From Politico's mostly conventional wisdom takeaways from the Malignant Loser's win in the South Carolina Republican / Insurrectionist / Forced Birth party primary, this fact:
"Behind every silver lining, there has been a cloud for Trump during the GOP primary, and otherwise sunny South Carolina proved no exception. With about three-quarters of the expected vote in, some 40 percent of voters rejected Trump.
That number itself isn’t a problem in a primary. But it includes some serious reasons for concern in a general election. Trump lost moderate and liberal voters to Haley by a wide margin, according to exit polls. And, according to AP VoteCast, a bit over 1 in 5 GOP primary voters said they would not vote for Trump in November if he was the party’s nominee.
Perhaps the clearest illustration of this dynamic came in the city of Charleston, where Haley racked up more than 80 percent of the vote in some precincts.
Haley saw Trump’s soft underbelly, and underscored it in her remarks, telling supporters he 'drives people away.'
'I’m an accountant. I know 40 percent is not 50 percent,' Haley said Saturday evening. 'But I also know 40 percent is not some tiny group. There are huge numbers of voters in our Republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative.'” (our emphasis)
Don't tell the Beltway media that 40 percent isn't some tiny group; they don't do math well. If the Malignant Loser were winning 80 or more percent of the vote in the primaries, one would be justified in saying the South Carolina primary was "a trouncing" as Politico did. Consider that Haley fell short ten points of splitting the vote 50-50 with the Malignant Loser, similar to how she performed in the New Hampshire primary.
While the Malignant Loser is certain to clinch the nomination following the primaries in March, if the trend persists, he's running just 10 points over half the vote. That's a significant number that are looking for a Trump-lite alternative in upcoming primaries. However the broken and cynical political media want a Biden - Malignant Loser horserace as soon as possible, having grown tired of covering the also-rans and being eager to discuss Biden's age. We'd like to see Haley remain in the race for as long as possible to cause the Malignant Loser's campaign to spend funds fighting her, and to continue her increasingly negative attacks on the Malignant Loser that remind voters of his criminality and extremism.
BONUS: Tengrain sees the same thing.
(composite: The Telegraph)
