per m$nbc...voter turnout 'remarkably low' in S.C.

[spanone]

[underpants]

1. quantity or their IQ?

ooops IQ is one of their racist terms

[gateley]

2. Would you get out of bed on a Saturday morning to vote for any of these clowns? Me, either. nt

[spanone]

4. especially in the rain...

[think]

3. Things that make you go hmmmm......

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Who does a low turnout favor?

I honestly don't know.

[think]

6. Hopefully Herman Cain :D

[spanone]

7. oddly enough they didn't say..... they usually do tell who it favors

[Stinky The Clown]

8. My guess - and it is exactly that - is that the Ronulans will be out in full force

So I'm guessing it favors the crazy old loon. It may not be enough to give him a win, but it could place him close to the top.

[spanone]

9. will be an interesting day.... to say the least

[Lost-in-FL]

10. The Randian cult to vote x their apostle Ron Paul. nt

[Old and In the Way]

11. Obama?

These primaries seem to be consistent in one regard - low turnout. There's a huge Republican segment voting for "none of the above". I think they are the ones not bothering to vote.

[aaaaaa5a]

14. I think it favors Gingrich.

Hardcore GOPers are most likely to turn out. Those are Gingrich supporters. Romney is counting on more moderates and independents. Plus in all three contests so far, support for Romney among his supporters has always been soft.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Colbert!

[Vanje]

22. Obama!

[DCBob]

12. Thats interesting.

Despite all the rah rah hand clipping and standing ovations these voters arent inspired. Good news.

[Are_grits_groceries]

13. Per 'The State Paper': Early turnout strong in SC GOP primary

A few hiccups and raindrops have not dampened what could be a good turnout in the S.C. Republican presidential primary on Saturday.

And a potential political storm was avoided this morning after front-runners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney were both scheduled to arrive at Tommy’s Country Ham House in Greenville at 10:45 a.m.
Romney, who lost his lead in S.C. polls this week, arrived at the restaurant 45

Voting appears to be brisk today.
By 11:30 a.m., vote totals were at 300 at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian in Lexington County and 169 at Cooper, 136 at Trenholm Road and 74 at Shandon Fire Department in Richland County. All of those are about half of the totals for the 2008 Republican primary turnout.
<snip>
http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/21/2122368/sc-primary-voters-greeted-with.html

Whelp?

[spanone]

17. interesting...

[City Lights]

15. That translates to "None of the above."

Yes, GOP, all your candidates are suck.

[book_worm]

16. there is that enthused GOP base itching to vote Obama out of office!!

[winstars]

18. There were 445,000 votes in 2008

Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates

John McCain 147,733 33.15% 18
Mike Huckabee 132,990 29.84% 6
Fred Thompson 69,681 15.63% 0
Mitt Romney 68,177 15.3% 0
Ron Paul 16,155 3.62% 0
Rudy Giuliani 9,575 2.15% 0
Duncan Hunter 1,051 0.24% 0
Tom Tancredo* 121 0.03% 0
Hugh Cort 88 0.02% 0
John H. Cox 83 0.02% 0
Cap Fendig 23 0.01% 0

Total 445,677 100% 24

Tried to straighten out these out to no avail, but these are the figures from Wiki...

[annabanana]

19. I guess all those near empty venues yesterday

weren't a fluke.

[think]

21. I've been watching CNN and the polling place they are at looked EMPTY

It's become a telethon with CNN trying to get SOMEONE, ANYONE to come vote!



None of the above is crushing the Republican field.

[highplainsdem]

23. Getting widely varying reports of turnout, via Google News:

From the first page of Google News results when I searched for voter turnout:

Horry County voter turnout rivals general election turnout
‎WPDE - 31 minutes ago
The southern Horry County precinct which poll workers say averages 74 percent voter participation saw a steady rush Saturday morning. ...

Florence County voter turnout looking good
‎WPDE - 37 minutes ago
This year, he expects anywhere from 15000 to 18000 voters. As expected, voter turnout is slow at the historically Democratic precincts, according to poll ...

FOX Carolina 21Stormy weather doesn't keep Upstate voters away
‎WHNS Greenville - 44 minutes ago
Officials said turnout was heavy in Greenville County precincts that are traditionally ... Voters who are in line by 7 pm will be allowed to cast a ballot, ...

Another Twist in SC Drama: Rainfall
‎U.S. News & World Report (blog) - 44 minutes ago
Typically, rain tends to depress turnout, but don't count on that from South Carolina voters. "Republicans in this area are pretty die-hard," says Alex ...

Voter turnout brisk despite rain
‎WACH - 1 hour ago
Columbia (WACH) - Rain and a tornado watch are not enough to dissuade voters from casting a ballot in Saturday's presidential preference primary. ...

Voting turnout reports vary across South Carolina
‎Live 5 News - 1 hour ago
... turnout throughout the day with extremely light turnout in some areas and heavy turnout in others. The SC State Election Commission encourages any voter ...

Rain not dampening turnout in SC GOP primary
‎The State - 1 hour ago
By JOEY HOLLEMAN - [e-mail] Republican presidential primary voter turnout by noon in the Midlands hints at totals similar to the 2008 primary, ...

York County voters head to polls for SC presidential primary
‎The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - 1 hour ago
She worried the weather may hamper turnout. "We'll have to see how the day ... Poll workers needed more time to explain to each voter how to work the .

[Are_grits_groceries]

24. As per local news reports,

the voter turnout is hard to call. It is very heavy in some places and not so much others. Some of it is weather related, and some others are gawd only knows. Could be big sales at Dollar General or something.

I still think Newt will win. He will get the huge spite and malice vote. If one thing motivates RW evangelicals, it's spite and malice.