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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > South Carolina > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline September 30, 2015 - 04:00pm Central
Polls Open February 20, 2016 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close February 20, 2016 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2017 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2021 - 12:00pm
ContributorRP
Last Modifiedbudgeteer March 01, 2016 10:12am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/2012
NameMitt Romney Votes1,071,645 (54.56%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin205,704 (+10.47%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/2016
NameDonald J. Trump Votes1,155,389 (54.94%)
Term01/20/2017 - 01/20/2021 Margin300,016 (+14.27%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceSC US President 11/08/2016
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/17/2015 02/20/2016
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Ted Cruz 1 ------
Donald J. Trump 4 ------
Leaning Call: Donald J. Trump (80.00%)
Weighted Call: Donald J. Trump (90.14%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/03/2015 02/19/2016

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Donald J. Trump Sen. Marco A. Rubio Sen. Ted Cruz Gov. Jeb Bush Gov. John Kasich Ben Carson  
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 240,882 (32.51%) 166,565 (22.48%) 165,417 (22.33%) 58,056 (7.84%) 56,410 (7.61%) 53,551 (7.23%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -74,317 (-10.03%) -75,465 (-10.19%) -182,826 (-24.68%) -184,472 (-24.90%) -187,331 (-25.28%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2015 00/00/2015 00/00/2015 00/00/2015 00/00/0001 00/00/2015  
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MATCHUP POLLS (34 from 17 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg33.60%-- 17.46%-- 18.35%-- 9.68%-- 8.46%-- 6.75%--  
Opinion Savvy 
02/18/16-02/19/16		 27.00% 9.0 24.00% 9.0 19.00% -- 11.00% -- 7.00% 2.0 8.00% 3.0
Overtime Politics 
02/17/16-02/19/16		 31.00% 6.0 25.00% 11.0 18.00% 1.0 7.00% 3.0 10.00% 9.0 5.00% 10.0
American Research Group 
02/17/16-02/18/16		 34.00% 1.0 22.00% 2.0 13.00% -- 9.00% 1.0 14.00% 1.0 4.00% --
Clemson University Palmetto 
02/14/16-02/18/16		 28.00% 5.0 15.00% 6.0 19.00% 11.0 10.00% 3.0 9.00% 7.0 6.00% 13.0
American Research Group 
02/16/16-02/17/16		 33.00% -- 20.00% 4.0 13.00% 1.0 8.00% 1.0 15.00% 1.0 4.00% 1.0
Harper Polling 
02/16/16-02/17/16		 29.00% -- 15.00% -- 17.00% -- 14.00% -- 13.00% -- 8.00% --
Beacon Research (D) / Shaw & Company (R) - FOX News 
02/15/16-02/17/16		 32.00% -- 15.00% -- 19.00% -- 9.00% -- 6.00% -- 9.00% --
Selzer & Co. 
02/13/16-02/17/16		 36.00% -- 15.00% -- 17.00% -- 13.00% -- 7.00% -- 9.00% --
American Research Group 
02/14/16-02/16/16		 33.00% 2.0 16.00% 2.0 14.00% 2.0 9.00% 1.0 14.00% 1.0 3.00% 1.0
Monmouth University 
02/14/16-02/16/16		 35.00% 5.0 17.00% 11.0 19.00% 14.0 8.00% 1.0 9.00% 6.0 7.00% 8.0
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN) 
02/10/16-02/15/16		 38.00% 2.0 14.00% 5.0 22.00% 17.0 10.00% 4.0 4.00% 3.0 6.00% 12.0
Public Policy Polling 
02/14/16-02/15/16		 35.00% 10.0 18.00% 5.0 18.00% 3.0 7.00% 1.0 10.00% 7.0 7.00% 14.0
Unknown (R) 
02/14/16-02/14/16		 33.00% -- 14.00% -- 14.00% -- 13.00% -- 10.00% -- 6.00% --
Gravis Marketing 
02/11/16-02/13/16		 37.00% -- 19.00% -- 23.00% -- 9.00% -- 6.00% -- 6.00% --
American Research Group 
02/12/16-02/13/16		 35.00% -- 14.00% -- 12.00% -- 10.00% -- 15.00% -- 2.00% --
YouGov 
02/10/16-02/12/16		 42.00% 2.0 15.00% 2.0 20.00% 1.0 6.00% 2.0 9.00% 7.0 6.00% 3.0
Opinion Savvy 
02/10/16-02/11/16		 36.00% 4.2 15.00% 3.8 19.00% 1.4 11.00% 2.2 9.00% 6.5 5.00% 4.3
Marist Institute 
01/17/16-01/23/16		 36.00% -- 14.00% -- 20.00% -- 9.00% -- 1.00% -- 8.00% --
YouGov 
01/18/16-01/21/16		 40.00% 2.0 13.00% 1.0 21.00% 2.0 8.00% 1.0 2.00% -- 9.00% --
Opinion Savvy 
01/15/16-01/15/16		 31.80% -- 11.20% -- 17.60% -- 13.20% -- 2.50% -- 9.30% --
YouGov 
12/13/15-12/17/15		 38.00% 3.0 12.00% 4.0 23.00% 10.0 7.00% 2.0 2.00% -- 9.00% 10.0
AIF Political Operations 
12/16/15-12/17/15		 27.00% -- 12.00% -- 27.00% -- 7.00% -- 0.00% -- 11.00% --
Overtime Politics 
12/10/15-12/13/15		 37.00% -- 14.00% -- 17.00% -- 4.00% -- 1.00% -- 15.00% --
Winthrop University 
11/30/15-12/07/15		 24.00% -- 11.00% -- 16.00% -- 9.00% -- 1.00% -- 14.00% --
YouGov 
11/15/15-11/19/15		 35.00% -- 16.00% -- 13.00% -- 5.00% -- 2.00% -- 19.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
11/07/15-11/08/15		 25.00% 12.0 13.00% 9.0 15.00% 9.0 8.00% 2.0 3.00% 1.0 21.00% --
Clemson University Palmetto 
10/13/15-10/23/15		 23.00% -- 9.00% -- 8.00% -- 7.00% -- 2.00% -- 19.00% --
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN) 
10/03/15-10/10/15		 36.00% -- 9.00% -- 5.00% -- 6.00% -- 1.00% -- 18.00% --
YouGov 
09/03/15-09/10/15		 36.00% -- 3.00% -- 6.00% -- 5.00% -- 4.00% -- 21.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
09/03/15-09/06/15		 37.00% -- 4.00% -- 6.00% -- 6.00% -- 4.00% -- 21.00% --
Monmouth University 
08/20/15-08/23/15		 30.00% -- 6.00% -- 5.00% -- 9.00% -- 3.00% -- 15.00% --
Morning Consult 
05/31/15-06/08/15		 2.00% -- 8.00% -- 6.00% -- 11.00% -- 0.00% -- 12.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
02/12/15-02/15/15		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 3.00% -- 19.00% -- 0.00% -- 13.00% --
Marist Institute 
02/03/15-02/10/15		 0.00% -- 4.00% -- 1.00% -- 15.00% -- 0.00% -- 10.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
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R James H. "Jim" Merrill 🔗
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R Nikki Haley 🔗
R Knox White 🔗
R John Rhodes 🔗
R Tim Scott 🔗
R Dan Hamilton 🔗
R Todd Atwater 🔗
R Trey Gowdy 🔗
R Nathan Ballentine 🔗
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R Ray Nash 🔗
R Ralph W. Norman 🔗
R Sally Atwater 🔗
R Thomas F. "Tommy" Hartnett 🔗
R Samuel Rivers, Jr. 🔗
R Catherine Templeton 🔗
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R Harry B. "Chip" Limehouse III 🔗
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R Gary E. Clary 🔗
 

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 00, 2015 -  00, 2016 		Lindsey Graham (R)
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George Pataki (R)
 00, 2015 -  00, 2015 		Rick Perry (R)
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