More want Sanford to resign

A new Insider/Advantage poll shows 49.5% of South Carolinians think Gov. Mark Sanford should resign, while just 36.6% want him to stay.

Key findings.

a. Democrats want him to resign, 63%-21%.

b. Independents say the same, 47.8%-38.4%.

c. Republicans think he should remain governor, 47.1%-40.7%.

Insider Advantage also released a poll yesterday, asking South Carolinians whether they believed Mark Sanford was really on a hiking trip back when the story first broke.

a. 25% "completely believed" his Appalachian Story tale.

b. 63% "had some doubts or did not believe".

c. 12% had no opinion.

[Hat tip: Political Wire]