New polling released on Thursday showed Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are locked in a tight race in South Carolina.
Trump led Clinton by 4 percentage points, 42-38, among likely voters in a Winthrop University survey. The poll had a 4.5 percentage point margin of error for the likely voter sample.
“While Clinton is seen as the more capable candidate, she is also viewed as more dishonest. However, both candidates are setting records for being viewed unfavorably,” said Scott Huffmon, Winthrop Poll director, in a statement. “While Trump has the lead, these factors may contribute to why he is underperforming expectations of a hypothetical generic Republican versus generic Democrat matchup.”
Just one-in-five respondents viewed Clinton as honest, while a third of respondents called Trump honest. A majority of voters, 55 percentage points, view both candidates unfavorably.
The Winthrop Poll surveyed 694 South Carolinians, including 475 likely voters, by telephone using random digit dialing and calling cellphones. The margin of error for the sample size including all respondents was 3.7 percentage points. The poll was conducted Sept. 18-26, and was completed before Monday’s debate.
