Romney wins big, Clinton gets narrow victory
As luck would have it, a rare snowfall is complicating the South Carolina primaries, along with problems with electronic voting machines in Horry County.
Bad weather is not likely to diminish the impact of the primary results however, since the Republican winner of the South Carolina primary has been the party's nominee since 1980. A win here gives a candidate a big psychological boost and a stamp of approval in the South.
In Nevada, Mitt Romney is holding onto his enormous lead, with 38% of precincts reporting. His reputation as a successful businessman gave him an edge with Nevada voters who listed the economy as their number one concern.
The state has the highest number of foreclosures in the country. Of those jittery voters, entrance polls Saturday morning indicated that 26% favored Ron Paul which may explain his better than usual results:
Romney: 55%
McCain: 12%
Paul: 12%
Thompson: 8%
Huckabee: 8%
Giuliani: 4%
*As of 1:08 PM Pacific Time
Obama and Clinton are still battling it out for supremacy in Nevada, although Hillary Clinton is now the projected winner there. But if she holds on, she can only claim a narrow victory, not a blowout win.
It would be fun to see Barack Obama take South Carolina next, if only to keep the traditional media's Pundit League off balance.
Bad weather is not likely to diminish the impact of the primary results however, since the Republican winner of the South Carolina primary has been the party's nominee since 1980. A win here gives a candidate a big psychological boost and a stamp of approval in the South.
In Nevada, Mitt Romney is holding onto his enormous lead, with 38% of precincts reporting. His reputation as a successful businessman gave him an edge with Nevada voters who listed the economy as their number one concern.
The state has the highest number of foreclosures in the country. Of those jittery voters, entrance polls Saturday morning indicated that 26% favored Ron Paul which may explain his better than usual results:
Romney: 55%
McCain: 12%
Paul: 12%
Thompson: 8%
Huckabee: 8%
Giuliani: 4%
*As of 1:08 PM Pacific Time
Obama and Clinton are still battling it out for supremacy in Nevada, although Hillary Clinton is now the projected winner there. But if she holds on, she can only claim a narrow victory, not a blowout win.
It would be fun to see Barack Obama take South Carolina next, if only to keep the traditional media's Pundit League off balance.
# Posted by Kathleen : 1:14 PM
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