Posted on 02/23/2016 12:57:07 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump romped to an easy win in the South Carolina primary by being "ruthlessly honest" and reassembling the coalition of voters that gave Ronald Reagan two landslide presidential wins. That's the analysis of former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Van Hipp, who is also the author of "The New Terrorism: How to Fight It and Defeat It."
On Saturday, Trump claimed all 50 Republican delegates at stake by winning statewide and in each of the Palmetto State's congressional districts. Trump scored more than 32 percent of the vote. Marco Rubio edged Ted Cruz for second, but both were 10 points behind Trump. The rest of the field finished much lower, leading Jeb Bush to end his campaign after coming in a distant fourth place.
Trump defied expectations through the campaign in South Carolina, even winning a plurality of the evangelical vote. The state is staunchly conservative, and Trump's conservative bona fides are regularly questioned. So how did he win so convincingly?
"He won it not only with evangelicals but with national security conservatives and with economic conservatives," Hipp told WND and Radio America. "These folks may have been angry, but it looks a whole lot like the old Reagan coalition.
"He's connecting with these people and, whether you agree with him or not, regardless of whether you're for someone else, you've got to look at how he did it. He's bringing new people into the Republican Party. He's bringing in the old independents and the Reagan Democrats."
Cruz was banking heavily on not only winning but dominating the evangelical vote. Instead, more than 30 percent went with Trump, who has publicly stated he has never asked God for forgiveness.
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Generally speaking, BOOM in a headline is a signal of clickbait. But this article has a little substance. It doesn’t need the BOOM.
Let’s teach them Conservatism.
I see a BOOM! GO TRUMP!!
Duplicate post. I guess the two year old headline writer gets a second shot today.
Let’s let God have his way!
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23)
I’ve been seeing ‘boom’ appear more frequently lately. Where did that nuisance originate?
The word boom is a sign of clickbait and mental illness. But that’s redundant.
Nursery School. Where bloggers get their advanced degrees.
PING!
Nice Post! Go TRUMP!!
Amen!
Sure, we need more populists and globalists because that will pull the GOP back to conservatism... /sarc
The “Republican Party” such as it is has become more of the moderate wing of the Progressive Socialistas that run around calling themselves Democrats. The current crop of Republican leadership cannot and should not be trusted with any semblance of power.
bbbb.....bbbbbu......bbbb.....bbbbbut I thought only squishy mild-mannered moderates who don’t frighten women under 30 could do that.
Face it....there are no longer enough died-in-the-wool Conservatives out there to win elections in this country.
Trump can win. We need to take what we can get and then set about the hard work of re-educating the voters.
How sad it must be to feel the irresistible urge to trash the word “BOOM”, you are do frustrated with the way things are going.
Donald Trump has done more to forward conservative principles in America in 6 months than an entire political party has done in 20 years.
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