Stephen Colbert Is South Carolina’s Choice To Replace Jim DeMint, Reports PPP Survey

The speculation has been circulating for days and now it’s official: South Carolinians want Stephen Colbert to replace former Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC). Public Policy Polling is revealing today that Colbert is at the top of “SC voters’ Senate wish list.”

Last week, Colbert told viewers, “I want you to take to the Twitters, I want you to tweet at Nikki Haley why she should appoint me to the U.S. Senate with the hashtag #SenatorColbert.” Viewers listened and apparently, influenced the whole state.

Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina, has a 49 percent disapproval rating among her constituency, but appointing Colbert for Senate could up her ratings, PP Polling suggests. Unsurprisingly, Democrats and Independents are Colbert’s biggest supporters.

Others on the list for Senate include Tim Scott, Trey Gowdy, and Jenny Sandford.

Check out the full poll here, via Public Policy Polling.

UPDATE: Colbert may be out of luck for now, as Governor Haley said Monday afternoon that she would not be appointing a “placeholder” candidate to replace DeMint.
—
>> Follow Anjali Sareen (@AnjaliSareen) On Twitter

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!