A new Clemson Palmetto poll in South Carolina finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential race with 23%, followed by Ben Carson at 19%, Marco Rubio at 9%, Ted Cruz at 8%, Jeb Bush at 7%, Carly Fiorina at 6% and Lindsey Graham at 3%.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders, 43% to 6%.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.