Posted on 02/20/2016 4:42:04 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
“Almost all observers expect Trump to prevail in the end. But a narrow margin of victory would raise questions about his long-term prospects in the race. “
Um, so what?
A win is a win.
I’m sure either of those two would love to be where Trump is.
Trump will dispose of Rubio is a half day
This won't happen because both are too egotistical to concede that their end has come. The result is continued Trump victories.
When Trump starts to fade will his ego keep him from pulling a 3rd Party run?
The Cruz/Rubes “surge” as pushed by the marxist media has been debunked.
Probably not...
LOL.
Trump’s RCP average in SC right now is higher than the average before the vote in NH.
Trump is more popular in the south than in New England.
Or maybe he should have gone after W sooner.
Cruz and Rubio are toast.
Check it out.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/marco_rubio/412491/report-card/2015
Rubio missed 35.4% of votes [highest of any Senator]
Highest: member to join bi-partisan legislation.
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https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/ted_cruz/412573/report-card/2015
Cruz missed 23.6% of votes
Lowest: member to join bi-partisan legislation.
It’s a warmish day without rain in SC today. Turnout should be high.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/SC-R
the South Carolina Republican Party shall conduct a statewide presidential preference primary on a date within two weeks after the New Hampshire Republican Primary or earlier if necessary to preserve South Carolina’s “First in the South” status. [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - Rule 11(b)(1)]
Saturday 20 February 2016: All 50 of South Carolina’s delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today’s South Carolina Presidential Primary. [Reference: The Rules of the South Carolina Republican Party as amended by 2015 South Carolina Republican Party State Convention]
21 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the state’s 7 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district’s National Convention delegates. [Rule 11(b)(4)]
29 (10 base at-large delegates plus 16 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC delegates) at-large delegates are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide. [Rule 11(b)(5)]
Contunued....
yep, unless it’s so nice people go do outdoor stuff instead.....
But overall, I think turnout around 700 thousand is about it...which is very high.
This tells us more about their prejudices, than anything else.
Where does this article say anything about his demise?
One could vote in the primary on the way to or from outdoor stuff.
for anyone committed it is...but there’s a lot of Republican in SC who are really not that informed and not that ideological but who feel a sense of duty to maybe vote.
But I predicted an actual number - a big one - so we’ll see how close I get.
Please note that SC allocates ALL delegate votes, making no exception for ‘bonus’ delegates and the three RNC members.
The GOP, contrary to the representation sometimes made in the MSM, does not have superdelgates.
All ‘automatic’ GOP delegates are subject to state party rules which may bind their convention votes as they see fit.
A high turnout prediction is consistent with what happened in Iowa and New Hampshire.
High of 64, rainy later, says my (Charlotte-area) forecast.
The real question for the future is how Cruz and Rubio do relative to the other non-Trump candidates. If they do well, that will accelerate the consolidation of non-Trump voters. And that will be really important moving forward.
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