Donald Trump rode a week of insults directed at a popular pope and a GOP president to trounce his opponents in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary Saturday, the most convincing evidence to date that his establishment-smashing campaign is on track to win the nomination.The Donald, wins again.
None of Trump’s rivals came close to knocking him off Saturday, despite -- or perhaps because of – his position at the center of one of the most polarizing campaign weeks in recent history.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, also running as a party agitator, was jostling for second place with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, viewed by many party elites as the last man standing between traditional GOP values and the restive forces that have come to upend them in the 2016 campaign.
About half of voters did not make their decision until the last week, according to an exit poll conducted by Edison Research for the Associated Press and the major television networks. The poll also showed a heavily evangelical turnout, 73%, a group of voters for which all three candidates have been campaigning hard.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Donald Trump wins South Carolina primary, establishing supremacy in Republican presidential race
The L.A. Times reports:
