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The 2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on January 26, 2008. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the primary's popular vote by a 28.9% margin.. For both parties in 2008, South Carolina's was the first primary in a Southern state and the first primary in a state in which African Americans make up a sizable percentage of the electorate.
The 2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on January 26, 2008. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the primary's popular vote by a 28.9% margin.. South Carolina's 45 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention were awarded proportionally based on the results of the primary.
In August 2006, the Democratic National Committee adopted a proposal by its Rules and Bylaws Committee stating that only the four states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina would be permitted to hold primaries or caucuses before February 5, 2008. [51]
In Texas, two-thirds of pledged delegates were selected through a primary, while one-third were selected through caucuses. However, voters were eligible to participate in the caucuses only if they also voted in the primary, so RealClearPolitics used the primary results and ignored the caucus in determining the popular vote.
South Carolina has also been important for the Democrats. In 2008, the Democratic South Carolina primary took on added significance because it was the first nominating contest in that cycle in which a large percentage (55 percent, according to an exit poll [5]) of primary voters were African Americans. [6]
In the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary, Biden collected 48.4% of the vote (39 delegates) while U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) collected 19.9% of the vote (15 delegates.)
For more information see: Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries. ... 2008-01-26 South Carolina: 45 27% 55%: 18% 12 25: 8 2008-01-29 Florida 1:
The South Carolina state primary will be held Tuesday. Polls close at 7 p.m. ET. ... In the 2022 primaries for governor, turnout was 5% of registered voters in the Democratic primary and 10% in ...