Puzzled Over the Primary Results for South Carolina
There's something I don't understand in the primary results for South Carolina. If Fred Thompson and Dennis Kucinich have dropped out of the presidential race:
1) Why were their names still on the ballot?
And/Or
2) Why did SC people still vote for them? Thompson got a whopping 69,000+ votes while Kucinich had about 500+. In fact, Thompson got more votes than Romney, Paul, and Giuliani.
SC voting results from CNN:
Democrats
Obama: 295,091 votes 55%
Clinton: 141,128 votes 27%
Edwards: 93,552 votes 18%
Kucinich: 551 votes 0%
Republicans
McCain: 147,283 votes 33%
Huckabee: 132,440 votes 30%
Thompson: 69,467 votes 16%
Romney: 67,132 votes 15%
Paul: 16,054 votes 4%
Giuliani: 9,494 votes 2%
Hunter: 1,048 votes 0%
P.S. I have no idea about the mechanics of voting: whether voters just tick off the ballots or write their candidate's name.
1) Why were their names still on the ballot?
And/Or
2) Why did SC people still vote for them? Thompson got a whopping 69,000+ votes while Kucinich had about 500+. In fact, Thompson got more votes than Romney, Paul, and Giuliani.
SC voting results from CNN:
Democrats
Obama: 295,091 votes 55%
Clinton: 141,128 votes 27%
Edwards: 93,552 votes 18%
Kucinich: 551 votes 0%
Republicans
McCain: 147,283 votes 33%
Huckabee: 132,440 votes 30%
Thompson: 69,467 votes 16%
Romney: 67,132 votes 15%
Paul: 16,054 votes 4%
Giuliani: 9,494 votes 2%
Hunter: 1,048 votes 0%
P.S. I have no idea about the mechanics of voting: whether voters just tick off the ballots or write their candidate's name.
Labels: CNN, Politics, presidential elections, primaries, South Carolina
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