The South Carolina Senate race between Darline Graham and Ralph Norman will be very interesting to watch as the runoff date arrives soon, August 25th.

Darline Graham is supported by President Trump, the NRSCC, the professional republican class and the new endorsement from the 3rd place candidate Russell Fry.  Additionally, Darline Graham has been endorsed by Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Tim Scott and other very well-known Republican brand names.

Mrs Graham has also picked up a $1 million Super-PAC donation from the leftist “Invest in Tomorrow Coalition” a clean energy and climate change advocacy group.  They will be running ads against Ralph Norman.

That said, CTH has a strong hunch that Ralph Norman is going to win.  There’s an internal poll showing Norman with a 12-point advantage (52/40); however, that’s not the strongest indicator.

A very unscientific review of voter sentiment visible on social media reflects a profound rejection of the Lindsey Graham legacy vote.  While it is entirely possible those voices are just more algorithmically visible than Darline Graham supporters, there sure are a lot of South Carolina republican voters willing to support Ralph Norman over Graham.

It’s weird because no one seems overly enthusiastic for either candidate but voting Norman over Graham appears to be the least bad option.  Darline Graham’s record working for leftist NGOs has many people rejecting her as an option.

What are your thoughts?

It is possible this race may be in the loss column for President Trump’s endorsement record.