SC exit poll: 75 percent agree with Trump’s Muslim ban

Three-fourths of Republicans participating in Saturday’s South Carolina GOP primary say they support presidential hopeful Donald TrumpDonald TrumpTrump visits 9/11 memorial Trump team expects to clinch before convention: report Mark Levin: I would never vote for Trump MORE’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S., according to an exit poll. 

A CBS News exit poll of Palmetto State primary voters found that 75 percent said they support Trump’s proposal, while 23 percent said they oppose it.

Just days after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. – the worst on U.S. soil since 9/11 – Trump sparked a media backlash for saying that all Muslims should be temporarily banned from entering the country.

The proposal has been ridiculed as impossible to implement and called racist by some, but it has resonated with many people concerned about the potential for terrorists to infiltrate the U.S.

Terrorism was the top concern of GOP voters polled in the CBS survey, followed closely by jobs and the economy and government spending.

The real estate tycoon is the favorite to win the South Carolina primary on Saturday, although Ted CruzTed CruzWATCH LIVE: Cruz speaks at Colorado convention Trump team expects to clinch before convention: report Mark Levin: I would never vote for Trump MORE and Marco RubioMarco RubioRubio breaks with GOP, backs Obama Zika request Poll: Trump has commanding 34-point lead in New York 43 most startling moments of the campaign MORE both appear to have made late gains.

The CBS exit poll also found that voters were split on supporting an outsider versus an establishment candidate, with 48 percent saying they want someone with no political experience against 46 percent who say they prefer an insider.