Results tagged “SouthCarolina” from Poll Tracker

In the first hours after his "You Lie" outburst, voters in the South Carolina district of Rep. Joe Wilson weren't happy with him, according to a poll by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling conducted Sept. 10 and 11.

A strong majority - 62 percent -- said they disapproved of Wilson's outburst during the president's speech to a joint session of Congress.

The survey group, comprised of 747 people who voted in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 elections, was divided on whether the episode would make them less likely to vote to re-elect Wilson in 2010. Forty-nine percent said they're now less likely to vote for him while 35 percent said they now are more likely to back Wilson.

For 16 percent of the voters surveyed, Wilson's behavior at the joint session of Congress made no difference.

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Mark Sanford after meeting with his Cabinet last Friday. (Getty)

Fifty-four percent of Americans think that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should resign from office following his admission of an extramarital affair and his unexplained five day absence from his duties, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted June 26-28. Forty-four percent say he should serve out the last 18 months of his term.

"There is virtually no difference between Republicans and Democrats on this matter," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Fifty-one percent of Democrats and 54 percent of Republicans want Sanford to step down."

Since the initial revelation, Sanford has said that he "crossed lines" with a handful of women other than his Argentinean mistress but didn't have sex with them.

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Mark Sanford at yesterday's press conference. (Getty)

Although South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford promised Wednesday to redouble his focus on state issues after admitting to an extramarital affair, three-fifths of his constituents apparently wish he would just go away.

Sixty percent of South Carolina respondents to a Survey USA poll conducted Wednesday said Sanford should resign his office in the wake of his disclosure of his relationship with a woman in Argentina. Just more than a third -- 34 percent -- said he shouldn't resign.

The poll was conducted in conjunction with television station WCSC in Charleston.

Most of the respondents also expressed anger over the two-term Republican governor's week-long disappearance that preceded his confessional news conference. Sanford did not notify the public of his absence or his staff of his whereabouts. This prompted his staff to tell reporters he was hiking the Appalachian Trail, when he was, in fact, in Argentina.

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