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Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from a critic to an ally of former President Donald Trump and make headlines ...
South Carolina Republican primary, February 24, 2024 [20] Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count Bound Unbound Total Donald Trump: 452,496: 59.79%: 47: 47: Nikki Haley: 299,084 39.52% 3 3 Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) 2,953 0.39% Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) 726 0.10% Chris Christie (withdrawn) 658 0.09% Ryan Binkley: 528 0.07% David ...
In all but one primary since 1980, the Republican winner in South Carolina has gone on to be the party’s nominee. The lone exception was Newt Gingrich in 2012.
The Republican electorate in South Carolina is noted for having a high proportion of evangelical voters. [10] Socially conservative candidates have performed well in the South Carolina primary in past contests. In the 2012 Republican primary, Newt Gingrich beat eventual nominee Mitt Romney in the state with support from evangelical voters. [11]
Trump carried South Carolina by a margin of 11.68%, down from his 14.27% margin four years earlier. Prior to this election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Trump would win, or a red state. South Carolina was the only East Coast state in 2020 to vote Republican by a double-digit margin. [3]
Trump remains in the driver’s seat for GOP nomination. Winning the S.C. GOP primary is key to any presidential campaign. Since 1980 the winner of South Carolina’s nominating contest has gone ...
In all elections from 1792 to 1860, South Carolina did not conduct a popular vote. Each Elector was appointed by the state legislature. The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party , resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the ...