South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is down in a new poll from Winthrop University, clocking a 34.6 percent approval rating against a 43 percent disapproval rating. Haley has had a rocky tenure so far, but in an interview with the Charelston Post and Courier Winthrop Political Science professor and director of the poll Scott Huffmon put the blame for Haley’s poor performance on the weakness of South Carolina’s economy.
The poll also showed that Haley is taking some heat from within the GOP.
The Winthrop poll shows Haley rapidly is losing support among her fellow Republicans.
A slim majority of Republicans, 52.5 percent, approve of the way Haley is handling her job, but almost 22 percent of Republicans said they disapprove of her performance.
That compares with a 69.3 percent approval rating for Haley among Republicans and GOP-leaning voters only three months ago, according to a September Winthrop poll.
