Voters fret Trump or Clinton in the White House

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has climbed 13 percentage points since mid-October to 35 percent support in a new national CBS News/New York Times poll released today.

Notably, the survey was conducted between December 5 and 8, the days just before, and just after Trump called for the total shutdown of Muslims entering the US, a statement that appears to have helped Trump in SC… This is the second national poll in the last week to show Trump’s support in the mid-30s.

Sen. Lindsey Graham of Seneca was tied for sixth in his home state at 2 percent with former chief executive Carly Fiorina and former Arkansas Gov. Miike Huckabee.

In South Carolina – which hosts the third delegate selection contest of the race, after Iowa and New Hampshire – Trump and Cruz are followed by Carson (14%), Rubio (11%), and Bush (9%) in the Winthrop Poll.

But his proposal, which some condemned as unconstitutional, has not hurt Trump’s support in the Palmetto State as the February 20 primary approaches.

Got that? A plurality of GOP voters in SC were already rallying behind Trump, but after hearing about his anti-Muslim bigotry, Trump’s support went up, not down.

But many voters expressed fear or concern at the idea of a Trump presidency – or a Hillary Clinton one.

Thursday’s results found that multiple GOP contenders are viewed more favorably than Trump there, however.

The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.4 percent, according to Winthrop.