New Poll Shows 49% Disapprove of Nikki Haley Job Performance

Last week a poll from Winthrop University showed Gov. Nikki Haley's job disapproval numbers slightly higher than those approving of her performance.

On Monday, a poll from Public Policy Polling (PPP) showed a wider gap between those who disapprove of Haley's work as governor versus those who approve. The PPP numbers showed 49 percent of voters disapproving of Haley and 42 approving. The Winthrop Poll showed 41.3 and 38.3, respectively.

The PPP poll had 520 respondents and the Winthrop poll had 929. The PPP survey was conducted over this past weekend. According to PPP, Haley's polling numbers rank her 35th out of 43 sitting governors.

The full poll is attached to this article.

Elsewhere in the PPP results, Tim Scott (R-1) is the preferred choice among voters to replace Sen. Jim DeMint in the U.S. Senate, but only slightly. When given a choice of Scott, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-4), former Attorney General Henry McMaster and Reps. Joe Wilson, Mulvaney and Jeff Duncan, 19 percent of those polled chose Scott, to place him narrowly ahead of McMaster (17 percent) and Gowdy (15 percent). Wilson, Mulvaney and Duncan polled with 8, 7 and 6 percent respectively.

See a slideshow of the top candidates HERE.

Voters were more favorable than unfavorable of Scott, McMaster and Gowdy. For Wilson, Mulvaney, and Duncan, voters were more unfavorable than favorable. However, for five of the six most respondents were "Not Sure." The exception was Joe Wilson--35 percent of those polled viewed him unfavorably, while 32 percent were "Not Sure."

Interestingly, respondents were split at 43 percent as to the appropriateness of DeMint stepping down to take the leadership post of the Heritage Foundation. 

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