Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 2:26:42 GMT -6
Here they come! Presidential candidates descend on S.C. ahead of primaries
After months of buildup and tens of millions of dollars spent to make them household names, the Republicans and Democrats who want to be president are descending on South Carolina.
If you go by polls alone, billionaire businessman Donald Trump remains the favorite on the still-crowded GOP side, while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is widely expected to turn back Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
But polls don’t vote, meaning the candidates’ ground games, personal contacts, TV ads and surrogates still have a good chance to sway the outcome. So will the hundreds of members of the media “from off” who will flood South Carolina for the nation’s traditional first-in-the-South votes.
South Carolina Democrats have 59 convention delegates up for grabs, while the Republicans have 50.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/article/20160209/PC1603/160209338/1031/here-they-come-presidential-candidates-descend-on-sc-ahead-of-primaries
After months of buildup and tens of millions of dollars spent to make them household names, the Republicans and Democrats who want to be president are descending on South Carolina.
If you go by polls alone, billionaire businessman Donald Trump remains the favorite on the still-crowded GOP side, while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is widely expected to turn back Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
But polls don’t vote, meaning the candidates’ ground games, personal contacts, TV ads and surrogates still have a good chance to sway the outcome. So will the hundreds of members of the media “from off” who will flood South Carolina for the nation’s traditional first-in-the-South votes.
South Carolina Democrats have 59 convention delegates up for grabs, while the Republicans have 50.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/article/20160209/PC1603/160209338/1031/here-they-come-presidential-candidates-descend-on-sc-ahead-of-primaries