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Below the lineSouth Carolina: Johnson vs. WilsonWilson+10.37 polls
2026 governor

South Carolina governor average

Johnson vs. Wilson. Wilson leads by 10.3 points in the On Point average of 7 public polls: a robust LOWESS fit through every poll, weighted by a 15.8 day recency half life, sample size, voter screen and pollster grade, with three bisquare passes that weigh down outliers.

7 polls7 pollstersUpdated Oct 19, 202630 days −2.3Forecast R +7.7 · open the racePublic JSON
Johnson38.9
MarginWilson+10.3
Wilson49.2
Newest 7 polls
The average over time
30%35%40%45%50%55%AugSepOct38.9Johnson49.2Wilson
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHollow dot: a lean firm's poll as published; the filled dot is where the average counts it, after its measured lean is taken offHover or use the arrow keys to read any day

What moves the average today

Share of today's weight
Trafalgar Group (R)Oct 18 · 1,095 LV · A- · R lean, counted Wilson+12.2 in the average18%Wilson+16.0
Hart Research (D)Aug 15 · 600 RV · C+18%Wilson+8.0
National Public AffairsOct 16 · 604 LV · NR18%Wilson+10.0
On Point PollingOct 19 · 294 LV · Gold17%Wilson+8.6
FITSNews/Rick QuinnOct 3 · 638 RV · NR15%Wilson+10.1
Resonance MediaOct 3 · 638 RV · NR15%Wilson+10.0

Each poll's weight is its sample size, voter screen, pollster grade and age, with a 15.8 day half life, and those weights are the kernel of a robust LOWESS fit: a local line read at the day itself, with three bisquare passes that weigh down any poll far from the rest. No single poll can carry more than 15 percent. Gold Standard pollsters, On Point Polling, Big Data Poll, The Honest Poll, Emerson, Cygnal, Quantus Insights, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, carry the top grade. Rasmussen Reports and ActiVote are not counted. Trafalgar and InsiderAdvantage are marked Lean R and Impact Research Lean D. The tables show every poll as published; the average counts a lean firm's poll moved the other way by its measured lean against other polls of the same races, and the chart shows that move as a hollow dot for the poll as published joined to the filled dot the average counts: Trafalgar 3.8 points right over 35 polls, InsiderAdvantage 4.6 points right over 42 polls, Impact Research 0.0 points left over 0 polls.

All polls

7 of 7
On Point averageOct 19, 20267 polls38.949.2Wilson+10.3100%
On Point PollingGoldOct 19, 26294LV4351Wilson+8.616.7%
Trafalgar Group (R)A-Lean ROct 18, 261,095LV3753Wilson+16.018.2%
National Public AffairsNROct 16, 26604LV4151Wilson+10.017.6%
FITSNews/Rick QuinnNROct 3, 26638RV3545Wilson+10.115.0%
Resonance MediaNROct 3, 26638RV3545Wilson+10.014.8%
Hart Research (D)C+Aug 15, 26600RV4250Wilson+8.017.8%
Public Policy Polling (D)D-Jul 17, 26577RV3745Wilson+8.00.1%
Voter sample
Wilson+10.3
7 polls in the average