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Donald Trump crushes Nikki Haley in first South Carolina poll by 27%

A new poll shows that former President Donald Trump has a commanding lead over his 2024 challenger Nikki Haley, in her own state of South Carolina.
The poll, conducted by the American Promise and the Tyson Group, found that Trump had the support of 58% of likely voters in the South Carolina Republican primary, which will take place on Feb. 24. Haley, who served as the state’s governor from 2011 to 2017, trailed behind with 31% support. The remaining 11% were undecided.
Trump was ahead of Haley in every demographic and political group surveyed, except for self-identified Democrats, who favoured Haley by 49% to 5%. However, Democrats are unlikely to vote in the GOP primary, which is open to registered Republicans only.
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What poll says
The poll also revealed that the former president had a higher favorability rating than Haley among South Carolina voters. Nearly seven in 10 respondents (68%) said they had a favourable view of Trump, with 44% saying it was “strongly favourable.” Haley, on the other hand, had a favourable rating of 56%, with only 23% saying it was “strongly favourable.”
The top issues for South Carolina voters were the economy and immigration, according to the poll. Two-thirds of respondents (66%) said the economy was one of their top two issues, and half (50%) said the same of “fighting illegal immigration.”
The poll was the first major one to measure the sentiment of South Carolina voters since the New Hampshire primary, where Trump defeated Haley by 11 points. Haley also came in third in Iowa, behind Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Haley vs Trump
Haley faces a tough challenge to win her home state, where Trump has the endorsement of more than 150 current and former elected officials, including Gov. Henry McMaster and US Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham.
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Haley has argued that she does not need the backing of the “political elite,” and that her lack of support is due to her efforts to hold the South Carolina government “accountable.” Trump, however, has taunted Haley for her poor performance in her home state and brought his South Carolina supporters to his New Hampshire rallies to show his strength.
“Nikki loves to talk about cognitive impairment on the campaign trail, but she should take a hard look at herself and her life choices if she thinks she can be competitive in her home state of South Carolina in exactly one month. Name one state that Nikki can win. There isn’t one,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung has said.

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South Carolina’s Shane Beamer Names the Game He Knew LaNorris Sellers Was Special

South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer named the game in which he knew LaNorris Sellers was special.
South Carolina had some special moments last season and a lot of them included quatrterback LaNorris Sellers. The first year starting quarterback entered his name into college football stardom and many expect him to be one of the best quarterbacks in the sport this season.
Head Coach Shane Beamer joined the Always College Football podcast, and he talked about Sellers’ season last year and when things really started to change for his quarterback.
“I think for him, and I don’t want to speak for LaNorris, but just in having some conversations with him, I think he realized that after the Clemson game, where you’ve got a month where we’re not playing a game, you kind of get to be a normal person a little bit more. Certainly, after that Clemson game and the plays he made in that game, if people didn’t already learn about him, they knew more about him nationally, even more so after that game,” Beamer said.
It was way before the Kentucky game in which Beamer knew he picked the right guy to be the starting quarterback for the Gamecocks, and he realized that Sellers was only going to get better.
“He made some plays in that game with his feet,” Beamer said. “Now, we got hit one time because he missed the blitz pickup and he had to get himself out of trouble, but he made plays in that game. I knew he would continue to get better as the year went on because, if you remember, there was a period of that game where he got knocked out and he wasn’t in the game for a couple of series. The next week, we played LSU, he didn’t play the whole second half. So, really, the Ole Miss game, which I think was game five for us, that was the first game that he played in its entirety,” Beamer continued.
Sellers will look to lead a successful offense yet again this year for South Carolina and hopes to lead the program to its first every college football playoff berth.
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South Carolina infant rescued from filthy home infested with animals, some dead

Nicholas Foley and Kayla Renard. (Credit: Honea Path police)
HONEA PATH, S.C. – Police in South Carolina said they were horrified after they found an infant in an infested house with numerous animals, some dead, and their feces.
The backstory:
Honea Path Police said on May 19, the local health department responded to a home after receiving reports about the welfare of an eight-month-old infant.
The infant was placed in the car of a relative during the investigation.
Dig deeper:
Officers said they “uncovered severe unsafe and unsanitary conditions that put the infant at risk.”
They found the home “infested with numerous animals, including raccoons, rabbits, dogs, cats, chickens, and deceased animals.”
“Animal feces and waste are throughout the residence,” they added to their Facebook post.
Forty animals were removed from the home, including a decomposing goat carcass in the bathtub.
Kayla Renard and Nicholas Foley were charged with unlawful conduct towards a child and ill-treatment of animals.
What they’re saying:
“In my 30-plus years of service, I have never encountered such a horrific situation involving unsanitary conditions and such a large number of animals,” one officer described.
The Source: The information in this story comes from a Facebook post by the Honea Path Police Department, where they detailed their response to a May 19 welfare check involving an infant. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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South Carolina Gamecocks’ Talmadge LeCroy Announces Return to Columbia

South Carolina baseball gets good news on Friday as senior Talmadge LeCroy announced his return to the team via the Gamecocks Baseball X account.
LeCroy will be coming back for his fifth season in Columbia. After a program wide down year in 2025, the super senior’s return to the Gamecocks could help provide a spark in 2026.
Joining the team as a freshman in 2022, LeCroy layed in 39 games with 27 starts. He had 24 hits, five doubles, 11 RBI and 19 walks with a .381 on-base percentage that season. His play increased as a sophomore where he played in 55 games with 52 starts for the Gamecocks in 2023. LeCroy hit .289 with 39 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 42 RBI
As a junior in 2024, LeCroy played in all 62 games making 60 starts, helping the Gamecocks to a berth in the Raleigh Regional. He finished that season scoring 45 runs, had eight doubles to go along with a triple, three home runs, 28 RBI, 38 walks and 14 hit-by-pitches.
After only appearing in 17 games in 2025 due to injury, LeCroy comes back to help the Gamecocks get back to postseason play in 2026.
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