ONE-ON-ONE: USC professor highlights key races on SC ballots
He predicts Henry McMaster to win re-election and beat challenger Joe Cunningham.
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Professor, students react to negative effects of polarized politics
Polarization in politics can affect who we vote for and even who we’re friends with. Dr. Josh Meyer-Gutbrod, a Political Science professor for the University of South Carolina says polarization is used to drive votes.
West Virginia Democrat says he will not vote for his colleague’s election reform package
On Capitol Hill, a key Democrat says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation.
Congresswoman Liz Cheney facing backlash from GOP leadership
Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third ranking Republican in the House, and a vocal opponent of former President Trump’s claims there was widespread fraud in the election, is under fire from her own GOP leadership team. Those top House Republicans now joining former President Trump in supporting her potential replacement.
SC Senate Democrats to hold annual planning meeting virtually this year, Republicans to meet in person
The spike in COVID-19 cases is also impacting how business is conducted at the State House. South Carolina Senate Democrats now plan to hold their annual planning meeting virtually.
Watch: Statewide Primary Tuesday
Columbia,S.C. (WOLO) — There are only 24 hours left before many of you head to the ballot box to have your voice heard. Click here to find out where things stand a day ahead of the Statewide Primary. Tags: Haley, Primary, Republicans
Watch: Where Republicans Stand
Columbia,S.C. (WOLO) — ABC Columbia is taking a closer look at where the Republicans stand after the weekend Primaries. And GOP Front runner Donald Trump is threatening to sue the state of Louisiana. Click here to find out why. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Cruz, Republicans, Trump
Can South Carolina Republicans and Democrats Work Together?
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The last time lawmakers met in Columbia, Democrats and many Republicans united to bring down the Confederate flag that flew outside the Statehouse for 50 years. The Legislature returns Tuesday, and lawmakers hope that unity continues. But with hundreds of ideas about how to spend hundreds of millions of additional dollars, lawmakers expect partisanship to return….
Trump Plan Is Supported in His Party But Widely Opposed Outside the GOP (POLL)
Republicans by more than a 20-point margin support Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States – but independents and Democrats oppose the idea by wide margins, producing a broadly negative reaction among Americans overall. All told, 36 percent of adults in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support Trump’s suggestion, while 60 percent say it’s…
