Monday, January 21, 2008

Primary News

The South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus were held on Saturday.

McCain won the South Carolina primary with 33%. Several more conservative candidates split the rest of the vote. McCain did not win amongst Republicans; independents and democrats once again provided his edge. He got a smaller percentage of the vote than he got four years ago.

Romney easily won the Nevada caucuses. Ron Paul was second with 14%. Nevada had more delegates than South Carolina.

Romney maintains a significant lead in the delegate count.

Duncan Hunter dropped out of the race. Hunter is a good guy who never got traction. He wasn't able to raise the early money that he needed to be seen as electable. He and Tom Tancredo were running for the same voters, which prevented either from taking off.

Florida is up next.

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