South Carolina – Page 3 – The ELLIS Insight Menu HOME THE ELLIS INSIGHT ABOUT JIM ELLIS REDISTRICTING ALABAMA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS LOUISIANA MAINE MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN SIGN UP SERVICES OVERVIEW CONTACT US MEDIA Search for: Tag Archives: South Carolina It’s Down to a Dozen in SC-7 By Jim Ellis South Carolina state Rep. William Bailey (R-Myrtle Beach) June 17, 2021 — South Carolina state Rep. William Bailey (R-Myrtle Beach), who became the first individual to announce a Republican primary challenge to Rep. Tom Rice (R-Myrtle Beach) has become the first candidate to withdraw, with his announcement this past Tuesday. Bailey initially entered the race immediately after the congressman voted to impeach former President Trump in relation to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Rep. Bailey indicated that there are ‘enough conservatives in the race to give Mr. Rice a strong challenge,’ and says he is leaving the congressional race to seek re-election to his state House position. After Bailey’s departure, and including Rep. Rice, there are a dozen announced candidates for the Republican congressional primary in a 7th District that currently occupies South Carolina’s northeastern sector and includes the cities of Myrtle Beach and Conway. In the two Trump presidential elections, the district’s voters strongly supported the former president and with very consistent margins: 58-39 percent in 2016 and 59-40 percent last November. Normally, a large field of opponents would help an incumbent, but maybe not under the South Carolina election system. The state, like many others in the south, adopts a secondary runoff election process, meaning the winning candidate must secure an absolute majority. If no one can achieve the mark in the primary election, the top two vote-getters advance to a secondary election. What makes the Palmetto State’s system different is that the runoff cycle lasts only two weeks. Typically, South Carolina holds its primaries in mid-June with the associated runoffs following in the latter part of the month. Therefore, an incumbent under attack doesn’t have much time to recover before the next election commences. This calendar likely enhances the most common pattern of incumbents generally losing a runoff election if they are forced into a secondary vote. The large number of contenders notwithstanding, and without Rep. Bailey in the field, the two most prominent challengers appear to be Horry County School Board chairman Ken Richardson and former Myrtle Beach mayor, Mark McBride, though the latter man was defeated in a runoff election for a third term. McBride was also beaten badly in a 2020 special election for the state House of Representatives. Continue reading → Posted in 2022, Election Analysis, House and tagged Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, Ken Richardson, Mark McBride, Max Miller, Ohio, President Trump, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, Rep. John Katko, Rep. Liz Cheney, Rep. Tom Rice, South Carolina, William Bailey, Wyoming on June 17, 2021 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment Major Senate Moves By Jim Ellis April 14, 2021 — With the Senate tied 50D-50R, and every 2022 campaign potentially meaning a change in majority status, we already see serious political moves being made or at least considered. This week began as being particularly active. In the Last Frontier State of Alaska, 2020 Independent/Democratic nominee Al Gross, who opposed Sen. Dan Sullivan (R), confirms that he is considering challenging Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) next year. The state’s new top four jungle primary system would virtually guarantee that both Sen. Murkowski and Dr. Gross would advance into the general election should both decide to run. For her part, Sen. Murkowski has not yet formally declared her 2022 political intentions, but she is expected to seek re-election. Dr. Gross lost to Sen. Sullivan, 54-41 percent, despite exceeding the incumbent’s fundraising totals by almost a 2:1 margin. The Independent/Democrat spent over $19.5 million as compared to Sen. Sullivan’s expenditure total of $10.1 million. A total exceeding $27.2 million was expended from outside organizations, over $18 million of which aided Dr. Gross’ campaign. Already announced is Republican former State Administrative Director Kelly Tshibaka; a Cygnal research firm survey of 500 Alaska registered voters taken in late March actually found her leading both Sen. Murkowski and Dr. Gross. The ballot test broke 34-19-18 percent in favor of Tshibaka with Sen. Murkowski and Dr. Gross significantly trailing. Under the new primary system, however, all three of these contenders, and a fourth candidate, would advance into the general election. Former Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker, who lost the 2020 US Senate Democratic primary to party nominee Amy McGrath in a close 44-42 percent result, has filed an exploratory committee for purposes of assessing his chances against Sen. Rand Paul (R) in a 2022 campaign. Booker was literally outspent 10:1 in the Democratic primary, as McGrath hauled in more than $20 million even before advancing into the general election. She never figured on having to spend so much to defeat her intra-party opponent, however. Booker was able to maximize his political base in Louisville and with the African American community statewide to pull within 15,149 votes of McGrath with more than 544,000 people casting ballots in the primary election. Sen. Paul won his 2014 re-election campaign with a 57-43 percent margin over Lexington-Fayette Urban County Mayor Jim Gray (D), which is the second largest municipality in Kentucky. National Democrats were high on the Gray campaign at its outset, but the race never materialized in what became a landslide Republican election year. Reports emanating from North Carolina suggest that former Gov. Pat McCrory (R) could declare his Senate candidacy as early as today. McCrory was elected governor in 2012 with a 55-43 percent margin but would lose his attempt at re-election by just 10,263 votes from more than 4.7 million ballots cast, or less than a quarter of a percent. Largely entangled with the infamous North Carolina bathroom bill that became a national story, the governor could not steer himself clear of the controversy and fell to then-Attorney General Roy Cooper (D). McCrory had previously run for governor in 2008, losing to incumbent Bev Perdue (D) by just three percentage points. Prior to running statewide, McCrory served 14 years as Charlotte’s mayor. Continue reading → Posted in 2022, Election Analysis, Polling, Senate and tagged Al Gross, Alaska, Amy McGrath, Cygnal, Jim Gray, Kelly Tshibaka, Kentucky, Krystle Matthews, Mark Walker, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, Public Opinion Strategies, Rep. Charles Booker, Rep. Ted Budd, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Rand Paul, South Carolina on April 14, 2021 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment Nevada’s Harry Reid Re-Emerges By Jim Ellis Feb. 5, 2021 — Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is no longer in elective office, but it appears he’s still active in politics. Now, Reid has a new cause: making Nevada the first-in-the-nation presidential nomination contest. Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) Reports suggest that the former party leader is lobbying Democratic officials to change the order of nomination voting. As we know, Iowa is the first caucus state to vote, followed by the New Hampshire primary. The Nevada caucus then follows, and then onto the South Carolina primary before Super Tuesday voting commences. Reid, and others, are arguing that neither Iowa nor New Hampshire are representative of the core Democratic Party, and therefore should not receive the undue attention from being scheduled as the first caucus and primary despite tradition yielding such. He points out that in 2020 the Iowa caucus system became colluded and poorly administered thus leading to a situation that even today it is unclear as to who actually won the caucus vote. While Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) received the most votes, it was former South Bend mayor and now US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg who came away with the most delegates. In New Hampshire, Reid contends that the eventual nominee, and of course general election winner, Joe Biden, placed fifth in the Granite State Democratic primary before his candidacy was rescued with a big primary win in South Carolina. He fails to mention, however, that Biden also lost Nevada, coming in a poor second to Sen. Sanders (40-19 percent) and just ahead of Buttigieg’s 17 percent. Since 1952, there have been 13 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primaries in races that did not involve a party incumbent. In only five of those campaigns did the Granite State voters back the eventual party nominee. The last time the state chose a nominee who went onto win an open or challenge race for the Presidency occurred in 1976. In that year, Jimmy Carter won the New Hampshire primary, and then proceeded to unseat then-President Gerald Ford in a close general election. In reality, however, South Carolina may actually have the best argument about moving into the first primary position. The South Carolina presidential primary system began in 1988. Since then, the state has hosted seven such Democratic elections where no president of their party was seeking re-election. In its history, the eventual party nominee has won five of the seven Palmetto State presidential primaries. Continue reading → Posted in Election Analysis, Primary, Super Tuesday and tagged Democratic National Committee, Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, Iowa, Jaime Harrison, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, South Carolina, Super Tuesday on February 5, 2021 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment Early House Outlook – Part IV By Jim Ellis Jan. 24, 2021 — Concluding our electoral US House preview, today we look at the final dozen states in the country’s southern region. • Alabama – 7 Seats (1D – 6R) Alabama is on the cusp of losing one of its seven seats in reapportionment. Sources suggest the final numbers are very close and the state may sue over how the figures are tabulated should apportionment take away one of the Republican seats. The Democrats have only one CD in the state, which is a majority minority seat (Rep. Terri Sewell-D) that is a certainty to remain as part of the delegation. Should Alabama lose a seat in reapportionment, the state’s southeastern region, most particularly the Montgomery anchored 2nd District, would probably the most affected since this is the least populated area of the seven CDs. • Delaware – 1 Seat (1D) The home of new President Joe Biden was once a relatively conservative state, but no longer. Delaware is growing but won’t come anywhere near gaining a second seat. Therefore, three-term Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Wilmington) will have an easy electoral ride for the foreseeable future. • Florida – 27 Seats (11D – 16R) The Sunshine State is one of two entities perched to gain multiple new districts. Florida is projected to add two seats, which should give the GOP map drawers the opportunity of protecting the newly won South Florida District 26 (Rep. Carlos Gimenez) and 27 (Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar) while maximizing the Republican compilation of Florida seats. Winning the aforementioned Miami-anchored CDs might result in conceding one of the new seats to the Democrats, however, in order to off-load a significant portion of their left-of-center voters, which would make both seats more Republican. Holding the governor’s office, both houses of the legislature, and now a majority on the state Supreme Court will allow the GOP to become the big winner in redistricting. The fact that 25 of the 27 districts are over the estimated per district population projection of approximately 740,000 residents provides statistical evidence for expanding the delegation. Rep. Darren Soto’s (D-Kissimmee) 9th District is the most over-populated seat with more than 931,000 people. Only Reps. Neal Dunn’s (R-Panama City) and Charlie Crist’s (D-St. Petersburg) seats are slightly below the projected population target. Twelve of the current 27 districts now hold more than 800,000 constituents. Expect the new seats to be added in South Florida, most likely toward the Gulf Coast side of the peninsula, and in the Orlando area. • Georgia – 14 Seats (6D – 8R) Though Republicans will control the redistricting pen as a result of holding both the legislature and governor’s office, the party map drawers will be hard-pressed to construct a map that allows their members to dominate the delegation as they did 10 years ago. Gaining a seat in 2010 reapportionment, the GOP began the decade with a 10-4 advantage in the House delegation only to see two Atlanta suburban seats slip away as a result of demographic and political changes in the metropolitan area. Georgia is expected to remain constant in this reapportionment with their 14 seats. The GOP will attempt to make at least one of the seats they lost, District 6 (Rep. Lucy McBath) or District 7 (Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux) more Republican and thus give themselves a chance to re-claim a seat for the coming decade. Expect a move to make one of these two seats, probably District 6, more Democratic in order to make District 7 more Republican especially since the latter CD is the most over-populated seat in the state with more than 844,000 residents and will have to shed close to 90,000 individuals to other districts. Continue reading → Posted in 2022, Election Analysis, House and tagged Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia on January 25, 2021 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment The Latest Numbers By Jim Ellis Oct. 23, 2020 — Polls are being updated daily in the competitive Senate races. Below are the most recent two surveys from each major contest. Some states provide disparate results, others more consistent. The data source is FiveThirtyEight Polls. ALABAMA Moore Information (OCT. 11-15; 504 likely Alabama voters, live interview) • Tommy Tuberville (R) – 55% • Sen. Doug Jones (D) – 40% FM3 Research (Oct. 11-14; 801 likely Alabama voters; live interview) • Sen. Doug Jones (D) – 48% • Tommy Tuberville (R) – 47% ALASKA Public Policy Polling (Oct. 19-20; 800 Alaska voters, interactive response system) • Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) – 44% • Al Gross (D/I) – 41% Siena College/NYT (Oct. 9-14; 423 likely Alaska voters, live interview) • Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) – 45% • Al Gross (D/I) – 37% ARIZONA Ipsos/Reuters (Oct. 14-21; 658 likely Arizona voters, online) • Mark Kelly (D) – 51% • Sen. Martha McSally (R) – 43% Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion (Oct. 18-19; 800 likely Arizona voters, automated) • Mark Kelly (D) – 48% • Sen. Martha McSally (R) – 44% GEORGIA-A Emerson College (Oct. 17-19; 506 likely Georgia voters; interactive voice response) • Sen. David Perdue (R) – 46% • Jon Ossoff (D) – 45% Garin Hart Yang Research (Oct. 11-14; 600 likely Georgia voters; live interview) • Jon Ossoff (D) – 48% • Sen. David Perdue (R) – 43% GEORGIA-B – Special Election Siena College/NYT (Oct. 13-19; 759 likely Georgia voters, live interview) Jungle Primary; top two advance to Jan 5 runoff • Raphael Warnock (D) – 32% • Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) – 23% • Rep. Doug Collins (R) – 17% • Matt Lieberman (D) – 7% • Ed Tarver (D) – 2% Emerson College (Oct. 17-19; 506 likely Georgia voters, interactive voice response) • Raphael Warnock (D) – 27% • Rep. Doug Collins (R) – 27% • Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) – 20% • Matt Lieberman (D) – 12% • Ed Tarver (D) – 2% Continue reading → Posted in Election Analysis, Polling, Senate and tagged Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia on October 23, 2020 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment ← Older Newer → ELLIS ON THE AIR Listen in to my weekly podcasts here: BIPAC’s Podcasts. I provide ongoing political analyses for the Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), which is an independent, bipartisan organization. Please leave this field empty Hello & Thanks for visiting ... Sign up to receive our content in your inbox Monday - Friday. 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