SC’s rural areas still mixed on Gov. Haley

BARNWELL, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley came to eight rural, poor counties during her first term, bringing job fairs, medical screenings and free vaccines as part of her charitable foundation.

Haley stresses her Original Six Foundation has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with brining private support to help people in South Carolina’s poorest counties.

None of the counties Haley visited responded better than Union County, which voted 57 percent for Haley in 2014, compared to 44 percent in 2010. Haley also made significant gains of 7 percentage points in Dillon County and 4 percentage points in Marlboro County.

The gains were much less pronounced in Barnwell, Marion, Bamberg, Clarendon and Allendale counties.