Emerson College conducted a survey of 518 South Carolina adults between Feb 22 and Feb 24, 2016. Respondents were contacted by Landline and the interaction was automated. The results of this poll were released on Feb 25, 2016.
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 5 | PreferenceView Matchup
Generic: Democratic Primary
| Clinton (D) | Sanders (D) | Undecided | Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 60.15%
160 | 36.47%
97 | 2.63%
7 | 0.75%
2 | 266
Likely |
| Hispanic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Female | 61.76%
105 | 32.94%
56 | 3.53%
6 | 1.18%
2 | 63.91%
170 |
| Male | 56.7%
55 | 42.27%
41 | 1.03%
1 | 0 | 36.47%
97 |
| Asians | 100%
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.01%
8 |
| Blacks | 71.79%
84 | 24.79%
29 | 2.56%
3 | 0.85%
1 | 43.98%
117 |
| Natives | 100%
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.63%
7 |
| Whites | 55.84%
43 | 38.96%
30 | 2.6%
2 | 1.3%
1 | 28.95%
77 |
This question was presented to 266 likely voters from South Carolina who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 6%.
The question wording was not made public by Emerson College; instead, a generic question has been editorially submitted.