South Carolina Governor
Candidates
| Candidate | Party | Poll avg | Latest poll | Raised | Cash | Outside for / against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Wilson | R | 49.8% (5) | 54.1% | — | — | — |
| Jermaine Johnson | D | 39.3% (5) | 39.1% | — | — | — |
| Michael Addison | 1% (4) | — | — | — | — | |
| Walid Hakim | G | 0.6% (4) | — | — | — | — |
Unweighted mean of the latest general-election poll from each of 5 pollsters since 2026-09-20.
Tracking the poll average daily since November 3, 2026; a chart appears after three days.
Polls 9 in the window
| Field dates | Pollster | Sample | Result | D − R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 from Oct 31 | Trafalgar Group R-sponsored | 1,091 LV | Alan Wilson R 54.1 · Jermaine Johnson D 39.1 · Michael Addison 1.9 | -15.0 |
| Oct 26 from Oct 19 | The New York Times/Siena University | 707 LV | Alan Wilson R 50.97 · Jermaine Johnson D 44.24 | -6.7 |
| Oct 25 from Oct 14 | The Citadel Poll | 1,009 RV | Alan Wilson R 36 · Jermaine Johnson D 32 · Walid Hakim G 1 | -4.0 |
| Oct 25 from Oct 14 | The Citadel Poll | 890 LV | Alan Wilson R 42 · Jermaine Johnson D 31 · Walid Hakim G 0 | -11.0 |
| Oct 25 from Oct 16 | Targoz Market Research for South Carolina Policy Council | 895 LV | Alan Wilson R 51 · Jermaine Johnson D 41 · Michael Addison 1 | -10.0 |
| Oct 18 from Oct 16 | Trafalgar Group R-sponsored | 1,095 LV | Alan Wilson R 52.5 · Jermaine Johnson D 36.5 · Michael Addison 4.2 | -16.0 |
| Oct 16 from Oct 13 | National Public Affairs R-sponsored | 604 LV | Alan Wilson R 51 · Jermaine Johnson D 41 · Michael Addison 1 | -10.0 |
| Aug 15 from Aug 12 | Hart Research Associates D-sponsored | 600 LV | Alan Wilson R 48 · Jermaine Johnson D 41 | -7.0 |
| Jul 17 from Jul 16 | Public Policy Polling D-sponsored | 577 RV | Alan Wilson R 45 · Jermaine Johnson D 37 | -8.0 |
Money
Governors are regulated by state campaign-finance law. There is no federal feed for them, so this page carries no money figures for governor races rather than a partial or scraped set.
Platform ad spend
Meta's Ad Library Report, Google's Ads Transparency Center and Snap's political-ads library. An advertiser is tied to a candidate only when its name carries the candidate's surname together with this state or the candidate's full name; outside groups that do not name a candidate appear in the state and district totals, not here.
No advertiser on either platform names a candidate in this race.
Meta in South Carolina: $1.1M Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 · Google in South Carolina: $41.8M lifetime · Snap targeted at South Carolina: $26k in 2026.
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Polls: PollResults.org (New York Times poll data), CC BY 4.0 (1,579 poll questions in the window). Money: FEC candidate totals and Schedule E independent-expenditure totals for the 2026 cycle. Platform ad spend: Meta Ad Library Report (U.S., 7-day preset, read from the report page), Google Ads Transparency Center CSV bundle and Snap political ads library, via Corvus Intel. Snapshot 2026-11-04 00:20 UTC, refreshed every six hours. No model wrote these figures, and no prediction-market price is used. Read how we work, or see the Politics desk for the analysis built on top of them. JSON.