Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate appoints an audience for the appointment of Garland’s attorney general. Cassidy calls Trump’s lawyers “disorganized” after a surprise vote to proceed with the NIGHT ENERGY trial: Senate advances Biden EPA nomination to choose Regan | Study: Fossil fuel air pollution associated with 1 in 5 deaths worldwide | Biden has more time to decide on the Dakota Access Pipeline MORE (RS.C.) is virtually tied with his Democratic opponent, Jaime Harrison
Jaime HarrisonTrump’s new PAC has raised millions by trying to overturn the results of the Tom Perez elections ‘by taking a look’ at the dispute over the Maryland governor, Democrats formally elect Harrison as the new president of the DNC. MORE, according to a CBS News-YouGov survey released on Sunday.
Candidates are in a statistical tie, with 45% of likely voters supporting Graham and 44% supporting Harrison.
Another 9% of likely voters said they were not sure who they would vote for in the Senate race.
How Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, handles the next confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump
Donald TrumpSchoen says the Trump team will be “very well prepared” after criticism that Iowa Republicans seek to cut funds for schools with 1619 Project on the curriculum Capitol protest seen smoking in the imprisoned Rotunda MORESupreme Court of candidate, may not mess with him much, noted CBS. Almost half of the voters, 45 percent, said that if Graham votes to confirm Barrett it will not affect his Senate vote, and the rest is divided into party lines, according to CBS.
The poll also found that 46% of likely voters said Graham agrees with Trump “too much”, while 36% said the senator agrees with the president “about the right amount” and only 18% said he agrees with Trump “no” enough. “
The CBS poll is the latest to show a close race in South Carolina, and Harrison posed a formidable challenge for Graham, raising millions in his campaign against the three-term senator.
Graham himself acknowledged last week that he is “being killed financially” by Harrison.
The Democratic challenger is also leading a Republican candidate in North Carolina. Democrat Cal Cunningham won the support of 48% of likely voters, compared with 38% who said they supported the Sen. Thom Tillis
Thomas (Thom) Roland TillisThe ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ of the Republican Party’s impeachment ENERGY OF THE NIGHT: DOJ will allow companies to pay for environmental projects again to reduce fines | House Democrats reintroduce green energy tax package Senate signals broad support for more targeted coronavirus relief checks MORE (RN.C.), according to the CBS-YouGov survey.
Tillis’s vote for the Trump candidate would please most Republicans, but it appears to be a little negative among independents, according to CBS.
In Georgia, Sen. David Perdue
David PerdueGOP group ‘Stop Stacey’ aims at Abrams ahead of the expected 2022. Democrats surpass the GOP in approval ratings in Georgia: polls Republicans at the state level are destroyed by division after Trump’s defeat MORE (R) holds the lead over his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff
Jon OssoffJournalist Zaid Jilani: The expansion of voting rights has made Georgia competitive again. Congress ponders tightening eligibility for stimulus checks Susan Sarandon criticizes Democrats for ‘bait and league’., in 47% to 42%, based on the CBS-YouGov survey.
Republicans are facing a series of Senate contests that could be influenced by the battle for confirmation of Trump’s Supreme Court candidate before the election. Democrats are looking to get three or four seats in the Senate, depending on which party wins the White House, to gain control of the upper house.
The surveys were conducted on behalf of CBS News by YouGov between September 22 and September 25. They are based on a sample of 1,164 voters in Georgia, 1,213 in North Carolina and 1,080 in South Carolina. The margins of error are 3.3 percentage points in Georgia, 3.6 percentage points in North Carolina and 3, 8 percentage points in South Carolina.