supporters in south carolina are significantly more likely than the rest of the south carolina republican electorate to support controversial policies like these ones. donald trump supporters more than other south carolina republicans want to ban muslims from entering the united states. 80% of donald trump supporters in south carolina want a muslim ban on entry to the united states. donald trump supporters, more than the rest of the south carolina republican electorate not only want to ban muslims, they are more supportive of the idea of criminalizing being a muslim. making the practice of islam illegal in this country. they are more likely to support creating a national database listing all muslims. they want the confederate flag flying over the state capital. they will also want to ban gay people from entering the united states. nice of ppp that they thought to ask that one. we know that nearly a third of donald trump supporters think gay people should be banned from the united states. once this polling came out today, the headline for a lot of people out of this very provocative south carolina po

matches the national republican electorate. sort of the split between people who identify themselves as very conservative voters, versus somewhat conservative versus moderate, and so the one thing that is different in south carolina than the rest is that high veteran population than in other republican electorates, but beyond that, what makes it such a perfect snapshot in time, usually, as a presidential primary predictor, is because of its ideological makeup closely mirrors the national republican makeup here and this, to me, is where you're seeing how this race is going to play out now over the next kcouple of minute. ted cruz is the candidate of very conservative voters. that hasn't changed. didn't change in iowa. it seems to be the case here in south carolina. donald trump is now the candidate of both moderate voters and somewhat conservative voters. now, what does that mean? marco rubio is second in both categories, but that means if this is the three-way race we're about to see happen, if this is what the news of tonight

there's a growing chunk in the republican electorate. not to be the front-runner from the day he entered to now. >> he has three charactercharac. the message. he also is an entertainer. >> he has a wonderful ability to cut the throat of the guys closest to him as a rival. >> i'd add to that list. it's absolutely part of it. he's able to think about what happens many steps ahead. if he turns out he's wrong about one of the seven steps ahead to adjust. >> when does he pull back? on the canadian thing, he put the bayonet in and hit squish. you said for months the guy is clean. he's acceptable and he does a 180 on the guy and it works. >> the poll shows that did not matter add much to iowa republican caucus goers as the thing about the loans from goldman sachs. 20% or so, it did bother them. >> 20% is a close one. >> doesn't necessarily have to matter to the voters. as long as it can throw the opponent off the message, he'll keep going with it. his intuitive sense of what gets under the skin. what drives the news cycle. >> to say you're not

the republican electorate is older. it is whiter. occupationally it resembles the occupations of the '80s. they are like americas 25 years ago. and when you have a candidate like donald trump beginning his candidacy, literally proposing one of the most massive ethnic cleansing in the history of man kind this really is an appeal to an america that no longer is, and yeah, you can have a young guy from cuba, and you can have a handsome speaker who is a cuban american, but people came from cuba to america because there were exiled, and that's another thing donald trump has done. he has said we should welcome exiles and then did a 180-degrees flip and joined the rest of the field in basically talking about the retchet of the family. >> the first results are in. we'll turn to the democrats in a moment. state with us. it's "inside story." ♪ >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let'

presidential primary process because south carolin areally is a blend of both ends of the republican electoral coalition in a way that iowa and new hampshire are not."> 3 3 for all things related to the sc primary... just head to our website... wltx dot com... and click on sc primaries:full coverage under headlines.keep in mind you can only vote in one primary. 3 3 state senators will talk about roads again today....and how to fund repairs.the proposal getting the most attention would raise the gas tax by 12 cents a gallon over three years and increase or add a number of other fees.that should bring more than 700 million dollars extra over five years ... but it only cuts income and other taxes by 400 million dollars over that period. 3 if you drive cross some bridges in columbia, you may notice trash in and along the streams and creeks.but this trash isn't just an eyesore...news 19 daniel bonds explains. 3 "nats: water in stoops creek" "there's a lot of impacts that we are still seeing play out right now in trying to figure out, 'how do we recover and rebuild from this event?' to make sure tha

, and what the republican electorate, down the line, is going to do. al: everything we have learned about american politics has been turned upside down. why shouldn't we think the next six months shouldn't be as surprising? in this is a crazy quilt year. matt: donald trump is wondering if you will get a mortal wound that will take them down. the matter what, nothing makes him go away. and what could taken down is not in and donald trump. andnd you and you and you will and yound i you and youu and and you will you and you will and you and you and and you are a you a you a you want you charlie: he says he could shoot somebody in fifth avenue. matt: 80% of his voters say he is solid. the person who could catch fire and take him out is marco rubio, not ted cruz. he is disliked by his colleagues and everybody in the establishment. the voters want to like you. if they come to the conclusion they don't like you, i think that is the path that takes donald trump. charlie: do you guys disagree with that? al: if likability is so important, how come national that'

look at the republican electorate right now. trump has the single largest slice at 34%. the ted yuz and marco rubio slices together are larger than trump. add in the john kasich and ben carson portions and the solid portions of this pie can't stomach trump. trump and when they do it's mostly lame snoochlt yenlts don't care what position donald slides to support today or the next day. they chaefshg change every day. >> reporter: while trump groups like the trump for growth pulled down this one. >> sl nothing conservative about giving money to the clintons. there is nothing conservative about donald trump. >> reporter: they're without apparent impact. >> we're going to make america great again. we're going to do it and it's going to happen fast. thank you. >> they wonl were why they haven't spo chased -- the way the obama did with romny four years ago. that may have to watd until the general election. >> so interesting. thank you, super tuesday. six days away now. we'll bring you complete coverage beginning at stay with us for the cbs news special followed by the wbz news.

the key questions we're looking for is white evangelical christians, a huge part relevant republican electorate, how big a share? you're seeing a small number here, 32%. compare that to the 67% we saw in south carolina, over 60% in iowa, nevada a much more conservative electorate. when you break this down 40% call themselves very conservative, a combined total of 83%. that's the same number we saw in 2012. 83% calling themselves very or somewhat conservative. in 2012 that combined total was one of the highest totals in the country so that gives you a sense of the flavor of the republican electorate in nevada. it is not particularly religi s religious, but it's conservative. ron paul did very well out here in 2008, 2012. one other thing we can show you, nevada as a state this is one of the oldest states in america in terms of age of population. we are seeing that here in the entrance poll, nearly 40% over the age of 65. that is a higher number than we've seen in other states. so the composition of the electorate, we'll have more waves of these things and we'll be able to tell you how some of the

. >> the emergency action to keep >>> >> then you have 70% of the republican electorate that say we are not voting for him. as that narrows down, i think it will make the race clearer >> the postis reporting that mitt romney is -- >> the sanders campaign says the event will focus on the subject of making college affordable. >>> lawyers for bill cosby's wife have filed an emergency motion to postpone her deposition. her attorneys want the testimony delay while she appeals a magistrate's judge order. the 71 year old claims she had no involvement with the facts and allegations underlying this case and tear attorneys say her unnecessary media circus. >>> to the weather wear we go. barry joining us. this weekend, just absolutely insane. >> beautiful. sensational. take a look at the comparison from this sunday to last sunday. as we lookout side we can see a few clouds here and there. temperatures right now and see what they are going on. the temperature last sunday, 12 degrees for the high. the low was 9 below zero and compare to this sunday, the high 53 and the low 47. it will be cooler than

presidential primary process because south carolin areally is a blend of both ends of the republican electoral coalition in a way that iowa and new hampshire are not."the panel went on to answer questions from the audience...one of those questions lead to a discussion on governor nikki haley and how she may play a key role. "nikki haley is one of if not the most popular repbulicans in the state and so if she decides to throw weight behind one of the candidates, i think all of the campaigns would think that would be a very big deal."and whether or not she may be considered as a vice presidential choice by the candidates. "it's hard to imagine a scenario where governor haley is not part of that conversation, particularly is democrats nominate hilary clinton. it's hard to imagine...really any of the possible choices. you go through the list: trump, cruz, rubio, bush, kasich, all of the them i think would at least have to consider her seriously."brownstein also discussed how the playing field might look "after" south carolina...assuming current polls equate to the final republican primary results.

voters in the granite state make up a huge chunk of the electorate and play a key role in every primary and they can vote for either democrats or republicans new exit polling data on them. david chalian is with us. what are we learning? >> they make up the largest chunk of the new hampshire electorate. on the democratic side, 41% of democratic primary voters today are independents or undeclareds. 55% are democrats. on the republican side, 62% are republicans, 35% are independents or undeclared. so, wolf, what you see here is that the democratic electorate has more independents in it as a share of the overall vote in that primary tonight than does the republican electorate. the republican electorate is a little bit more of the party faithful tonight. >> they are showing up and we don't know what that means for, let's say, bernie sanders on the democratic side or hillary clinton or on the republican side for donald trump. >> well, we know independents have fueled the trump and sanders' candidacies, there's no doubt about that. but if you are looking at these numbers and you are in the bernie sanders' camp and see 41% of the democratic electo

let me put this idea on the table -- attracted a portion of the electorate, especially the republican electorate been especially disappointed for an especially long time, namely white working class voters. that is the most important factor. and it's a matter of interest, i just learned this a few hours ago that ted cruz is up 2-1 over trump among evangelicals with a college degree. but among evangelicals with just a high school education, trump leads cruz by 14 percentage points. so this is as much about education and economic class as theology or personal reckty tuesday. >> i'm going to try out an idea. in evangelical christian circles is there is a lot more talk about how the world ends, whether there are signs that we see of the world ending, does it make this downward spiral a narrative that can be accepted in those precincts better than community? >> i think i would agree with you. there has never been a shortage of apock lipty call circles. but we are experiencing particularly among lower educated white evangelicals not a cultural disaffection, where they know their children aren't going t

electorate. there is a base problem. republicanoliticians should never be in the business of criticizing the voters or the base. i'm not a republican politician, so i will do it. i think donald trump is tapping -- we haveitgeist seven years of barack obama's disastrous presidency. ourhave a perception that best days are behind us. negativityspirit of and frustration amongst many americans. specifically acute among working-class white americans who really believe their best days are behind them, the american dream that they grew up believing in his gone. when that is the case, it is hard to appeal to people's better angels. it is easier to sell donald that taps into the anger and promises to magically make america great again. then it is a more optimistic reagan message, which is the best long-term for conservatives , could appeal to the most americans, but trump is taking the path of least resistance. host: joe from sun city center, fort appeared good morning to. -- florida. good morning to you. caller: reagan was feared around tru

evangelicals make up a smaller segment of the electorate and only one state, massachusetts has a segment of evangelicals are born again christians in the republicanmary or caucus electorate. the kind of candidates that can appeal again to the social conservatives and evangelical christians in states like iowa, or south carolina and others, those voters largely do not exist in new hampshire. the major religious denominations in new hampshire are catholics first, and after that you get into mainline protestant denominations. congregational church, presbyterians, etc. but the evangelical church and the evangelical segment of the republican electorate is quite small. not typically very impactful. the way that you can see this is in some of the social issues that are important, for example, abortion. like the republican primary voters are pro-choice in the country is a whole. so republicans here are pro-choice. and they are not concerned about things like gay marriage. they are not church attendees by and large. they're much more like what you see up and down the east coast. far less religious than other parts of the country. host: jerome is an tennes

bush in a way that may have been dangerous in a republican electorate.th the pope and how that played out. you had his comment about obamacare, his comments about his own opposition to the iraq war being questioned. so there was a lot of news in that final week of the republican primary. and if nearly half 45% didn't make up their mind until the last week that is a lot of fluidity in the race that could have occurred as we wait and see. >> so much and yesterday i was at a trump rally, i met a lot of people who said that they were undecided, same goes for rubio rallies, jeb bush rallies, across the board. so many people who said they were leaning one way, weren't so sure. and boy, were they paying attention to every little nook and cranny of news you were talking about. it was incredibly fluid and everybody in the campaigns understood that which is why they were trying to influence so much. >> we'll continue to watch the events unfolding, the republican primary in south carolina. but we're also going to watch what's happening in nevada right now. hillary

. >> there are still large numbers of undecided in the republican electorate, with the wade range ofes, what does a large number of undecided tell a political pro? an elimination round? it's "inside story." ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. large numbers of voters in new hampshire, have been telling pollsters they are still undecided. does that fuel wednesday's rationale for staying in the race? g.o.p. strategists are still with me. and in the meeting, horace, where we talk about what happens whether we go on to super-tuesday to south carolina, to nevada, can i point out, if i'm a candidate who still feels like i have a shot, that, look, all of these late undecided, i got a share of them. the guy who was supposed to be beating me like a drum, didn't beat me by that much, how d do -- deliberate these things. >> it needs to come down if you have the types of professional mechanisms in place to succeed. one of the things about new hampshireits is they expect the candidates to come sit down and have pie with them. and they want to see them knocking on doors. and tha

younger voters make up a smaller portion of the republican primary and caucus electorates. we're talking about iowa and new hampshire, you're seeing some candidates say, hey, it's time for new leadership. marco rubio, for example, is one of the candidates in the republican -- fernando: well, i want to ask you about that, because he's made that argument in a very clear way. yet, he has, at least seemingly, very little traction in the polling. what do you think is the disconnect there? steve: well, look, i think that because younger voters make up a very small portion of the republican primary electorate, that's not an argument right now that's well-served for him, when it comes to taking down ted cruz and donald trump. election, and it comes to facing the democratic nominee, cutting into the advantage that barack obama has had in the past two elections among younger voters is going to be essential for the republicans if they're going to compete in the general election. fernando: what would be that argument that would convince millennial voters that seem to prefer, at least at

this field has attacked me, because i run a campaign that appeals to the broad sector of the republican electorate. >> reporter: hillary clinton and bernie sanders continued their appeals to black voters. sanders took a day off after a raucous rally at morehouse college in atlanta tuesday. clinton, today in chicago, emphasized her closeness to barack obama. >> my opponent has been critical of the president. he has called in week, disappointing. >> reporter: the next delegates will be allotted on saturday. that's where the big lead has evaporated. republicans in south carolina, a primary where trump has a big lead but there are many undecided voters. maurice? >> thank you. >>> the current president will visit cuba. the white house will announce tomorrow that president obama is planning a trip to cuba next month. he will be the first sitting president to make a state visit to cuba in nearly 90 years. >>> apple is resisting a federal magistrate ruling to help the fbi hack into an iphone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. the fbi says accessing the phone could lead to vital information. apple

>> well it is a very large portion of the republican electorate. it's quite diverse. >> the candidates will make their pitch to voters on a cbs news debate tomorrow night. you can watch it live starting at 9:00 p.m. here on wbtv. >> right now, republican candidate john kasich is holding a rally. alex giles is live in the alert center with more. >> guys look at this live picture happening right now. kasich is at a rally in columbia, south carolina. our sister station wis reports that he spent the day campaigning, addressing a group of business leaders. and presidential candidates hillary clinton, jeb bush also in south carolina right now. and as you mentioned they will other in the debate on cbs. >> all right, thank you for that. >> it is time to check on the roads here is tonya rivens. >> paul, your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. let's check in wendover road before monroe road the two left lanes blocked. randolph road is a great alternate route. and independence boulevard is not too bad. a little congestion around albemarle road.

this is half the republican electorate today.early 60% of them voting for donald trump. >> wow. and that is nevada. now behind us. super tuesday in front of us. right beside me is political analyst and best selling author ellis henican. good morning to you. donald trump said winning six times in 30 seconds in his speech last night. winning, winning, winning. >> he won. he won. >> is this thing done? >> no. no no no no. >> i mean, come on. >> what would we do if it were done, let's be honest? >> if he takes super tuesday and we're looking at last night in nevada, hispanics, won there. evangelicals, across the board and the numbers that steve broke down. actually the other ones, when they'll start to chip off? kasich, carson. you said they're not going to. >> i don't think individually they have an incentive to quit. every one of them said, hey, you other guys ought to quit, get out of the race, it will be easier for me. but honestly, as long as they can squeeze two nickals together, i don't think they'll quit. what would ben carso

a candidate who will be strong, you know, frankly, in the republican electorate will be strong againstumented immigrants and illegal immigration. and so trump has topped all of that, including foreign policy, how to be strong with isis. so what seems to me to be happening is that all of the other candidates are trying to hit trump, but when he hits back, he actually underscores exactly all of the qualifications and the qualities that voters like about him. which is that he's not going to take it from anybody. he is going to fight back. and that -- that does not bode well for the other candidates. and frankly, cruz -- >> hold on, hold on, go ahead. >> well, i >> hold on. >> i think to a lot of voesers it is, tara. why would he be ahead by so much, especially among evangelical voters, which should be cruz's strong point and he is leading by 20 points. >> can i get a word in. >> yes, go ahead, tara. >> because people are enamored by a cult of personality. you hear people say he speaks for me. he has given me a voice. this is the first. but he is just a snake oil salesman. do you think he

working on getting the support of evangelicals, who make up a large part of the south carolina republican electorate. jim guth/professor of political science, furman university: "really, each candidate can hope to find one niche of evangelicals that he can draw on." the candidates will make their pitch to palmetto state voters in a cbs news debate tomorrow night. and c-b-s political director john dickerson will moderate that debate ... coverage starts at 6 p-m... only on c-b-s. as a result, we will not have a 6:30 newscast. and we'll also be streaming the debate online and will have a link on our website. the debate will feature the six remaining g-o-p candidates... today former virginia governor jim gilmore ended his presidential bid. a new poll shows democratic candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders are in a dead heat in the silver state... nearly a week ahead of the caucus here. according to the poll by free beacon conducted earlier this week... 45 percent expressed support for clinton and 45 sanders, with 9 percent undecided. the poll also asked which candidate was most honest and trustwo

has kind of a durable coalition of voters of, you know, somewhere between 30% and 40% of the republican electoraterepublican primary electorate that's prepared to come out and vote for him. there is a big difference in the nature of the constituency in new hampshire and the constituency in south carolina. and, yet, he did about the same in both. he is the man to beat for sure. >> okay. now, that's what i said in the talking points memo. that he has got at least a third, maybe a little bit more of republican voters who is r. going to vote for him no matter what happens. i think he cand3 start duking ted cruz out and it wouldn't matter. but he also has, accord fing test test test fox news poll last welcome, and this water 9% -- don't think he has the temperament to be president. >> i would assume he has got to bring that down or he is not inevitable. >> some people might vote for him whether he think he has the temperament or not. it also suggests of mist negative trouble in of people who look upon him unfavorably which is worrisome for republicans to have him as a general election can at that time

there isn't anything he can say or do that will ever turn off his supporters, portion of the republican electorate. the other thing i did like about last night, all of the talk and the lie, lie, lie, there was a lot of good discussion on policy debates up there about taxes, on entitlements, on foreign policy. it was good because there were only six guys up on the stage. i think it was a moment for a lot of voters to see a lot more about these candidates than they ever had. >> dickerson: what did you take away from it? >> emphasize peggy's point that this was a real brawl. i grew up watching professional wrestling, reminded nothing so much as cage match between bunch of very able wrestlers. what that said it's true that donald trump is much more to the left on number of issues, be. but my hunch is that donald trump is not so much speaking to republican voters as he's speaking to the broader class of american voters. a lot of people agree with donald trump about iraq. lot of people agree with donald administration. i have this hunch that much of the same way that bernie sanders is in lot of ways not

one -- in the republican electorate especially.ne comes from the frustrations of everyday life that a lot of people are feeling on both sides, the economy the squeezed middle class, the income gap between rich and poor. but then we have had a history in the last decade or so of tea parties arguing against what's in current power, the republican party. soar coming to roost now of hating anyone inside the party. you would think that kasich would be an ideal person or jeb bush in another time or another place. but there is that anger, the primal scream against it. the problem is when you govern you have to bring people together. you can't just deal with anger. you have to deal with compromise and cooperation. the gap between campaigning and governing i think is as big as i've seen it in my life time this year. >> what about the argument that the political pundits, the political elite, the media as some of the candidates pont out -- they say, you're not listening to the voice of the voters. and if you just look at last night and 46% go

rubio says: "the majority of the republican electorate, the majority of republican voters in this country do not want donald trump to be the nominee. i think that is pretty clear now. the problem is that they're divided up among four people. at some point in south carolina, it was five people and before that seven people. so until there is some consolidation here, you aren't going to have a clear alternative to donald trump. and the argument we have made: i'm as conservative as everyone in this race, but i am the conservative that can unify the republican party." rubio, cruz, and kasich all have to face off against trump on their home turfs in the next three weeks. in texas on super tuesday and both kasich and rubio have do or die contests in their home states on march 15 when each state's delegate prize is winner take all. endorsed by texas governor greg abbott, cruz called texas the crown jewel of the most important day of the entire election. uz says: "we can get this wrong.we can't be fooledyt barnum.the time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed." trump's c

younger voters make up a smaller portion of the republican primary and caucus electorates. re talking about iowa and new hampshire, you' re seeing some candidates say, hey, it' s time for new leadership. marco rubio, for example, is one of the candidates in the republican -- fernando: well, i want to ask you about that, because he' s made that argument in a very clear way. yet, he has, at least seemingly, very little traction in the polling. what do you think is the disconnect there? steve: well, look, i think that because younger voters make up a very small portion of the republican primary electorate, that' s not an argument right now that' s well-served for him, when it comes to taking down ted cruz but once they move to a general election, and it comes to facing the democratic nominee, cutting into the advantage that barack obama has had in the past two elections among younger voters is going to be essential for the re going to compete in the general election. fernando: what would be that argument that would convince millennial voters that seem to prefer, at least at this point, d

only 15% of the republican caucus going electorate is looking for that quality. four oust ten republican caucus goers looks for someone who shares my values, i think that helps explain why he is where he is. >> a tight race on the democratic and republican sides. let me update you on the latest numbers. on the democratic side, 51% for hillary clinton. 67% of the caucus showing look how close it is on the republican side. top three. 29%. 25% for donald trump. only half of the votes have been counted. we don't know who is going to win on the republican side or the democratic side. let's take a quick break and we'll be right back. see see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that i won't stop. until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75% skin clearance at 3 months. while the majority saw 90% clearance. do

among the republican primary electorate. accusing george w.r 9/11 is not a popular way to go. it is probably what trump believes, but not scoring him a lot of points, especially in south carolina. >> i was shocked when he brought that up on saturday night. i wasn't sure what he was doing. trump in his way, ran his own town hall or own discussion on competing network last night at the same time where he talked about the name calling. >> in a year from now, people will respect what i did. i had lindsey graham at 7%. now he left the race. now he is an angry person on television. he is like an insane person. our country doesn't win anymore. we are so worried about being nice and politically correct. would you like me to be nice to everybody and instead of all those people still in still hammering me? >> i don't think trump is spending a lot on commercials and advertisements going after the other candidates in south carolina. what do you expect out of him tonight? >> more of the same. trump here and his strategy is earned media. we talk about insul

primary presidential process because south carolina is really a blend of both ends of the republican electoral in a way iowa and new hampshire are not. the primary, head to wltx.com. keep in mind you can only vote in one primary, either republican or democrat. >>> apple's ceo has argued the undermining of encryption that could be used in other devices. coming up, we'll break down the first of its kind court order and what it means for the tech company. >>> at the state house, senators will talk about roads again today and how to fund repairs. the proposal getting the most attention would raise the gas tax by 12 cents a gallon over three years and increase or add more fees, bringing more than years but only cuts income and other taxes by $400 million over that period. >>> a resolution in the senate would honor the 9 victims gunned down in charleston last summer. it states the community responded by an outpouring of love and unity. the house approved the measure and now it goes to the senate. >>> a hearing in fairfield will continue today over a permit quarry in the county. residents spent more

the new hampshire republican electorate is a moderate public and electorate.t is a northeastern republican electorate. what we used to call rockefeller republicans. after nelson rockefeller. it will illustrate that new hampshire republicans, likely are more pro-choice on the issue on abortion that a country as a whole. they are slid on the issue of gay marriage. whereas other states are strongly opposed. we have a second least religious state in the country. on the republicans i, the new hampshire electorate is very different than the iowa electorate, where the south carolina electorate, or some of the other southern states that are very strong parts of the republican party. so a mitt romney or a ready giuliani or a george h.w. bush or george w. bush, if he did not run as a conservative in 2000, they can win in new hampshire. they can do well appear, where is a staunch conservative candidate, particularly a social concerted candidate will have a much were difficult time winning in new hampshire. that does not mean that a candidate from a party can -- acquire t

the majority of the republican electorate, the majority of republican voters do not want donald trumpbe the nominee. lou: how does he know that? let's go back to underperformed. in 2012 mitt romney won the nevada caucuses with 61% of the vote. romney won in 2008, 51%, he's slighting there. more than 22,000 votes. donald trump pulled in more than double what romney did in 2012. despite trump only getting 46% of the vote. and trump's win comes amid record turnout in nevada but shattered the record set four years ago. rubio, by the way, had only half as many votes as trump. perhaps rubio might reconsider definition of underperform. we're a long way, a long way from anyone wrapping up this nomination, but the establishment refuses to accept trump is dominating the field and outperforming the choices of the republican establishment over the last couple of cycles. the establishment in fact has a lousy record, a losing record. you think they'd appreciate the help of the republican grassroots voters, wouldn't you? instead they're fighting those voters, resisting their preferred candidates in

electorate here is latino or hispanic. donald trump is winning hispanic voters on the republican side in nevada. is is 10% of the electorate. trump, 44 and rubio is 29. that is the same spread with white voters in nevada. an interesting tidbit there. i imagine this is something he might try to make something out of. and among those who said immigration is the most important thing in the race, trump won there too. >> the total number of latinos voting in this tonight may be around 1500, 1600 people. so trump's count of that might be 800 out of a population of 800,000 latinos. when we throw up a raw percentage like that we can get a wrong idea of thing a tuesday of what happened. >> the state as a whole is 28, 30% latino and you think of the numbers who are republicans and you think about voter turnout. >> we know who won the latino vote in this state. hillary clinton did it. and i mean it's just one of those things where the percentages suggest something beginner. >> another ambulance to keep with on the streets of nempbz. let's go to chris matthews. >> we're back right now. we have sue loudoun he

. >> you have 70% of the republican electorate not voting for him. >> cruz, close third saturday saw his own advantage. >> we are seeing people come behind our campaign and we are the only campaign that has beaten donald trump and that can beat donald trump. >> for the democrats the road to the nomination wind through south carolina. which will hold its democratic primary saturday. hillary clinton hold a big lead there over bernie sanders. sanders has been closing the gap. nancy cordes reports. >> the victory was a huge relief for the clinton camp. front-runner status. the campaigns did not have much time to dwell. starting here in south carolina. shrug off his nevada loss, sanders told a crowd of thousands he is on a roll. >> if you look at national polls. you want a candidate who will defeat donald trump. you are looking at that candidate. >> reporter: tell that to clinton who blitzed the vegas strip in 48 hours to beat back a late sanders surge. some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other. older voters, women and african-americans, were all key to clinton's victory.

40% of the republican electorate today in south carolina is angry at the federal government. and donald trump wins those voters going away by 20 points, 44% of them for trump, 24% for cruz, 16% for rubio and 7% for carson. it's that anger that i think jeb bush never tapped into and that donald trump taps into really, really well. look at that. then the other thing is about beyond the anger of the federal government, who can bring about change? donald trump is the change agent here. about 31% of the republican primary electorate wanted a change agent, and donald trump wins them by 26 points. 45% to cruz's 19%, rubio at 16%, and jeb bush at 8%. that is for the folks that went to the polls seeking a change candidate. that was donald trump. >> so, we're watching this battle for second place, david chalian. this will keep our viewers here at least until 2:00, if not beyond. >> at least, we don't know who came in second in south carolina. is it marco rubio? is it ted truz? separated by 1,000 votes, give or take right now. what are voters saying in the exit polls about these two can

it has become a very big part of republican electorate, as much as 40% of the republican party and added to that you had mormons, religiously traditional catholics, conservative main line protestants and that is the republican party. the democratic party has been the party of religious minorities and secular people and that is increasingly the case. you see those differences sharpening. it is interesting because you do see different perspective said and these two changes little bit with who is in the white house and things like that but on the hole, republican religious groups especially evangelical protestants tend to be more sympathetic to what we call american exceptionalism. they see the united states having a special role in the world and responsible, maybe god has made the responsible for preserving order in the world, they tend to be a little more willing to use military force end engage in unilateral action on the part of the united states, not as sure we should be depending on allies and things like that. in some ways this fits the themes of evangelical or fundamentalist theolog

it's a powerful message for a republican electorate. republicans believe that barack obama has fundamentally succeeded in his mission of change. and that the result of that range is he's wrecked the country and done it with a complicit collaboration as republican establishment in washington, dc. so donald trump comes in to this race as a disrupter and the voters respond to it, not just in iowa but in new hampshire and the depth and breadth of the country in these early states with a substantial lead. >> this is a point you've made throughout. we talk about voter angle. anger, rather. just every election cycle these days, this time, it's different. and as you've been pointing out, republicans themselves are so angry and so disappointed in the kind of classic party structure in washington. >> you've had two wave elections that have favored republicans. 2010, 2014. big promises made. almost none of them delivered. so now they're looking for somebody outside of the system. i think that we've had these elections, whether it be democrats winni