--- title: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Top New South Carolina Poll description: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hold a strong lead against their respective primary rivals in South Carolina, a new poll shows. canonical: https://time.com/4226611/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-south-carolina/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-16T23:14:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:14:22.060Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Lead In New South Carolina Poll og:description: Cruz and Sanders take second place og:url: https://time.com/4226611/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-south-carolina/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Lead In New South Carolina Poll twitter:description: Cruz and Sanders take second place twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Lead In New South Carolina Poll  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 16, 2016 11:14 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 16, 2016 11:14 PM UTC Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton [hold a strong lead](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/south-carolina-poll-cnn-orc/index.html) against their respective primary rivals in South Carolina, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The real estate mogul is ahead of his Republican foes in the state by 16 points, the [latest CNN/ORC poll](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/south-carolina-full-poll-results-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/index.html) shows. Trump is the top choice among likely GOP voters in South Carolina, polling at 38%. The billionaire businessman has wide support from white evangelical voters in the state. He’s trailed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who polled at 22%. Clinton has the support of 56% of likely Democratic primary voters polled in South Carolina, while her opponent Bernie Sanders garnered 38%. The former Secretary of State’s voter base consists largely of black voters and women, according to the survey. South Carolina’s Republican primary is set for Saturday, while the Democratic primary will take place Feb. 27\. The poll was conducted [after the New Hampshire primary](http://time.com/4213432/hillary-clinton-new-hampshire-loss/), between Feb. 10 and Feb. 15\. Trump and Clinton also bested their rivals in [an earlier CBS News poll](http://time.com/4224387/south-carolina-poll-clinton-trump/) conducted around the same time. The CNN/ORC poll included interviews with 1,006 people in the state. There were 404 likely Republican primary voters interviewed with a margin of error of plus or minus 5%. Two-hundred and eighty likely Democratic primary voters were polled, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6%. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4226611/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-south-carolina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4226611/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-south-carolina/"},"headline":"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Lead In New South Carolina Poll","datePublished":"2016-02-16T23:14:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:14:22.060Z","description":"Cruz and Sanders take second place","url":"https://time.com/4226611/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-south-carolina/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4226611/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll-south-carolina/","name":"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Lead In New South Carolina Poll"}}]}] ```