Rudy Giuliani leads the race for the 2008 South Carolina Republican primary with a four percent edge over John McCain, according to a new poll from Winthrop University and ETV.

Among Republicans
Rudy Giuliani	18.6
John McCain	14.4
Mitt Romney	11.7
Fred Thompson	6.4
Newt Gingrich	3.4
Undecided/ Not Sure	29.9

South Carolina is an open registration state, thus allowing independent voters to participate in the nomination process.

Among Independents
Rudy Giuliani	12.3
Hillary Clinton	11.0
John Edwards	10.5
John McCain	9.1
Barack Obama	5.9
Mitt Romney	5.9
Newt Gingrich	4.1
Fred Thompson	2.3
Undecided/ Not Sure	29.7

Poll was conducted among 670 randomly selected registered voters from May 16-27 in South Carolina, and has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.79 percent.  All but the last three days of polling were conducted prior to the announced immigration bill.  The sample was 82 percent white, 17 percent non-white.  56 percent of the sample was female, 44 percent male.

Posted on June 1st, 2007 by David
Filed under: Ron Paul 2008