Combined South Carolina vote total

[Democratic Hawk]

It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had the Democratic and Republican primaries both been held on Jan 19

BTW, according to exit polls, more Independents cast ballots in the Democratic primary (23%) then they did in the Republican (18%)

McCain defeated Huckabee by 42% to 25% among Independents; while Obama defeated Edwards by 42% to 32%, with 26% for Clinton

Would simultaneous primaries have impacted the final results or not?

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

One more thing, I doubt any one is disputing the fact that SC will vote anything other than Republican in November, but I see no reason why Democrats should not take heart in the fact that they secured a higher turnout in their primary than the Republicans did

In 1992, the Democratic primary attracted 114,191 voters; while 148,130 votes were cast in the GOP primary

I know 1992 isn't exactly the best comparison with 2008 given that an incumbent was seeking the GOP nomination, but that year, it would seem only in NH, SC, KS, NE and ID did GOP turnout surpass that of the Democrats. Among primaries that is

Dave