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Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters July 27, 2005
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August 4, 2005--First-term Governor Mark Sanford holds a solid lead over potential challengers in his bid for re-election. In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, Sanford leads Frank Willis by a 52% to 31% margin and Tommy Moore by a 52% to 30% margin. Willis is currently serving as Mayor of Florence. Moore is a state Senator. Neither challenger's name is recognized by half of the state's voters. Regardless of who emerges as the Democrat's nominee, the candidate will have an uphill fight on their hands. Sanford's Job Approval rating is at 64% in the Palmetto State. President Bush earns a 58% Approval Rating in South Carolina.
The telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted July 27, 2005. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports July 27, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. 40% of survey respondents were Republican, 33% Democrat, and 27% unaffiliated (see Methodology) |
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