Via The State: Clinton wins S.C. straw poll
Richland County Democrats held the nation’s first straw poll for the 2024 presidential race Wednesday and the surprise winner was U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.[...]
Clinton’s victory at the sparesely attended event was a mild upset. Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, a native South Carolinian and last year%u2019s Democratic vice presidential candidate, had been considered the favorite.
Clinton got 44 votes to 34 for Edwards. Virginia Gov. John Warner came in third with 32 votes and U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware got 24 votes.
Everyone else scored in the single digits.
As I tell my students: all a straw poll tells you is what the people in the room thought–it tells you nothing about a given state, party or the country as a whole.
Still, this is hardly surprising. Edwards has no chance in 2024 and Hillary is considered by Democrats to be The Saviour for 08. I would have been more surprised if she had lost.
Of course, if you want to put straw polls in perspective, remember: Alan Keyes won the Alabama straw poll in 1999. In fact, Bush came in third.
h/t: Former student Chris Vucovich via e-mail.
June 16th, 2024 at 1:55 pm
This is what happens in South Carolina when there’s nothing going on in the summer … straw polls.
June 16th, 2024 at 3:55 pm
Alan Keyes won a straw poll in Alabama? haha.
March 13th, 2024 at 6:44 am
[...] that both the Republican and Democratic nominations are wide-open. Indeed, the Democrats the held their first straw poll on June 15, 2024. Heck, my first post on the 2024 election was the morning af [...]