As if we needed any evidence, the new Rasmussen poll of South Carolina gives Republican Sen. Jim DeMint a wide lead over the surprise Democratic nominee Alvin Greene.
The numbers: DeMint 58%, Greene 21%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4.5% margin of error. The poll also finds 62% of likely voters giving DeMint a favorable rating, with 25% unfavorable, compared to a 20%-51% rating for Greene.
Greene won last week’s Democratic primary with 60%, over the establishment’s choice of former judge Vic Rawl, despite having not actively campaigned. Neither candidate was known by the voters, and Greene may have benefited from being listed in the first position on the ballot. After the primary, it was revealed that Greene was arrested last November on an obscenity charge for allegedly showing pornography to a college student. He has refused calls by the Democratic Party to drop out.
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