EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 6 MIN
The Polling Numbers on the Gov Race have Pam Evette in the lead
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
The second segment of Hour 4 on The Charlie James Show (Monday, June 1, 2026) focused on the newly released polling numbers in the South Carolina gubernatorial race, which place Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette in the lead following Donald Trump's endorsement.Key Discussion PointsEvette Takes the Lead: Charlie broke down the latest internal and public polling metrics, showing that Pamela Evette has surged past her opponents to command the top spot in the crowded six-way Republican field.The Polling Numbers: The show highlighted the tight statistical gridlock at the top of the race, with Evette leading at 19.9%, followed micro-margins behind by Attorney General Alan Wilson at 19.4% and businessman Rom Reddy at 19.0%.The Runoff Threat: Despite Evette's lead, Charlie emphasized that her polling numbers are still well below the 50% majority threshold required by South Carolina law to win outright on June 9th. The data strongly indicates that while Trump's nod gave her the lead, the race is still firmly headed toward a June 23rd head-to-head runoff election.
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00:00 All right, somebody wanted to know about the polling numbers out there and little caveat here. You got to watch. Who paid for the poll? 00:17 All right. Now there are some polls out there that are completely independent. I think Trafalgar had uh Pam Ebbett with a pretty comfortable lead, but there are other polls out there. mean, uh Rahm Reddy's got a poll that's got him in second place. I heard, and I can't tell you from who, it was off the record, but I heard that there was another poll out that was done recently that is not as favorable to Pam Ebbett. In fact, she was much lower down. 00:46 on um the list as well. But see, polling places, are also, they can be partisan. I know, I'm shocked as well. I'm flabbergasted. But they can be partisan. And sometimes it depends on just who's paying for the poll. So now this is from the South Carolina Policy Council. And this is a, I mean, want to talk about a horse race. This is a horse race. 01:16 Now remember, this is a margin of error of 3.16%. That's the margin of error. What they have, and this was released I think on the 28th, Pamela Evitt at 16%, Ralph Norman at 15%, Alan Wilson at 14%, Nancy Mace at 13%. 01:46 All of those, every single one of those people. 01:52 are all within the margin of error. That's how close this thing is. It's very close. see what happens. We'll see what happens, and I will guarantee you, once this... When did that happen? That happened Friday? It happened Friday afternoon. I read it. I broke the news live here on the program. happened about 3.45 Friday afternoon. And I will guarantee you... 02:21 pollsters immediately started calling out. Immediately started calling out. So maybe we'll have some new poll numbers coming up to maybe tomorrow or even Wednesday. I would think Thursday at the latest considering how close we were getting to the primaries, but this is going to be a tight race, y'all. It really is. But the big question, oh, and by the way, Henry McMaster Jr. is a hospitality attorney. 02:51 You should have seen the look on JJ's face. He looked at me like, uh what? uh A hospitality attorney? eh So he is a hospitality attorney. That means anything to do with the hospitality business um he's involved with. 03:17 uh liquor licensing regulation, employment law, contracts, vendor agreement, real estate development, liability litigation, regulatory compliance, corporate business matters. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, same guy. Yeah. When we know about the liquor liability laws and all of that stuff, not sure where he stands on all of that, but it's driven a lot of businesses out of business. So anyway. 03:43 I don't even know. A hospitality attorney is somebody that you probably would not deal with unless you were at a resort and you slipped on some of their tile and you broke your elbow. Then you might have to deal with the hospitality attorney. But I don't know. Other than that, I'm kind of baffled about that whole thing. But is it going to help? Now, the big thing Saturday night was no, I don't think it is. 04:12 So want to know from you guys, do you think appointing and remember she hasn't done this yet. Hasn't done this yet. She has not made the appointment, but if she doesn't. 04:26 How does that make Donald Trump look? If she doesn't, how does that make her look? I'm telling you, folks, here we are, we're what? A week and a day away from going to the polls. And this thing is getting extremely interesting. It really is. So we'll see what happens in the race. But also oh Ralph Norman uh has tapped Adam Morgan to be his running mate. 04:56 as his lieutenant governor. And boy, I tell you what, the dark money, whoo, that machine is cranking up now. They are, it is cranking up. And everybody's out there talking about Adam Morgan. I think Adam Morgan's a great guy. I know Adam Morgan, you know, as much as I know him, but I like the pick. I think it's a good pick. Likewise, I believe that, oh 05:25 Alan Wilson's run ...
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