McCain Defeats Huckabee

On January 19, 2008, John McCain defeated Mike Huckabee in South Carolina. McCain received about 34 percent of the votes and Huckabee with 29 percent. Fred Thompson was also in the race of the republicans but struggled with 16 percent of votes. The other candidate from California dropped out before the votes were even counted. The top problems cited in North Carolina are immigrants and economy. The voters put beside all of the bad weather to vote. It was a cold and snowy storm outside while the race was going on in North Carolina.