Republican South Carolina Primary results thread (polls close @7pm ET)

[Progressive]

Any link to exit polls??

[Progressive]

Predictions:

Who....

Outperforms:

Rubio
Cruz
Underperforms:
Trump
Kasich

What about Jeb!?

[Progressive]

Not good for Rubio.

Did you see the #s for Jeb? lol

[Progressive]

Am I the only one who is anxiously awaiting Bush's % to see if he may drop out? Don't these exit #s look bad for him?

[Progressive]

Am I the only one who is anxiously awaiting Bush's % to see if he may drop out? Don't these exit #s look bad for him?

I definitely hope so, but he has the money to stay in until Super Tuesday and effectively bully Rubio out of the race.

Yeah but Jeb is polling at 1% in NV and FL votes Mar. 15. I don't think he's going to wait to get creamed in his home state. Leaving today seems to be the most logical place of departure.

[Progressive]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/primary-caucus-results/south-carolina

Fox News Exit Poll.

Trump-Cruz-Rubio it appears
Kasich, Bush, Carson way down

[Progressive]

BTW anyone have a link to good SC returns?

[Progressive]

Fox exit poll (if my math is right):

Trump 30%
Cruz 25.5%
Rubio 24%

That'd be good enough for Rubio to knock out Bush and Kasich.

I think Kasich staying in the race makes sense. As voters get to know him he does well in his small niche of the GOP. But there's just no logic for Bush to stay in. And I mean this from a very objective point of view.

[Progressive]

Among white GOP voters in SC today (96%) according to CNN:

Trump  31
Cruz    25
Rubio   23
Bush    7
Carson 7
Kasich 7

[Progressive]

Again, does anyone have a idea why Jeb Bush is doing so poorly?

Because what does he bring to the table? One of the reasons why I (erroneously) thought that Walker would beat Bush in the primary is because besides his family network, there's no mandate for him to run or theory behind his candidacy. This has to be it for Bush. I mean, right?