Trump, Only Candidate Running, Wins South Dakota with 67% of Vote

[InTheLight]

Title says it all.

Trump, the only GOP candidate still running for president, won South Dakota by garnering only 2/3's of the vote.

Trump 67.1%
Cruz 17.0%
Kasich 15.9%

 

[Zaac]

Title says it all.

Trump, the only GOP candidate still running for president, won South Dakota by garnering only 2/3's of the vote.

Trump 67.1%
Cruz 17.0%
Kasich 15.9%

You're running unopposed and 33 1/3 % STILL didn't support you?

 

[Rob_BW]

Meh, protest voters gonna protest vote. I've done it myself in the primaries.

 

[Alcott]

Considering that dead people have won general elections before, it's not that outstanding.

 

[777]

means nothing, South Dakota will almost certainly go for Trump in the fall. Bernie was drawing dead yesterday, too, and did quite well.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

I voted for Cruz in yesterday's California primary.

 

[FriendofSpurgeon]

Yes, interesting results. This is the percentage that Trump won by state - running unopposed in a Republican primary.

NJ – 80%

CA – 75%

MT – 73%

NM – 70%

SD – 67%

 

[Jerome]

Uh oh:

June 3, 1980, Reagan got LESS than two thirds (64%!) in the New Mexico primary and just 80% in his HOME STATE California!

 

[InTheLight]

Uh oh:

June 3, 1980, Reagan got LESS than two thirds (64%!) in the New Mexico primary and just 80% in his HOME STATE California!

Unlike Trump, Reagan still had opposition from John Anderson in the Republican primaries, while Bush had just pulled out of the race a week beforehand.

 

[FriendofSpurgeon]

Unlike Trump, Reagan still had opposition from John Anderson in the Republican primaries, while Bush had just pulled out of the race a week beforehand.

That "truth" stuff keeps getting in the way...

 

[Jerome]

Unlike Trump, Reagan still had opposition from John Anderson in the Republican primaries

That "truth" stuff keeps getting in the way...

Truth: Anderson quit the GOP race APRIL 24, 1980.

 

[Rob_BW]

Is running against a suspended campaign or two the same as running unopposed?

 

[InTheLight]

Truth: Anderson quit the GOP race APRIL 24, 1980.

FACT: Anderson was listed on the GOP primary ballot in California in 1980, and was still running for President, albeit on the Independent Party ticket.

 

[InTheLight]

Is running against a suspended campaign or two the same as running unopposed?

I'd say so.

 

[Jerome]

FACT: Anderson was listed on the GOP primary ballot in California in 1980

As Kasich, Cruz were in 2016.
Shrug.

 

[Jerome]

FACT: Anderson was...running for President...on the Independent Party ticket.

You mean CORRECTION. Earlier you claimed:

Unlike Trump, Reagan still had opposition from John Anderson in the Republican primaries, while Bush had just pulled out of the race a week beforehand.

 

[Rob_BW]

I'd say so.

I wouldn't. The names are all on the ballot. Too easy to fill in a block.

Now if Trump was the only name on the ballot, and a 1/3 of the voters wrote someone in, you'd have a story.

 

[HankD]

Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z.

OK so you woke me up.

HankD