Lone debate for South Carolina Senate gets testy: 5 takeaways

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : " The Senate Democratic candidate called Medicare for All in August "a policy from a few decades ago," saying she was in favor of creating a public option for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
51% : "My opponent is going to stand up here tonight and call me a socialist because that's what her script says," Andrews said, "and also because she doesn't want to talk to you about your high gas prices, grocery prices or your closing rural hospital."
50% : Graham, Andrews and libertarian Kasie Whitener, a radio host and professor, participated in a debate hosted by South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) in Columbia, S.C. Graham suggested Andrews was in favor of progressive policies like Medicare for All and called her a "radical liberal.
49% : "I told you my opponent was going to call me a socialist, and there she's done it again.
35% : "Annie Andrews will not stand up to the Socialist Democratic Party.
34% : " Graham ties Andrew to DSA The GOP senator sought to tie Andrews to the far-left multiple times during the debate as Republicans have largely looked to make the midterms a referendum on democratic socialists and the progressive faction of the party.
28% : Sen. Darline Graham (R) and pediatrician Annie Andrews (D) faced off in their one and only debate on Sunday in the South Carolina Senate race, which quickly became testy as Graham sought to tie the physician to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) while Andrews suggested the GOP senator wouldn't be able to stand up to the White House.
19% : She's only going to join them," Graham said at one point, criticizing the response from some progressive Democrats to the Oct. 7, 2023 attack against Israel.

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