South Carolina's 1st Congressional District

2026 General Election

Image and Ballot Testing
October 1st, 2026

Top Lines

Generic Ballot

Republican	53%
Democrat	41%
Third Party	1%
Undecided	5%

Lacore Image

Favorable	37%
Unfavorable	30%
Unsure	23%
Never heard	10%

Reeside Image

Favorable	3%
Unfavorable	15%
Unsure	35%
Never heard	46%

Honeycutt Image

Favorable	39%
Unfavorable	23%
Unsure	28%
Never heard	10%

Congressional Ballot

Honeycutt, R	46%
Lacore, D	40%
Reeside, L	4%
Undecided	9%

Generic Ballot

Republican

53%

Democrat

41%

Third Party

1%

Undecided

5%

Full Question:

If the November 3rd general election for Congress were held today, which Party's candidate would you vote for?

• Republican
• Democrat
• Third Party Candidate
• Undecided

	Republican	Democrat	Third Party	Undecided
Republican	85	8	1	6
Democrat	0	99	0	1
Indep/Other	9	72	6	14
Female	53	44	1	3
Male	53	38	2	7
18-34	29	68	0	3
35-44	31	61	3	5
45-54	53	36	3	8
55-64	58	34	2	6
65+	60	36	0	4
Conservative	79	13	1	6
Moderate	22	70	2	6
Liberal	11	88	0	1
White	58	35	1	6
Black	27	73	0	1
Other Race	61	29	5	4
HS	63	35	1	1
Some College	57	36	0	7
College	47	45	3	5
Grad+	37	51	3	8
4 of 4	50	45	1	4
3 of 4	65	32	0	3
2 of 4	46	36	3	15
1 of 4	55	37	3	4
0 of 4	51	43	2	3
Charleston	53	41	1	5
Savannah	52	39	3	6
Suburban	53	42	1	4
Rural	54	37	1	7
Charleston	49	48	1	3
Berkeley	56	37	1	6
Beaufort	54	37	3	6
Other County	53	41	0	6

Lacore Image

Favorable

37%

Unfavorable

30%

Unsure

23%

Never heard

10%

Full Question:

What is your opinion of Nancy Lacore?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Unsure	Never heard
Republican	10	46	31	12
Democrat	85	3	7	5
Indep/Other	63	12	18	7
Female	37	29	24	11
Male	37	32	22	9
18-34	66	13	0	21
35-44	58	25	15	3
45-54	30	27	23	20
55-64	25	30	35	11
65+	35	35	24	7
Conservative	12	46	27	14
Moderate	62	11	22	6
Liberal	83	5	9	2
White	31	35	25	9
Black	70	7	15	7
Other Race	30	27	4	39
HS	35	34	22	9
Some College	31	34	21	15
College	40	25	28	7
Grad+	48	26	19	7
4 of 4	39	31	21	9
3 of 4	26	26	36	13
2 of 4	34	28	23	15
1 of 4	42	32	22	3
0 of 4	41	31	15	13
Charleston	37	30	23	10
Savannah	38	31	23	9
Suburban	37	29	23	11
Rural	35	35	22	8
Charleston	44	27	24	4
Berkeley	28	36	18	18
Beaufort	37	31	23	9
Other County	39	24	28	9

Reeside Image

Favorable

3%

Unfavorable

15%

Unsure

35%

Never heard

46%

Full Question:

What is your opinion of Bill Reeside?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Unsure	Never heard
Republican	3	15	35	47
Democrat	4	14	36	46
Indep/Other	6	13	35	46
Female	4	13	35	48
Male	3	17	36	45
18-34	0	12	57	32
35-44	8	11	23	58
45-54	3	8	35	53
55-64	1	9	39	51
65+	4	20	34	41
Conservative	3	13	36	48
Moderate	2	10	43	45
Liberal	8	29	20	42
White	3	14	34	49
Black	4	18	47	31
Other Race	0	20	16	65
HS	2	24	37	36
Some College	3	10	33	54
College	3	11	40	46
Grad+	6	14	29	52
4 of 4	3	15	30	52
3 of 4	0	7	52	41
2 of 4	9	11	39	41
1 of 4	4	29	21	46
0 of 4	3	11	48	38
Charleston	3	13	38	47
Savannah	6	20	30	44
Suburban	2	13	37	50
Rural	8	21	32	39
Charleston	2	16	33	48
Beaufort	6	20	30	44
Berkeley	4	7	40	48
Other County	1	14	40	45

Honeycutt Image

Favorable

39%

Unfavorable

23%

Unsure

28%

Never heard

10%

Full Question:

What is your opinion of Jenny Costa Honeycutt?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Unsure	Never heard
Republican	58	8	26	8
Democrat	7	46	35	12
Indep/Other	12	53	23	12
Female	36	25	30	9
Male	42	21	27	10
18-34	13	35	31	21
35-44	18	32	34	16
45-54	41	29	23	7
55-64	40	22	29	9
65+	47	18	28	7
Conservative	53	9	28	10
Moderate	22	40	29	9
Liberal	17	45	30	8
White	41	25	24	9
Black	20	15	53	12
Other Race	55	27	6	13
HS	45	13	32	9
Some College	43	19	31	7
College	28	30	29	13
Grad+	37	37	16	11
4 of 4	39	24	28	9
3 of 4	40	20	35	5
2 of 4	37	24	25	14
1 of 4	48	25	20	7
0 of 4	28	22	33	17
Charleston	38	23	29	9
Savannah	39	23	26	11
Suburban	37	26	29	9
Rural	46	18	25	11
Charleston	36	31	27	6
Berkeley	40	20	27	13
Beaufort	40	23	26	11
Other County	39	16	35	10

Congressional Ballot

Honeycutt, R

46%

Lacore, D

40%

Reeside, L

4%

Undecided

9%

Full Question:

If the November 3rd general election for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District were held today, who would you vote for?

• Jenny Costa Honeycutt, Republican
• Nancy Lacore, Democrat
• Bill Reeside, Libertarian
• Undecided

	Honeycutt, R	Lacore, D	Reeside, L	Undecided
Republican	74	9	6	11
Democrat	0	96	0	4
Indep/Other	11	71	4	13
Female	45	42	2	10
Male	47	38	6	8
18-34	13	70	0	17
35-44	28	61	3	8
45-54	55	38	3	5
55-64	55	31	3	11
65+	50	35	6	9
Conservative	72	14	3	11
Moderate	21	69	1	8
Liberal	0	84	12	4
White	52	35	3	11
Black	15	71	11	3
Other Race	61	29	5	4
HS	49	33	8	9
Some College	52	35	3	10
College	44	46	1	9
Grad+	36	53	4	8
4 of 4	46	45	2	7
3 of 4	63	29	0	8
2 of 4	43	36	2	19
1 of 4	42	37	18	3
0 of 4	35	43	3	19
Charleston	49	41	1	9
Savannah	39	39	12	9
Suburban	49	41	2	9
Rural	40	38	12	11
Charleston	47	47	0	6
Berkeley	48	35	2	14
Beaufort	40	37	13	10
Other County	51	42	1	6

Methodology & Demographics

Fielded On:

September 30-October 1, 2026

Method:

Mobile Text Responses and Landline Interviews

Population & Sample Description:

837 Likely General Election Voters

Weighting:

Age, Gender, Race, Education, and Geography

MoE:

±3.37%

Self-Reported Party

Republican	61%
Democrat	29%
Indep/Other	10%

Gender

Female	55%
Male	45%

Race

White	79%
Black	16%
Other Race	5%

Ideology

Conservative	56%
Moderate	28%
Liberal	16%

Age

18-34	7%
35-44	12%
45-54	15%
55-64	19%
65+	47%

Education

HS	28%
Some College	29%
College	26%
Grad+	17%

Last 4 Generals

4 of 4	48%
3 of 4	15%
2 of 4	10%
1 of 4	14%
0 of 4	13%

County

Charleston	31%
Berkeley	27%
Beaufort	25%
Other County	15%

Household Income

<$50k	14%
$50-75k	18%
$75-100k	17%
$100-150k	32%
$150k+	20%

Media Market

Charleston	73%
Savannah	27%

Community Type

Suburban	74%
Rural	26%

For information, contact:

Ryan Munce

President

co/efficient

[email protected]