Donald Trump wins BIG in South Carolina …And?

We begin to see why he’s PROBABLY be on his way to losing come November….

I HAVE been pointing out over and OVER that Trump’s Republican vote is soft...

Most people see Republican lawmakers scared of Trump’s wrath, but GOP party VOTERS are NOT fully sold on a fumbling gaff prone, ex-President that is a sex offender, that confuses his 3rd wife’s name, that has been indicted 91 times, that IS a serial liar and is about to be in the hole for a 1/2 BILLION Dollars for fraud charges…..

 

Behind every silver lining, there has been a cloud for Trump during the GOP primary, and otherwise sunny South Carolina proved no exception. With about three-quarters of the expected vote in, some 40 percent of voters rejected Trump.

That number itself isn’t a problem in a primary. But it includes some serious reasons for concern in a general election. Trump lost moderate and liberal voters to Haley by a wide margin, according to exit polls. And, according to AP VoteCast, a bit over 1 in 5 GOP primary voters said they would not vote for Trump in November if he was the party’s nominee.

Perhaps the clearest illustration of this dynamic came in the city of Charleston, where Haley racked up more than 80 percent of the vote in some precincts.

Haley saw Trump’s soft underbelly, and underscored it in her remarks, telling supporters he “drives people away.”

“I’m an accountant. I know 40 percent is not 50 percent,” Haley said Saturday evening. “But I also know 40 percent is not some tiny group. There are huge numbers of voters in our Republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative.”…

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More of whole DID vote for Trump in South Carolina and who Did NOT….

By the numbers: Trump dominates with older white voters without college diplomas who believe the last election was rigged, according to network exit polls and AP VoteCast, which interviewed 2,440 South Carolina primary voters over five days.

Where he won: Two-thirds of Trump voters were white and didn’t go to college. (VoteCast)

• Three-quarters of those without a college degree went for Trump. (CNN)
• 83% of “angry” voters backed Trump. (ABC)

Where he lost: 75% of Haley supporters correctly said Biden was legitimately elected president in 2020 (about 40% of them voted for Biden). (VoteCast)

• A stunning 62% of Republican primary voters said Biden wasn’t legitimately elected. (NBC)

Those who went to the polls reflected Trump’s strengths:

• This was the oldest South Carolina GOP electorate this century. (Chuck Todd)
• 60% of primary voters were white evangelical or born-again Christians. (CNN)

Reality check: That group isn’t remotely big enough to win a presidential election. He would need to attract voters who are more diverse, more educated and believe his first loss was legit. South Carolina exit polls show he didn’t do that.

• That’s why Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate’s only Black Republican, remains on Trump’s short list for V.P.
• A bigger problem yet: Polls show these skeptics would be even less likely to swing his way if he’s convicted of a crime — a real possibility among his four ongoing cases, insiders tell us.

The strategy: Trump’s campaign says that in the battleground states where the election will be decided, his message will appeal far beyond the GOP base that propelled him to the nomination….

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