{"id":1392635,"date":"2022-03-21T18:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392635"},"modified":"2022-03-21T18:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:59:59","slug":"poll-trump-backed-south-carolina-republican-russell-fry-shows-double-digit-lead-over-impeachment-supporter-rep-tom-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trump-backed-south-carolina-republican-russell-fry-shows-double-digit-lead-over-impeachment-supporter-rep-tom-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Trump-Backed South Carolina Republican Russell Fry Shows Double Digit Lead over Impeachment Supporter Rep. Tom Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-trump-backed-south-carolina-republican-russell-fry-shows-double-digit-lead-over-impeachment-supporter-rep-tom-rice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392635&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Trump-backed South Carolina Republican Russell Fry showed a strong 20 point lead over impeachment supporter Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) and the rest of the primary field in an internal poll.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also found that of those who voted in the Republican primary before, 63 percent said they would not vote for Rice again, while only 21 percent said they would vote for the impeachment Republican again. There was 11 percent who said they never voted for Rice in the past and still will not, as five percent said they have never voted for him and they will this time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The initial hypothetical\u00a0ballot from Fry\u2019s campaign showed him leading the field with 39 percent, with the impeachment Republican incumbent with 18 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the field was in the single digits, with Mark McBride having six percent, Barbara Arthur with five percent,\u00a0Ken Richardson with five percent, and\u00a0Garrett Barton with only three percent. Twenty-four percent was\u00a0undecided.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Internal poll memo released by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussellFrySC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RussellFrySC<\/a>\u2019s campaign suggests their endorsement by former President Trump allowed them to overtake incumbent Tom Rice among likely Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly a quarter still undecided. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fGCIISzLiu\">pic.twitter.com\/fGCIISzLiu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Reynolds (@IAmNickReynolds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAmNickReynolds\/status\/1504097178700165123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fry swelled to over 50 percent when the respondents were told about former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/02\/01\/trump-endorses-republican-russell-fry-impeachment-supporter-tom-rice\/\">backing<\/a>. After the information, Fry had 52 percent, with the respondents as Rice only had 22 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the field was in the single digits again. McBride had five percent,\u00a0Richardson had four percent, Arthur had one percent, and\u00a0Barton with only one percent.\u00a0Fifteen percent was\u00a0undecided.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PollTrackerUSA\/status\/1505613212330471431?s=20&#038;t=Ts4ZMFoIWL8q4o4U1scmYw\">taken<\/a> from March 13 to 15 and asked\u00a0615 likely Republican primary voters in South Carolina\u2019s Seventh Congressional District. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.9 percent and had a\u00a0confidence level of 95 percent.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/12\/katie-arrington-and-russell-fry-join-trump-on-stage-at-south-carolina-rally\/\">recent<\/a> Trump rally in South Carolina, Fry and Katie Arrington, who\u2019s also backed by Trump and is looking to take out Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), joined the former president on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Fry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/12\/katie-arrington-and-russell-fry-join-trump-on-stage-at-south-carolina-rally\/\">told<\/a> the crowd, \u201cWe\u2019re gonna vote to impeach Tom Rice at the ballot box,\u201d referencing Rice\u2019s vote to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn June 14, it\u2019s our turn to vote. And on June 14 here in the South congressional district, we\u2019re gonna vote to impeach Tom Rice at the ballot box,\u201d Fry added.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump-backed South Carolina Republican Russell Fry showed a strong 20 point lead over impeachment supporter Rep. 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