Winthrop Poll

The former president has a large cushion over former Gov. Nikki Haley heading into the GOP primary. But independents likely to vote on Feb. 24 are 50/50.

October 14, 2023 — A recap of this week's US Supreme Court hearing about South Carolina's redrawn 1st congressional district map that a lower court ruled was racially gerrymandered; the results of the latest Winthrop Poll; and more.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is now the second-place choice among the state's GOP voters, according to the latest Winthrop Poll. Haley still trails party frontrunner Donald Trump, who remains the favored candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

April 25, 2023 — Recent comments from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on abortion and transgender athletes; more findings from the April 2023 Winthrop University Poll; updates from the 2024 campaign trail; and much more.

Winthrop University's new poll shows a lot of harmony and a lot of party-line differences on the issues of abortion, politics, religion, and the Confederacy in 11 southern states.

The 2016 presidential election was, by any account, notable. It was also largely a surprise how it turned out. Regardless of ideology, most people assumed…