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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: What South Carolina voters were thinking COLUMBIA, SC—Despite miserable, chill, rainy weather in much of the state older voters, conservatives and white evangelical Christians turned out heavily at the polls for South Carolina’s Republican first-in-the-nation primary Saturday, according to the Associated Press exit polls. This is good news for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who rode to victory in Iowa on the support of evangelical and conservative Christians. He is counting on that same bloc to propel him to a win here, where evangelicals represent more than half of the GOP primary voters. Veterans made up about 25 percent of the overall vote, a group that Arizona Sen. John McCain is relying on in this race. Veterans and active military represent about 14 percent of the state’s adult population. Voters told pollsters their most important issue was the economy. This was not surprisingly since South Carolina’s unemployment shot to 6.6 percent in December, up from 5.9 percent in November, making the Palmetto State’s unemployment rate the third worst in the nation behind Michigan and Mississippi. The next most compelling issue voters reported was illegal immigration. Again, South Carolina has seen population of Hispanic descent rise 47 percent between 2000 and 2005. Although the numbers are still relatively small, illegal immigration is a growing concern in the state. And, voters told pollsters the most important quality they sought in a candidate was one who shares their values, although, beyond faith in the case of the evangelicals, it’s not clear exactly what those values are. The polls have just closed but the race remains too tight between McCain and Huckabee for any call yet to be made. Former Tennessee Gov. Fred Thompson and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is in Nevada tonight, appeared to be wrestling each other for third place. Posted by Mike Tackett on January 19, 2008 7:20 PM | Permalink I am happy to see that as of 830p EST Ron Paul has twice the number of votes as Rudy Guiliani at 4%. The downside of course is that 96 out of every 100 Republicans in SC dont want him representing their Party. Considering that SC is where the Civil War began over "States Rights" *wink*, I expect this champion of individualism to do a wee bit better. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
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