SC Megathread 2020: Graham Crackers, Cunning-Ham Sandwiches and Duncan Donuts

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Graham seems desperate enough to run a "Godless" type ad at this point.

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That was one long run on sentence. Graham really isn't handling a strong challenge well.

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Anyone who was voting Constitution Party probably won't vote for Graham even with their candidate out. Most support for that part is based on dislike for Graham more than anything else and there has always been a contingent in the state that doesn't like him. These people aren't always that strategic in their voting.

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Anyone who was voting Constitution Party probably won't vote for Graham even with their candidate out. Most support for that part is based on dislike for Graham more than anything else and there has always been a contingent in the state that doesn't like him. These people aren't always that strategic in their voting.

Is there a libertarian party on the ballot?

No Libertarian on the ballot.

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Graham has mentioned Joe Cunningham twice and not negatively. Seems like a clear strategy to appeal to potential ticket splitters in Charleston. Whenever a Republican even remotely props up a Democrat you know that they are in trouble.

Also saying a lot of good things about Joe Cunningham; can't imagine Nancy Mace is happy about that.

Graham is out for himself at this point.

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Graham hasn't even had trouble winning any of his races (primaries included) so he is not used to a challenge.

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I knew he was going to say something racist eventually, I just knew it.

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He must have taken a Trump makeup tutorial because he looks ridiculously tan in that clip.

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It won't be long before Graham is caught calling Harrison the N-word.

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Lindsey Graham keeps cutting ads for Harrison.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1316373104269160449?s=20

Is anyone going to fall for this?  What Graham was saying is that no one wants to go back there! 

He's like these old southern women who are passive aggressive with their racism. He's in Strom Thurmond's old seat, so of course he's going to virtual signaling to the people in the state that are still fond of the good old days.

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https://twitter.com/JacobRubashkin/status/1317541031504711685?s=20

a risky and desperate strategy: could hurt Harrison's potential for crossover support from pro-life/pro-gun/Trump voters by bringing up these issues of disagreement and telling them their views are "too conservative for South Carolina"

You want a hint as to how many of those people exist?

Goose egg.

If those people didn't exist this race would not be competitive.

This ad isn't meant to sway conservatives or moderates to Harrison's column. It's a very McCaskill-esque strategy of pushing conservative voters wavering on Graham to another candidate on the ballot.

Harrison will not be getting nor will he need a substantial number of Trump voters in a state as polarized as South Carolina. His key to victory is the Democratic base + disaffected anti-Graham conservatives voting third party.

The only reason this race is competitive is that he's running against Lindsey Graham.

best numbers for Biden in polling in SC are 45 or 46%.   Bledsoe would have to do way better than expected for that to be enough for Harrison.  And any pro-life or pro-gun voters who are supporting Biden are not people Harrison can afford to insult.

I think you are missing the point here. There are going to be almost zero Trump-Harrison voters and that is not who Harrison is counting on to win this race. He's trying to convince Trump voters to vote for the Constitution Party in the Senate race as opposed to Graham.

The voters who are truly up for grabs are moderates who have voted GOP in the past but are supporting Biden. That's why Graham has name checked Joe Cunningham, because he's trying to get Biden voters to split their tickets. He certainly can't name check Biden, so he is using Cunningham.