is in serious trouble.

We don’t need to purge every RINO. We just need to purge enough of them to put the fear of MAGA in the rest of them so they stop stabbing us in the back once they get to Washington. Otherwise, they’ll be next.

[Wallace T.]

The crossover vote has pulled Lindsey Graham over the top in past primaries. This year, Democrats are almost universally opposed to the war in Iran. Graham is a strong proponent of our intervention. Assuming the war is not wrapped up by the primary date of June 9th, would that cause the crossover vote not to take place?

[MayflowerMadam]

Good news about Cassidy; he needs to go.

[MayflowerMadam]

“The Turtle is retiring in 2 years.”

Sadly, he’s leaving behind his protégé Thune to continue the torment of the citizens.

[tlozo]

It’s worth noting that Trump endorsed Graham early in this race

[FLT-bird]

Sadly, he’s leaving behind his protégé Thune to continue the torment of the citizens.

True Thune is Majority leader but there's a real chance the Turtle's seat will be replaced by someone who is far less of a RINO than the Turtle himself is. The way we win and complete the MAGA takeover is we purge the RINOs one at a time until either there are no RINOs left or the ones who are left are too scared to do anything but toe the line because they know we'll purge them next if they don't. Each election cycle we need to have a fresh RINO hunt until they're driven out and replaced by MAGA Senators and Representatives.

[napscoordinator]

As a retiree, I think that ship has passed for him.