NH won't support a candidate until they've met them twice
SC won't support a candidate until they've spread 2 rumors about them— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) February 20, 2016
With 0.5 percent of votes recorded, Donald Trump is projected to win South Carolina pic.twitter.com/Y6zJG1R4aH
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2016
Current Google/AP topper, with 2% reporting, splits it 32/22/21.5 for Trump/Cruz/Rubio. Fight to claim second place (aka ‘best of losers’) is gonna be fierce, but then, per Nate Cohn, in the NYTimes, yesterday:
If the polls are right, Donald Trump will win South Carolina on Saturday by a double-digit margin.
That could earn him 100 percent of the state’s delegates.
That’s because the state awards its delegates on a winner-take-all basis by congressional district and statewide. So if Mr. Trump wins every congressional district and the statewide vote, he will win all of the state’s 50 delegates….
GOP Primary Turnout, 2012
White: 97.97%
Nonwhite: 2.03%— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) February 20, 2016
GOP Primary Turnout
2012: 603K
2008: 445K
2000: 573K— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) February 20, 2016
Lots of ink will be spilled on who beat expectations in SC, but person that comes in 3rd will prob get as many delegates as person in last:0
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 19, 2016
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