[muawiyah]

Why would others particularly care which candidate's South Carolina gravitates to?

I mean, like over 60% of SC's population lives in trailers ~ not that there's anything with trailers ~ but they are far from a leadership position in anything these days.

[cynwoody]

I mean, like over 60% of SC's population lives in trailers ~ not that there's anything with trailers ~ but they are far from a leadership position in anything these days.

http://www.epodunk.com/top10/mobile_homes/mobile_homes_by_state.html

According to ePodunk (and census.gov), only 20.3% of South Carolina's housing units are trailers.

[ConservativeDude]

No kidding.

And add to it the fact that the Iowa caucus binds no delegates, and that NH is not a Republican primary in any meaningful sense.

Yet, even so, these early states set the tone and somehow persuade everything that follows!

It is utterly irrational.

Someday, will these subsequent, large, conservative states realize that they have the power to determine the Republican nominee if they would simply IGNORE what happens early?

(Incidentally, though he wasn’t running as a conservative, this is effectively what Giuliani tried. It didn’t work. So the later states rising up hasn’t happened yet....).

[Praxeologue]

over 60% of SC's population lives in trailers ~ not that there's anything with trailers ~ but they are far from a leadership position in anything these days.

Then SC played no part in the on 2008 and ongoing financial crisis. I would think that does gives them a leadership position.