Republican John McCain could carry South Carolina in the 2008 United States presidential election, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 54 per cent of respondents in the Palmetto State would vote for the Arizona senator, while 43 per cent would support Democratic Illinois senator Barack Obama.A poll by Winthrop University released by ETV gives McCain a 20-pont lead over Obama.
In 2004, Republican George W. Bush carried South Carolina’s eight electoral votes, with 58 per cent of all cast ballots. No Democrat has carried the state since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The presidential election is scheduled for Nov. 4.
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