South Carolina Republican governor Henry McMaster enjoys a decisive fourteen-point lead over his Democratic rival James Smith in the 2018 Palmetto State gubernatorial race.
That’s according to new polling from the Trafalgar Group – the firm of deadly accurate Atlanta, Georgia-based pollster and campaign strategist Robert Cahaly.
According to Cahaly, the GOP incumbent enjoys the support of 50.7 percent of likely general election voters compared to 36.7 percent for Smith as the race enters its home stretch. That spread is actually larger that GOP internal polls, and highlights the challenge facing the Smith campaign as it seeks to become the first Democrat campaign to win a statewide office in South Carolina in a dozen years.
https://www.fitsnews.com/2018/10/04/trafalgar-poll-henry-mcmaster-cruising/Smith’s only hope? That 12.6 percent of likely voters haven’t made up their minds … meaning he still has time to make the race interesting.
Do we trust Cahaly’s numbers? Yes.
