Obama Tops South Carolina Republican Senators In Poll, Despite Losing State In 2008

Obama Tops South Carolina Republican Senators In Poll, Despite Losing State In 2008

President Barack Obama's job approval may be eroding nationwide, but in South Carolina, a state he lost in 2008, a new poll gives him higher numbers than the state's two Republican senators.

Nearly 48 percent of adults in the Palmetto State approve of Obama's performance as president, a Winthrop University poll found. In contrast, 39.4 percent of those surveyed approve of the job Sen. Lindsey Graham is doing, while 42.6 percent approve of Sen. Jim DeMint -- one of Obama's harshest critics.

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