Well, it’s time for the next round of Republican primary goodness. Tonight, we’re in South Carolina, where polls indicate that Newt Gingrich–who I had written off towards the end of December–is doing surprisingly well.
South Carolina’s delegates are selected via what I like to call a “Winner-Take-Most” system. Candidates get 2 delegates for each Congressional district they win. Additionally, the winner of the state as a whole gets the 11 at-large delegates. It’s not quite winner-take-all, but this selection process tends to heavily skew the delegates towards the statewide winner.
| SC-R | Gingrich | Romney | Unallocated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD 1 | 2 | ||||||
| CD 2 | 2 | ||||||
| CD 3 | 2 | ||||||
| CD 4 | 2 | ||||||
| CD 5 | 2 | ||||||
| CD 6 | 2 | ||||||
| CD 7 | 2 | ||||||
| At Large | 11 | ||||||
| Total | 23 | 2 | |||||
| Last updated 20:47 Eastern Standard Time | |||||||
UPDATE [19:00 EST by Goobergunch]: And as the polls close in South Carolina, the statewide winner is projected: Newt Gingrich. He’s immediately awarded the 11 at-large delegates, and he’ll probably get most of the remaining 14.
UPDATE [22:43 EST by Goobergunch]: Well, it’s obvious that Gingrich got all the delegates except for those in the 1st Congressional District, which includes two of the only three counties in the state that went for Romney. That seat is difficult to call based only on county-level data, so I’m waiting for more detailed information before calling that district.
UPDATE [3:02 EST by Goobergunch]: If I had to guess, I’d say that Romney picked up the final 2 delegates since he won Charleston, the heart of SC-1, fairly convincingly. But there’s enough outlying territory in SC-1 that I’m not quite comfortable calling it. Moreover, the Associated Press suggests that even with precinct-level data those last two delegates are too close to call. So I’m calling it a wrap for this election night. As always, the delegate count will be updated when I get new information.
Congratulations South Carolina, you just voted for a globalist, you disregarded Paul to prove your florid water is potent as a mother fucker. If your? that retarded to vote for “neutered dirt ridge” because he is a good debater, your simply a buffoon. Ron Paul would destroy Obama in any debate, because obama is owned by foreign bankers, just like Gingrich you simple minded air heads. You will get what you deserve with Mittens, Dirt Ridge, Santorum three little puppets to act for the retarded!
Comment by Tila — 22 January 2012 @ 15:59 CT
I’m leaving this comment in place because the sheer apoplexy of Paul supporters when they realize that not everybody thinks that Paul is the Best Candidate Ever amuses me.
Comment by Goobergunch — 23 January 2012 @ 15:53 CT
[...] At this time, I can now project that Mitt Romney has won the final two delegates in South Carolina, as discussed previously. [...]
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