- Total 2008 South Carolina Primary Turnout
Democratic: about 530,322
Republican: about 446,000- Obama received more votes than all Democrats in the 2004 South Carolina Democratic Primary (292,383)
- Obama received more votes in this primary than George W. Bush received in 2000 when he beat John McCain (Bush won 293,652 votes)
- Obama has won more votes than McCain and Huckabee won in South Carolina--combined.
- Republican turnout in the 2000 South Carolina GOP primary was about 573,000 (the state's record). This appears to make this primary the second highest turnout in South Carolina history. In other words, Democrats are likely going to finish about 40,000 shy of what the GOP was ever able to crank out in a state where Republicans outnumber Democrats by a wide margin.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
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Here are some more numbers from the South Carolina primaries (and keep in mind that this is a state that has voted for a Republican in every presidential election from 1964 to 2004, with the exception of 1976, and where George W. Bush won the state in 2004 with 58% of the statewide vote):
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It's a great win in SC and thanks for those numbers. What worries me slightly is white voters not voting for Obama. I always thought that Edwards was hurting Obama by pulling votes away from the left, but it looks like Edwards may hurt Clinton more by pulling away white votes. This is the most exciting primary season (on both sides) since 1992!
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