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

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 01:06 PM

Jan 2012

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.
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http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/21/2122368/sc-primary-voters-greeted-with.html

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per m$nbc...voter turnout 'remarkably low' in S.C. [View all] spanone Jan 2012 OP

quantity or their IQ? underpants Jan 2012 #1

Would you get out of bed on a Saturday morning to vote for any of these clowns? Me, either. nt gateley Jan 2012 #2

especially in the rain... spanone Jan 2012 #4

Things that make you go hmmmm...... think Jan 2012 #3

Who does a low turnout favor? Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #5

Hopefully Herman Cain :D think Jan 2012 #6

oddly enough they didn't say..... they usually do tell who it favors spanone Jan 2012 #7

My guess - and it is exactly that - is that the Ronulans will be out in full force Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #8

will be an interesting day.... to say the least spanone Jan 2012 #9

The Randian cult to vote x their apostle Ron Paul. nt Lost-in-FL Jan 2012 #10

Obama? Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #11

I think it favors Gingrich. aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #14

Colbert! BumRushDaShow Jan 2012 #20

Obama! Vanje Jan 2012 #22

Thats interesting. DCBob Jan 2012 #12

Per 'The State Paper': Early turnout strong in SC GOP primary Are_grits_groceries Jan 2012 #13

interesting... spanone Jan 2012 #17

That translates to "None of the above." City Lights Jan 2012 #15

there is that enthused GOP base itching to vote Obama out of office!! book_worm Jan 2012 #16

There were 445,000 votes in 2008 winstars Jan 2012 #18

I guess all those near empty venues yesterday annabanana Jan 2012 #19

I've been watching CNN and the polling place they are at looked EMPTY think Jan 2012 #21

Getting widely varying reports of turnout, via Google News: highplainsdem Jan 2012 #23

As per local news reports, Are_grits_groceries Jan 2012 #24