GREENVILLEJOURNAL GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM • Friday, October 24, 2014 • Vol.16, No.43
Much is at stake in the governor’s race — and the other issues the Upstate’s watching BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF
bjeffers@communityjournals.com In the waning days of election 2014, the rematch between Republican Gov. Nikki Haley and Democratic S.C. Sen. Vincent Sheheen doesn’t look as close a race as it did in 2010. Haley is polling at 51 percent, leading Sheheen by 20 points, according to the latest poll by the Post and Courier in Charleston. Petition candidate Tom Ervin is projected to capture 11 percent of the vote, according to the newspaper poll. Libertarian Steve French and United Citizens candidate Morgan Reeves finish out the gubernatorial field polling less than 3 percent, the newspaper reports. Danielle Vinson, chair of Furman University’s political science department, said Ervin had the potential to appeal to voters disgruntled with Haley and Sheheen, but his ideas haven’t caught traction. The political climate this year strongly favors incumbent Republicans, agreed Vinson and David Woodard, Clemson University political science teacher and former Republican consultant. Democrats have failed to rally South Carolina voters behind a single issue, Vinson said. At this point, only a strong get-out-the-vote effort would give the party a fighting chance at unseating Haley, Vinson said. GOVERNOR continued on PAGE 8
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