Saturday, January 21 marks the 2012 South Carolina primary. RightPundits will cover the exit polls and South Carolina primary results with a live blog. We will be offering up to the minute election results throughout the evening until the polls close Saturday night. If there is any decent live streaming video in regards to the SC primary, we will offer links to that, as well as to websites reporting polls results as they become available. The Palmetto State primary is a crucial one in the 2012 GOP presidential race, since every Republican presidential nominee since 1980 has won in South Carolina.
The latest polling data from South Carolina now shows Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich neck-and-neck. But the margin for error, coupled by data showing nearly one-third of voters in the closed, GOP primary are still undecided could make this a real horse race with a photo finish! The fluid nature of Republican front runners this election cycle could indicate a long, drawn-out fight to the national convention this summer in Tampa, Florida. Especially since all of the primaries and caucuses held before April will assign delegates won by proportion instead of the usual winner-take-all formula.
South Carolina is a fairly Conservative state with a strong military representation. The more populated coastal region tends to be more moderate while the northern and western regions have more social Conservative, ′Value Voters′ living in them. The late endorsement by national Evangelical leaders for Rick Santorum might give him an edge over the other ′Non-Romney′ candidates. But do not rule out Newt Gingrich who hails from neighboring Georgia as a ′Son of the South′ favorite. Even Ron Paul may have a major influence on the election results.
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January 21st, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Iowa vote fraud official
http://www.examiner.com/conspiracy-in-denver/iowa-vote-fraud-official
Why has no one been charged in the Iowa vote fraud? It seems to me Ron Paul has been right all along about our liberty being lost, how can America bring democracy to the world when they cant even have a legitimate vote in the Iowa primary? Why were 8 precincts missing? why was Ron Pauls votes not recounted, im afraid weve been scamed, this should only lend more support for Ron Paul! Were is the Congress to investigate voter fraud? instead they are playing with SOPA, get real, I cant believe this is happening in America, good luck!
January 21st, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Our Live Blog is now open! We’ll keep going until a winner is determined.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Gingrich by 6% it appears.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Sorry to say that the “final four” is not the “Fab Four” meaning that 2012 has gone from the GOP nominee’s race to lose to Obama’s.
Gingrich’s “talent” in vomiting-up a clever quip now and then, despite a dismal personal and political record, bears no resemblance to the true substance that was Ronald Reagan.
The Obama team will obliterate any of these four.
I am rooting for a wide-open Convention where the nominee, following the mandatory voting, is “None of the above”.
That would take Obama’s thugs, and the voters, by surprise – and it would create instant momentum for the chosen nominee as not old news.
Meanwhile I will join may other conservatives in focus on the US House and Senate where – unless the pres. nominee drags the ticket down too badly – we have a chance to neutralize Obama and stall until 2016.
January 21st, 2012 at 7:10 pm
We never will really know who won since 8 precincts returns are lost. But it is pretty clear that Ron Paul did not win, nor even came close.
January 21st, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Newt Gingrich wins with 40%, tops Romney by 13-points!