• Former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead over his primary challengers in South Carolina, even on their home turf, according to a recent survey.
• Trump has the backing of 47.9% of likely Republican primary voters in the latest Trafalgar Group survey. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took second place with 13.8% while South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott took 13.6%. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley took 8.4% support.
• Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned 6.6% support while tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy claimed 6.4%.
• South Carolina is a key early primary state and a poor performance by Haley or Scott in their home state could adversely impact their decisions to carry on in the contest.
• Nationally, Trump’s lead is substantially larger and neither South Carolina candidate performs as well. Trump enjoys 55.8% support in the RealClearPolitics polling average, compared to 3.3% for Haley and 3.0% for Scott.

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