The poll is being conducted while both candidates break state fundraising records.
In South Carolina, where the three-term GOP senator is engaged in the most expensive and challenging reelection campaign of his career, Sen. Lindsey Graham retains a slim lead against Democrat Jaime Harrison, according to a new survey released Thursday.
According to the New York Times/Siena College survey, Graham has a 46 percent to 40 percent advantage over Harrison among likely voters.
According to the poll, Bill Bledsoe, the Constitution Party nominee, received 4% of the vote. Despite being on the ballot, Bledsoe has endorsed Graham and stopped his campaign.
With a 49 percent to 41 percent advantage over Biden in the state, President Donald Trump is in the lead. By 14 percentage points, Trump won the state in 2016.
The poll is being conducted while both candidates break state fundraising records. The highest amount ever raised by a Senate candidate, $57 million was raised by Harrison in the third quarter of this year. The highest sum ever raised by a senator, $28 million, which Graham declared he had raised, nonetheless put him at a significant financial disadvantage in the final weeks of the election.
Graham and Harrison both had positive public perceptions among state voters and are well-known to them. Voters had a 49 percent favorable opinion of Graham, compared to a 45 percent favorable unfavorable opinion. Harrison’s favorability rating was 47 percent, compared to his unfavorability rating of 42 percent.
The survey also indicated that Graham, who is in charge of the procedure as chair of the Judiciary Committee, could benefit from Republicans’ campaign to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Compared to just 30% who opposed it, 52 percent of voters backed her appointment to the Supreme Court. The Senate should vote on her confirmation before the election, according to 54% of voters, while only 26% of voters disagreed. 33 percent of respondents thought the Senate ought to only consider her nomination if Trump is re-elected.
Between October 9 and 15, 605 likely voters were questioned for the poll, which had a 4.5 percentage point margin of error.
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