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U.S. Republican Senator Graham quits presidential race due to low support

Xinhua, December 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Due to continued low support, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced Monday that he was quitting the Republican Party's race for the White House in 2016.

Graham, a senator from South Carolina, made the announcement in a Youtube video message, which said that he "is suspending my campaign for president."

Graham's move was expected because his campaign has in fact never taken off as he has been stuck in low single digits in national polls.

As of Monday, Graham have gained only 0.5 percent of support in the RealPolitics' average of recent national polling. Even in his home state of South Carolina, his support has fallen down to 1 percent.

Graham's poor poll numbers have disqualified him from taking part in the previous five major Republican presidential debates.

The senator, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had hoped that his experience on national security could help his campaign at a time when security is one of the top concerns for Americans in the wake of the recent terror attack in southern California.

A strongly armed couple, believed to be radicalized by the militant group Islamic State, shot dead 14 people and wounded 21 others in the Dec. 2 terror attack on a social services center in San Bernardino, California.

Graham is the fourth Republican candidate to quit the Republican presidential race following former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Endit