South Carolina sees nearly 25% voter turnout for GOP primary, data shows
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Early numbers show nearly a quarter of the South Carolina electorate turned out to vote in this year’s Republican presidential primary.
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According to tallies from the South Carolina Election Commission, 756,922 ballots were cast between early and in-person voting on Saturday. That accounts for 23.34% of the state’s registered voters. Those numbers are slightly higher than those seen during the state’s last major GOP primary in 2016.
In this year’s primary, most counties also saw turnout percentages higher than 10%, with three exceeding 30% of their total electorate. In terms of the total number of ballots, Greenville County had the most with just under 95,000. Horry, Charleston, Spartanburg and Lexington counties all rounded out the top five.
The numbers starkly contrast the state’s turnout during its Democratic primary won by President Joe Biden earlier this month, which was at less than 5%.
Donald Trump won the state’s GOP primary on Saturday, with the race being called by the Associated Press minutes after polls closed. His final major challenger, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, did not concede despite a loss in her home state.
The two now look toward the Michigan primary on Tuesday before several primaries the following week on Super Tuesday.
Results from South Carolina’s GOP primary are expected to be certified later this week.
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