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Parents > United States > South Carolina > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2012 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open January 21, 2012 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close January 21, 2012 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2013 - 12:00am
Term End January 20, 2017 - 12:00pm
ContributorIndyGeorgia
Last ModifiedCrimson March 07, 2012 04:54pm
Data SourcesSouth Carolina Secretary of State
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NameJohn McCain Votes1,034,896 (53.87%)
Term01/20/2009 - 01/20/2013 Margin172,447 (+8.98%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/2012
NameMitt Romney Votes1,071,645 (54.56%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin205,704 (+10.47%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceSC US President 11/06/2012
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
12/17/2010 01/21/2012
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Newt Gingrich 25 5 ----
Rick Perry ----1 --
Mitt Romney 3 5 --1
Rick Santorum 1 ------
Leaning Call: Newt Gingrich (62.50%)
Weighted Call: Newt Gingrich (88.79%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/22/2010 01/20/2012

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Newt Gingrich Gov. Mitt Romney Sen. Rick Santorum Rep. Ron Paul Herman Cain Gov. Rick Perry Ambassador Jon Huntsman
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 244,065 (40.42%) 168,123 (27.85%) 102,475 (16.97%) 78,360 (12.98%) 6,338 (1.05%) 2,534 (0.42%) 1,173 (0.19%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -75,942 (-12.58%) -141,590 (-23.45%) -165,705 (-27.45%) -237,727 (-39.37%) -241,531 (-40.00%) -242,892 (-40.23%)
Predict Avg.30.20% 29.38% 16.64% 13.47% 0.08% 3.26% 0.57%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011
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MATCHUP POLLS (38 from 10 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg28.87%-- 29.28%-- 11.32%-- 13.41%-- 4.59%-- 3.88%-- 2.66%--
Public Policy Polling 
01/18/12-01/20/12
37.00% 2.0 28.00% 1.0 16.00% 1.0 14.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
01/18/12-01/19/12
35.00% 1.0 29.00% 1.0 15.00% 1.0 15.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 5.0 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
01/18/12-01/18/12
34.00% 10.0 28.00% 1.0 14.00% -- 15.00% -- 0.00% -- 5.00% 1.0 0.00% 5.0
Insider Advantage 
01/18/12-01/18/12
31.60% 10.6 28.80% 5.8 10.90% 3.1 15.20% 2.2 0.00% -- 2.90% 2.1 0.00% 7.0
Tarrance Group (R) 
01/17/12-01/18/12
29.00% -- 31.00% -- 8.00% -- 9.00% -- 0.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
01/17/12-01/18/12
33.00% 8.0 32.00% 3.0 9.00% 2.0 19.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 4.00% 5.0 0.00% 1.0
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Rep. Michele Bachmann Gov. Gary Johnson  
PartyRepublican Republican  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 491 (0.08%) 211 (0.04%)  
Margin-243,574 (-40.34%) -243,854 (-40.39%)  
Predict Avg.0.84% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2011 00/00/2011  
MATCHUP POLLS (38 from 10 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg4.97%-- -2.01%--  
Public Policy Polling 
01/18/12-01/20/12
0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
01/18/12-01/19/12
0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
01/18/12-01/18/12
0.00% -- 0.00% --
Insider Advantage 
01/18/12-01/18/12
0.00% -- 0.00% --
Tarrance Group (R) 
01/17/12-01/18/12
0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
01/17/12-01/18/12
0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 21, 2012 11:00pm Press Release NOM Congratulates Newt Gingrich on South Carolina Win  Article Servo 
Jan 21, 2012 12:35pm Blog Entry Early Exit Poll Has Ron Paul In Second With 26%  Article Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! 
Jan 20, 2012 05:50pm Statement Herman Cain defends Newt Gingrich from CNN ‘crap’  Article RP 
Jan 20, 2012 10:00am Scandal Fake CNN email used as dirty trick in South Carolina  Article RP 
Jan 20, 2012 09:00am Commentary Why Newt Gingrich is surging in South Carolina  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jan 19, 2012 11:45am Advertisement Anonymous South Carolina Flier Attacks Rick Santorum's Wife  Article Homegrown Democrat 

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