United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2016
Main article: United States presidential election, 2016
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The 2016 United States presidential election will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participate. South Carolina voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
On February 20 and 27, 2016, in the presidential primaries, South Carolina voters expressed their preferences for the Republican and Democratic parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party could only vote in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated could choose any one primary in which to vote.
Democratic primary
Main article: South Carolina Democratic primary, 2016
Democratic primary results by county.
Hillary Clinton
| South Carolina Democratic primary, February 27, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 272,379 | 73.44% | 39 | 5 | 44 |
| Bernie Sanders | 96,498 | 26.02% | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Willie Wilson | 1,314 | 0.35% | |||
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 713 | 0.19% | |||
| Uncommitted | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total Votes | 370904 | 100% | 53 | 6 | 59 |
| Void? | 2,159 | 0.58% | |||
| Total Ballots | 373,063 | 100.58% | |||
| Sources: The Green Papers, South Carolina State Election Commission | |||||
Green Party
On April 30, the Green Party of South Carolina held its state convention. The public is welcome, but only members and delegates will be eligible to vote.[1]
On April 30, it was announced that William Kreml had won the primary.
| South Carolina Green Party presidential convention, April 17, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
 William Kreml |
- | - | 5 |
| Jill Stein | - | - | 3 |
| Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry | - | - | - |
| Darryl Cherney | - | - | - |
| Kent Mesplay | - | - | - |
| Total | - | 100.00% | 8 |
Republican primary
Main article: South Carolina Republican primary, 2016
Republican primary results by county.
Donald Trump
Marco Rubio
| South Carolina Republican primary, February 20, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump |
240,882 | 32.51% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Marco Rubio | 166,565 | 22.48% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Cruz | 165,417 | 22.33% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush | 58,056 | 7.84% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich | 56,410 | 7.61% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson | 53,551 | 7.23% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Pataki (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 740,881 | 100.00% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
References
- ↑ "2016 South Carolina Green Party state convention". South Carolina Green Party. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
External links
- RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
- Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
- 2016 Presidential primaries, ElectionProjection.com
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