Elections officials will also be kept on their toes looking for any false information or irregularities regarding polling places. Democrats won’t vote for another week, which could sow seeds of confusion among low-information voters.
3. Bush’s Last Stand?
On Friday night, at his last event before polls opened in South Carolina, Jeb Bush’s words hung in the air.
“I want to thank you for allowing us to close out our campaign here,” he told the crowd. “God bless you.”
Ostensibly, the former Florida governor was talking about the end of his campaign in South Carolina. But could the awkward phrasing have been a sign of larger things to come?
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