Despite the attacks from her opponents on her character, her faith and her ethnicity, Public Policy Polling's Tom Jensen says that results of his firm's latest survey indicate that Nikki Haley hasn't suffered any significant political damage from from the unsupported allegations:
Nikki Haley hasn't suffered any damage whatsoever after accusations of multiple extramarital affairs and is headed for an easy first place finish in Tuesday's Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina.A PDF document showing complete poll results is here. Sarah Palin endorsed Haley May 14 and has staunchly defended her against the unproven charges.
Haley has a 20 point lead, getting 43% of the vote. Gresham Barrett looks like the favorite for the second runoff spot. He's at 23%, followed by Henry McMaster at 16%, and Andre Bauer at 12%.
Two weeks ago Haley held a 21 point lead in the race. Since then she's gained 4 points, Barrett's standing has improved by 7, McMaster's has dropped by a couple points, and Bauer's gone down a single point.
Only 13% of voters believe the allegations about Haley's marital infidelity.
- JP
No comments:
Post a Comment