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PPP (D) South Carolina Political Survey
Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Nikki Haley’s job performance?
- Approve 42% (36%)
- Disapprove 41% (24%)
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Vincent Sheheen?
- Favorable 27%
- Unfavorable 27%
If you could do last fall’s election for Governor over again would you vote for Republican Nikki Haley or Democrat Vincent Sheheen?
- Nikki Haley 48%
- Vincent Sheheen 42%
Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Lindsey Graham’s job performance?
- Approve 40% (40%)
- Disapprove 38% (37%)
Do you think Lindsey Graham is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?
- Too liberal 29% (27%)
- Too conservative 20% (19%)
- About right 40% (40%)
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Mark Sanford?
- Favorable 27%
- Unfavorable 56%
Do you think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal?
- Legal 70%
- Illegal 16%
- Not sure 15%
Are you glad that the North won the Civil War or do you wish that the South had won?
- Glad the North won 46%
- Wish the South had 24%
- Not sure 29%
Survey of 741 South Carolina voters was conducted June 2-5, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.6 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 43% (42%) Republican; 35% (37%) Democrat; 22% (22%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 27% Moderate; 25% Very conservative; 22% Somewhat conservative; 16% Somewhat liberal; 9% Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted January 28-30, 2011 are in parentheses.
CNN/Opinion Research Survey on the Civil War (150th Anniversary Edition)
When you think about the Civil War, if you had to choose, would you say that you sympathize more with the northern states that were part of the Union or the southern states that were part of the Confederacy?
- Union 67%
- Confederacy 23%
Northeast
- Union 79%
- Confederacy 14%
Midwest
- Union 68%
- Confederacy 23%
South
- Union 48%
- Confederacy 38%
West
- Union 84%
- Confederacy 11%
How much do you admire the leaders of the northern states during the Civil War?
- Great deal 41%
- Some 40%
- Not much 8%
- Not at all 7%
Among Democrats
- Great deal 46%
- Some 40%
- Not much 7%
- Not at all 4%
Among Republicans
- Great deal 35%
- Some 44%
- Not much 8%
- Not at all 10%
How much do you admire the leaders of the southern states during the Civil War?
- Great deal 19%
- Some 43%
- Not much 20%
- Not at all 15%
Among Democrats
- Great deal 8%
- Some 42%
- Not much 23%
- Not at all 24%
Among Republicans
- Great deal 29%
- Some 51%
- Not much 11%
- Not at all 8%
What do you think was the MAIN reason why the leaders of the southern states seceded from the U.S.? Do you think they did so mainly because they wanted slavery to remain legal in their states, or do you think that slavery was not the main reason why they seceded from the U.S.?
- Slavery was main reason 54%
- Slavery was not main reason 42%
Among Democrats
- Slavery was main reason 65%
- Slavery was not main reason 30%
Among Republicans
- Slavery was main reason 45%
- Slavery was not main reason 52%
Support Tea Party
- Slavery was main reason 41%
- Slavery was not main reason 54%
Oppose Tea Party
- Slavery was main reason 71%
- Slavery was not main reason 27%
Survey of 824 adult Americans was conducted April 9-10, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points.
