October 28, 2018
Front Page, Politics
I won’t spend too much time analyzing this, as the map really speaks for itself. This map is still very relevant in 2018 as this 2006 race is the last time a Democrat has been elected to state office in South Carolina. That speaks volumes about the lack of competition …
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October 23, 2018
Front Page, Politics, SC Gubernatorial Results
Leading up to the election exactly two weeks from this night, I thought it would be helpful to show a map of the last competitive governor’s race in South Carolina. The competition between State Senator Vincent Sheheen (D) and then State Representative Nikki Haley (R) was surprisingly competitive, especially considering …
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September 19, 2018
Front Page, Weather
Hurricane Florence may be in the Northeastern US now, but it is still leaving an impact on this state due to the sheer amount of rainfall that was dropped in such a short amount of time. Below are National Weather Service (NWS) preliminary rainfall totals and maps from the storm …
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September 16, 2018
Front Page, Politics
The South Carolina Senate is not exactly competitive at the moment. Although there looks to be a lot of blue area on the map, control of heavily populated suburban areas in the Upstate and in the Charleston area keeps this one firmly in the hands of the Republican party. In …
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September 13, 2018
Front Page, Weather
We are getting quite closer to landfall and as most guidance converges, it does look like we are going to have a landfall in Southeastern NC, somewhere from Cape Fear, NC to Topsail Beach, NC. The National Hurricane Center’s 11 EDT advisory shows that Hurricane Florence has dropped in strength …
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September 6, 2018
Front Page, Weather
The heat of this summer may not have waned yet, but cool air will be headed our way shortly. Growing up in the coastal plain of South Carolina, I was always fascinated with the weather that winter brings. This obsession is what led me to write this series of articles …
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September 4, 2018
Front Page, Weather
In the dog days of summer, South Carolina can get quite warm with the combination of high temperatures and high humidity. One always thinks that there can’t be somewhere hotter than what they just experienced on a blazing hot day. My first hypothesis before crunching the data on this is …
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June 25, 2018
Front Page, Politics, SC Gubernatorial Results
In a further breakdown of the Democratic Gubernatorial Primary of 2018, I’ll start by reposting the map from Part 1’s analysis: State Rep. James Smith, the victor in this primary, dominated the electoral landscape. A few points from a look at the above map: Smith beat his main competitor, Marguerite Willis, …
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June 19, 2018
Front Page, SC Gubernatorial Results
The first item to address from the 2018 South Carolina primaries is the race for the Governor’s mansion for the Democrats. This result ended up producing some finality, with one candidate emerging without a runoff. Ironically, the few prognostications out there all pointed to a runoff. The Post and Courier’s …
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May 26, 2016
Front Page, Politics, SC Gubernatorial Results
This election proved to be far from competitive, and one has to wonder how much of that is actually related to the input of these two candidates. State Senator Vincent Sheheen (D-Camden), who had already run against Nikki Haley (R) in 2010...
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Palmetto Ponderings Commentary on happenings in the great state of South Carolina
