Trump won big in South Carolina. He not only won the popular vote by a wide
margin, more importantly, he has a commanding lead in delegates. The Bustle.com reported the following:
Thankfully, we have some help breaking down South Carolina's
allocation process from Josh Putnam, lecturer in the Department of Political
Science at the University of Georgia, whose obsession with elections manifests
in his blog, Frontloading HQ. He explains that South Carolina has two kinds of
delegates. Twenty-nine delegates are awarded to whichever candidate
wins the state popular vote. The rest of the delegates (21) come from
congressional districts. South Carolina has seven congressional districts, and
each district has three delegates. When a candidate wins a congressional
district, he gets all three of its delegates.
That has to be a devastating blow to Ted Cruz. He had a respectable third place finish with
no delegates to show for it. The
Trumpster has become a formidable foe.
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