Why does it matter today who wins in SC...

[butterfly77]

if the Republicons can vote in the Dems primary, but they close theirs to the Dems. They are picking our candidate for us... I heard today on msnbc that the repubs were voting heavily

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yes, I don't get why a party would hold open primaries. I think it just

skews the whole process.

[BooScout]

2. It doesn't really....

I am beginning to think the Democratic nominee may not be decided until the Convention.

[suston96]

3. Voters in SC are not registered by party. You can choose to vote in either party.

Stats about registered SC voters: http://www.state.sc.us/cgi-bin/scsec/96vr?countykey=ALL&D1=RACE

Total registered voters in SC: 2,246,242
Total voted in Repub primary: 442,789

That leaves: 1,803,453

Of that # non-white voters: 629,000

That leaves total white voters 1,174,353

Now use those numbers with percentages you have seen or heard and make a guess how things will turn out.

[lurky]

4. The R race is just as tight as ours.

And there are huge differences between the candidates. I don't see why any committed R would risk skipping out on their own primary to vote in ours.

[jenmito]

5. I heard Edwards tell his audience to bring their neighbors, Repubs. and Indys, if they didn't vote

last week.

[mrmx9]

6. If Obama or Edwards win the nomination they will attract Republicans to vote for them in November!

Hillary won't - she can't and won't expand the base as she is so polarising (even among Democrats!)