2026 South Carolina 1st District Polls

Polls tracking the 2026 U.S. House race in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Data is synced from the New York Times, which aggregates surveys from major pollsters active in the district.

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In the most recent South Carolina 1st congressional district poll (Public Policy Polling, Oct 21 - 22, 2026, n=770 LV), Lacore (D) leads Honeycutt (R) 47%–45%.

Data is synced continuously from the New York Times, which aggregates surveys from major pollsters. The table shows individual pollster results. The map uses the same 2026 non-partisan polling average and candidate-selection method as the homepage maps.

At a glance

Polls tracked
7
Pollsters
5
Field dates
Dec 6, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026
Stages
General election (5), Primary (2)
Most recent poll
Oct 22, 2026
South Carolina district 1: R +6.0
South Carolina district 1 · R +6.0 2026 non-partisan polling · 1 poll

All polls

PollsterPartisanField datesStageSampleResultsMarginSource
Public Policy PollingDemOct 21 - 22, 2026General electionn=770 LV
Lacore (D): 47%
Honeycutt (R): 45%
D+2%link
co/efficientSep 30 - Oct 1, 2026General electionn=837 LV
Honeycutt (R): 46%
Lacore (D): 40%
Don't know: 9%
R+6%link
Public Policy PollingDemSep 9 - 10, 2026General electionn=536 RV
Republican (R): 48%
Democrat (D): 42%
R+6%link
GQRDemJul 15 - 22, 2026General election—
Honeycutt (R): 50%
Lacore (D): 48%
R+2%link
Meeting Street ResearchRepJun 2 - 4, 2026Primaryn=400 LV
Don't know: 37%
Honeycutt (R): 35%
Smith (Mark) (R): 28%
+7%link
Pulse Decision ScienceRepMay 16 - 19, 2026Primaryn=418 LV
Don't know: 37%
Honeycutt (R): 20%
Smith (Mark) (R): 16%
+4%link
Public Policy PollingDemDec 5 - 6, 2025General electionn=645 LV
Smith (Mark) (R): 39%
Deford (D): 36%
R+3%link

7 of 7 polls shown, most recent first. Every number is a single pollster's reported result — no polling average is calculated here. Partisan shows the source’s party flag; a blank means no partisan affiliation is marked.