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Poll: Trump Leads S.C., and His Supporters Aren’t Going Anywhere
free-times.com ^ | February 16

Posted on 02/16/2016 3:45:29 AM PST by Helicondelta

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1 posted on 02/16/2016 3:45:29 AM PST by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

anywhere this isn’t on Facebook? I am not going to sign up or give FB any information.....thanks.


2 posted on 02/16/2016 3:49:07 AM PST by Gaffer
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“The data suggest Trump and Carson have the deepest, most durable support, while other candidates’ support may be more fluid. Trump, however, has broad support, while Carson’s is at this point quite narrow.”


3 posted on 02/16/2016 3:49:09 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Gaffer

Weird, I did not have that problem. Went to a website.


4 posted on 02/16/2016 3:49:29 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

I clicked on the FB link and got the sign up thing. Clicked on the free-times link and couldn’t see any video.

My ad track blocking does however show it blocked content from at least 8 ad tracking services. Maybe that has something to do with it.


5 posted on 02/16/2016 3:52:09 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Helicondelta

Here’s another new poll! Trump = 2 two Foreign born guys!

Poll: Trump at 35%; Cruz and Rubio follow with 18% each

http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article60547281.html


6 posted on 02/16/2016 3:53:14 AM PST by WVKayaker (What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate -D.Trump)
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I feel the Cruz pain


7 posted on 02/16/2016 3:57:47 AM PST by scooby321
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To: Helicondelta

according to the Morning Joe the polls in SC AFTER the debate are showing Trump’s lead either stayed the same(yuge) or have increased(yuger).. whereas Cruz’s numbers have gone down since the debate..


8 posted on 02/16/2016 3:58:21 AM PST by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: Helicondelta
South Carolina is a "winner take all" state:
Each congressional district delegate ... shall be bound during the first ballot at the convention to the presidential candidate who received the greatest number of votes .... If the candidate who received the greatest number of votes in that particular delegate’s home district is not placed in nomination, a delegate must then be bound to the congressional district's second or third place finisher in the presidential preference primary, respectively. If none of the top three finishers in the congressional district presidential preference primary are placed in nomination, delegates shall be unbound. Each delegate-at-large shall be bound for the first ballot to the candidate who received the largest number of votes statewide in the presidential preference primary. If the candidate who receives the greatest number of statewide votes in the presidential preference primary is not placed in nomination, a delegate must then be bound to the state's second or third place finisher in the presidential preference primary, respectively. If none of the top three finishers in the statewide presidential preference primary are placed in nomination, delegates shall be unbound. [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - Rule 11(b)(4), (5)]
In each congressional district, whoever gets the most votes in that district gets all the district delegates (3 delegates per district, 7 districts). Whoever gets the most votes statewide gets the 29 statewide delegates.

It is possible for Trump to walk away with all the delegates here.

9 posted on 02/16/2016 4:07:05 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Gaffer

The more I hear Trump talk, the more I realize that he has a major case of ‘affluenza’. I have worked with people like him on many occasions, and we called the Sea-gull managers. They fly above the crowd, swoop down and leave their droppings, and then fly away.


10 posted on 02/16/2016 4:11:21 AM PST by richardtavor
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To: Helicondelta

I noticed that nobody wanted to be stuck in an elevator but some would loan their car to Ted. I’m sure that Ted would turn around and put the car up for a church auction to raise funds. Telling isn’t it that even voters don’t want to have a personal connection with Ted.


11 posted on 02/16/2016 4:20:21 AM PST by usafa92 (Ted and Heidi = Jim and Tammy Faye)
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Thanks for the head’s up....I turned on the TV and thoroughly enjoyed this!!!!


12 posted on 02/16/2016 4:20:23 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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That’s It! Trump is for stuck elevators! I am over Trump!
I don’t like stuck elevators and I can’t support anyone that ignorant people want to be in stuck elevators with. /S


13 posted on 02/16/2016 4:21:11 AM PST by Gadsden1st
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To: PapaBear3625
It is possible for Trump to walk away with all the delegates here.

It's possible for any candidate but not likely.
14 posted on 02/16/2016 4:23:40 AM PST by Resettozero
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2 two Foreign born guys!

Cruz was born in Canada.

Rubio was born in the USA. Both parents were Cubans who had received formal status. By the time of his birth, neither had yet, iirc, received US citizenship. My interpretation of that was that they still hoped to return to Cuba some day.

But the anchor baby interpretation really doesn't apply to Rubio as much as Won Kim Ark whose parents were also residents, but who the SCOTUS said was a born in the USA citizen at birth.

I think George Washington would have accepted Rubio as a viable presidential candidate. I don't think he would have accepted Cruz.

15 posted on 02/16/2016 4:25:28 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: PapaBear3625

Possible, but not likely, at least from what I’ve read. There are 50 delegates. If he wins statewide, he’ll get all 10 of the at-large delegates. But he’d have to win in every congressional district to get all 21 of the district delegates (3 per each of the 7 districts). Then there are 3 “party” delegates and 16 “bonus” delegates. For all I know they’re chosen at random from the drive-through line of the McDonald’s nearest the state house.


16 posted on 02/16/2016 4:25:47 AM PST by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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Beck is afraid of Trump in an elevator.
17 posted on 02/16/2016 4:37:29 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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That’s because Trump elevators are actually gas chambers...

...

... because he is Hitler.

/sarc


18 posted on 02/16/2016 4:46:27 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: xzins
I think George Washington would have accepted Rubio as a viable presidential candidate. I don't think he would have accepted Cruz.

Well, except for the fact that during George Washington's time as president, everybody essentially became naturalized during the revolutionary war. So Cruz would have been eligible.

Today however is a different story and I believe he isn't and that he will have a tough legal battle if nominated.

19 posted on 02/16/2016 4:56:35 AM PST by Fhios (circa 2016: Truth will be outlawed unless pre-approved.)
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To: King of Florida
Then there are 3 "party" delegates and 16 "bonus" delegates. For all I know they’re chosen at random from the drive-through line of the McDonald’s nearest the state house.

Rules of the SC Republican Party:

Rule 11(b):

(5)Each delegate-at-large shall be bound for the first ballot to the candidate who received the largest number of votes statewide in the presidential preference primary.

From the National GOP rules 14(a)(6):
(6) In addition, one (1) delegate at large shall be awarded to a state for any and each of the following public officials elected by such state in the year of the last preceding presidential election or at any subsequent election held prior to January 1 of the year in which the next national convention is held: (i) A Republican governor, provided that no such additional delegate at large awarded to any state shall exceed one (1); ...
My interpretation of that is that the "bonus" delegates are treated as additional "at large" delegates, and awarded by the same method (winner take all).
20 posted on 02/16/2016 4:58:52 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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