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The 2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary was held on February 24, 2024, [1] as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 50 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a selection basis.
The 2024 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary was held on February 3, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. [2] 65 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates. [3] CNN and Associated Press called the race early, for incumbent President Joe ...
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]
There are no statewide offices on the ballot in 2024, such as a governor’s race or U.S. Senate contest, and South Carolina held its presidential primaries for both Democrats and Republicans back ...
PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks on stage at her watch party during the South Carolina Republican presidential primary ...
The former president’s latest victory will likely increase pressure on Haley, who was Trump’s former representative to the U.N. and South Carolina governor from 2011 to 2017, to leave the race.
However, the primary was deemed non-binding, so the South Carolina primary was the first contest in which candidates could earn delegates. [4] President Biden won the primary in a landslide, winning all 55 of the state's unbound delegates. [5] The Democratic primary recorded low voter turnout among registered voters, with only 4% participating. [6]
Incumbent President Joe Biden won by a decisive margin in South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary with roughly 96% of the vote. The Associated Press called the race for Biden only 23 ...