Trump wins in South Carolina GOP primary; Rubio leads Cruz in battle for second place

Washington Post ^ | February 20, 2016 | Philip Rucker, Robert Costa and Mike DeBonis

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Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida appeared to have very narrowly defeated Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas for second place.

Voters delivered a devastating verdict to former Florida governor Jeb Bush, scion of a political dynasty with deep roots in this state. Bush came in well behind the top three, not even passing 10 percent after he and his family made an impassioned last stand in South Carolina and his allied super PAC spent millions of dollars on advertising.

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Donald Trump 33% (Projected Winner) 238,173 Marco Rubio 23% 164,770 Ted Cruz 22% 163,818 Jeb Bush 8% 57,496 John Kasich 8% 55,942 Ben Carson 7% 53,005

99% in

[TexasCajun]

Was SC an opem Primary. Dems voting for Mr Amnesty?

[kevcol]

Was SC an opem Primary.

YES

[MNJohnnie]

And best new of all Bush dropped out

[ncalburt]

Yes

The two big Dem Lib counties voted for Zuckerberg’s personal senator !

[dynoman]

It’s over. Cruz is third and didn’t win a single county.

Rubio won two, and Trump won all the rest.

http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/states/sc/Rep

[TexasFreeper2009]

Actually... Bush dropping out before Florida is bad news, REALLY bad news.

There is a good chance that Rubio could now win winner take all Florida.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Amnesty Boy now becomes the next one to run ut of the race.
He has become The Cheap Labor Express’ last chance to prevent us from stopping them.

[Gratia]

I say this with all sincerity and affection, as a Trump supporter.

Please do not despise us or condemn us. We may be wrong, but we do love America.

We are not enemies. Personally, I ask for your understanding, in hopes that something good will come out of all this.

[scooby321]

Trumps all the delegates

[scooby321]

won

[eyedigress]

Is Fla. open or closed primary?

[Lurkinanloomin]

Agreed, that’s why Yeb! was told to get out.
Rubberio is now the last chance they have at sticking us with an amnesty candidate again.

[sphinx]

Have you seen any analysis on this? What percentage of Trump's support is crossover Dems?

[ripnbang]

So, tell me about how well Cruz does against the Dem candidate in the general election?

[JoSixChip]

Nether of rubio’s parents were American when he was born. How could he possibly be eligible?

[catnipman]

“In his remarks, Trump did not show any sign of engaging in the high-minded campaign Bush discussed”

Right, because the first thing the winner should do is instantly emulate the loser who just dropped out of the race after spending tens of millions of dollars to end up with only 8% of the vote.

[Mariner]

Cruz and trump have the same voters. Generally.

One of them needs to exit or Rubio will win in a plurality.

[kevcol]

the first thing the winner should do is instantly emulate the loser who just dropped out of the race after spending tens of millions of dollars to end up with only 8% of the vote.

Jeb! spending: $140,000,000.00

Jeb! votes
SC: 57,735 votes
NH: 30,116 votes
IA: 5,238 votes

total votes: 93,089

cost per vote: $1,503.93

[Ciexyz]

Rubio’s a little man with little credentials or accomplishments and there’s no way he’d win the general election in Nov.