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« on: November 18, 2022, 03:13:35 PM » |
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Haley is a favorite daughter who remains quite popular in her home state, so I wouldn't guarantee that DeSantis is doing better than her in SC -- in fact I'd expect the reverse.
OTOH, SC is not a state with an incredibly Trumpy Republican party; in culture it's basically an extension of GA. Nancy Mace won reelection easily, and a total nobody came within single-digits of primarying Henry McMaster in 2018 -- in spite of McMaster being pretty popular overall -- making criticisms that were obvious echoes of Cruz's criticisms against Trump in 2016. Also, one of Trump's weaknesses has always been that, apart from NV (though even there he'd be vulnerable to a Mormon candidate, but not a "normal" anti-Trump Republican), the early states are kind of unfavorable ones for him. South Carolina should be a sine qua non of a DeSantis (or other non-Trump Republican) effort in 2024.
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