February 29, 2020 - South Carolina Primary

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63 Delegates (54 Pledged)
Summary: South Carolina voters delivered a much needed win to former Vice President Joe Biden, setting him on the path to the nomination.  

FEB. 29 - SOUTH CAROLINA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (54 pledged delegates)

Official Results - South Carolina Election Commission  -  Main SC Primary Page
BIDEN
 SANDERS
 STEYER
 BUTTIGIEG
 WARREN
 KLOBUCHAR
 GABBARD
 OTHERS (5)
 TOTAL
262,336
(48.65%)
 106,605
(19.77%)
 61,140
(11.34%)
 44,217
(8.20%)
 38,120
(7.07%)
 16,900
(3.13%)
 6,813
(1.26%)
 3,132
(0.58%)
 539,263
Others (withdrew but on ballot): Yang 1,069 (0.20%), Bennet 765 (0.14%), Booker 658 (0.12%), Delaney 352 (0.07%), Patrick 288 (0.05%).

OVERVIEW
Edison Research exit polls (>) found that, "56% of voters in South Carolina were African American – down from 61% in 2016 – and they overwhelmingly supported Biden; he won 61% of their vote."  Further Edison reported that, "Older black voters were especially strong Biden supporters; 69% of those over age 45 voted for Biden."

Biden carried every county.  He obtained over half the vote in 30 of the 46 counties.  His strongest showing was in Williamsburg County and his weakest showing in Pickens.

Sanders finished second in 33 of 46 counties.  His strongest showing was in Pickens County and five of his six best counties were in that Northwestern part of the state.  Sanders' weakest showing was in Orangeburg County.  [Orangeburg was interesting in that Biden announced endorsements of 11 Orangeburg officials shortly before the primary and Steyer had two legislators from Orangeburg as advisors to his campaign].

Steyer finished second in 13 of 46 counties.  His best showings were in Hampton, Allendale and McCormick Counties; he fared very poorly in Lancaster and York Counties.

Buttigieg's best showing was in Charleston, and he achieved double figures in six counties.  However, he obtained less than 2% of the vote in ten counties.

Warren's best showing was likewise in Charleston; she also achieved double figures in Pickens.

Klobuchar's best showings were in Oconee, Beaufort and Lancaster Counties.  Oconee, the county at the western tip of the state, has the highest percentage white population of the 46 counties (>).

Biden: Williamsburg (70.08)  -  Orangeburg (69.86)  -  Lee (68.87)  -  Clarendon (68.56)  -  Marion (66.87)  -  Sumter (65.41)  -  Dillon (64.09)  -  Chesterfield (64.04)  -  Chester (63.77)  -  Marlboro (61.44)  -  Darlington (61.10)  -  Fairfield (61.05)  -  Calhoun (59.87)  -  Barnwell (59.60)  -  Florence (58.83)  -  Bamberg (58.77)  -  Allendale (58.33)  -  Colleton (57.76)  -  Abbeville (57.66)  -  Union (57.22)  -  Cherokee (57.14)  -  Edgefield (55.87)  -  Newberry (55.41)  -  Kershaw (55.29)  -  Saluda (54.01)  -  Georgetown (53.46)  -  Richland (53.15)  -  Hampton (53.04)  -  Jasper (52.75)  -  Lancaster (51.48)  -  Laurens (49.76)  -  Berkeley (49.08)  -  Total (48.65)  - McCormick (48.18)  -  Greenwood (47.86)  -  Dorchester (47.54)  -  Beaufort (45.82)  -  Aiken (44.81) -  Charleston (44.29)  -  Horry (43.78)  -  York (43.60)  -  Spartanburg (42.31)  -  Anderson (41.83)  -  Lexington (39.87)  -  Greenville (38.15)  -  Oconee (37.60)  -  Pickens (32.62)

Sanders: Pickens (27.79)  -  Spartanburg (24.89)  -  Greenville (24.74)  -  York (24.72)  -  Oconee (24.00)  -  Lexington (23.62)  -  Anderson (23.50)  -  Horry (22.34)  -  Dorchester (21.70)  -  Berkeley (21.34)  -  Cherokee (21.24)  -  Aiken (20.98)  -  Laurens (20.64)  -  Lancaster (20.11)  -  Chester (19.86)  -  Total (19.77)  -  Charleston (19.19)  -  Union (19.00)  -  Chesterfield (18.88)  -  Greenwood (18.84)  -  Saluda (18.09)  -  Florence (17.86)  - Edgefield (17.64)  -  Georgetown (17.60)  -  Colleton (16.92)  -  Richland (16.81)  -  Kershaw (16.74)  -  Jasper (15.97)  -  Darlington (15.96)  -  Dillon (15.62)  -  Calhoun (15.40)  -  Barnwell (15.29)  -  Marion (15.28)  -  Beaufort (15.24)  -  Hampton (15.21)  -  Newberry (14.95)  -  Bamberg (14.81)  -  Abbeville (14.61)  -  McCormick (13.73)  -  Williamsburg (13.48)  -  Sumter (13.07)  -  Marlboro (12.78)  -  Allendale (12.55)  -  Clarendon (12.33)  -  Lee (12.19)  -  Fairfield (11.13)  -  Orangeburg (10.67)

Steyer: Hampton (25.71)  -  Allendale (25.42)  -  McCormick (25.15)  -  Bamberg (20.70)  -  Marlboro (20.15)  -  Fairfield (20.08)  -  Greenwood (19.43)  -  Barnwell (17.19)  -  Jasper (16.85)  -  Saluda (16.78)  -  Calhoun (16.20)  -  Abbeville (15.93)  -   Edgefield (15.58)  - Laurens (15.43)  -  Newberry (14.26)  -  Union (14.23)  -  Kershaw (13.85)  -  Dillon (13.77)  -  Anderson (13.57)  -  Lee (13.36)  -  Aiken (13.17)  -  Darlington (13.16)  -  Colleton (13.11)  -  Sumter (13.07)  -  Orangeburg (12.99)  -  Oconee (12.79)  -  Florence (12.72)  -  Horry (12.65)  -  Marion (12.42)  -  Spartanburg (12.34)  -  Richland (12.25)  -  Beaufort (12.23)  -  Pickens (11.70)  -  Lexington (11.60)  -  Williamsburg (11.52)  -  Georgetown (11.41)  -  Total (11.34)  -  Clarendon (11.02)  -  Cherokee (10.94)  -  Greenville (10.66)  -  Berkeley (9.44)  -  Dorchester (9.37) -  Chesterfield (7.89)  -  Charleston (7.41)  -  Chester (6.99)  -  York (4.69)  -  Lancaster (4.33)

Buttigieg's Best Showings: Charleston (12.65)  -  Beaufort (12.47)  -  York (11.73)  -  Lexington (10.55)  -  Greenville (10.52)  -  Lancaster (10.18)
Warren's Best Showings: Charleston (10.85)  -  Pickens (10.68)  -  Greenville (9.63)  -  York (8.70)  -  Lexington (8.59)
Klobuchar's Best Showings: Oconee (6.95)  -  Beaufort (5.57)  -  Lancaster (5.01)

Results for Top Six Candidates by County

 BIDEN
SANDERS
STEYER
BUTTIGIEG
WARREN
KLOBUCHAR
OTHERS
TOTAL
Abbeville
 1,129
 57.66
 286
 14.61
 312
 15.93
 80
 4.09
 60
 3.06
 42
 2.15
 49
 2.50
 1,958
Aiken
 6,770
 44.81
 3,169
 20.98
 1,989
 13.17
 1,246
 8.25
 1,030
 6.82
 607
 4.02
 296
 1.96
 15,107
Allendale
 553
 58.33
 119
 12.55
 241
 25.42
 9
 0.95
 17
 1.79
 2
 0.21
 7
 0.74
 948
Anderson
 5,572
 41.83
 3,130
 23.50
 1,808
 13.57
 990
 7.43
 984
 7.39
 525
 3.94
 312
 2.34
 13,321
Bamberg
 1,099
 58.77
 277
 14.81
 387
 20.70
 26
 1.39
 43
 2.30
 19
 1.02
 19
 1.02
 1,870
















Barnwell
 1,068
 59.60
 274
 15.29
 308
 17.19
 32
 1.79
 50
 2.79
 26
 1.42
 34
 1.90
 1,792
Beaufort
 11,277
 45.82
 3,751
 15.24
 3,009
 12.23
 3,069
 12.47
 1,700
 6.91
 1,372
 5.57
 433
 1.76
 24,611
Berkeley
 10,590
 49.08
 4,606
 21.34
 2,036
 9.44
 1,796
 8.32
 1,495
 6.93
 527
 2.44
 529
 2.45
 21,579
Calhoun
 1,116
 59.87
 287
 15.40
 302
 16.20
 47
 2.52
 42
 2.25
 34
 1.82
 36
 1.93
 1,864
Charleston
 28,333
 44.29
 12,274
 19.19
 4,738
 7.41
 8,091
 12.65
 6,942
 10.85
 2,304
 3.60
 1,285
 2.01
 63,967
















Cherokee
 1,813
 57.14
 674
 21.24
 347
 10.94
 104
 3.28
 106
 3.34
 66
 2.08
 63
 1.99
 3,173
Chester
 2,033
 63.77
 633
 19.86
 223
 6.99
 102
 3.20
 88
 2.76
 58
 1.82
 51
 1.60
 3,188
Chesterfield
 1,825
 64.04
 538
 18.88
 225
 7.89
 90
 3.16
 76
 2.67
 44
 1.54
 50
 1.75
 2,850
Clarendon
 2,713
 68.56
 488
 12.33
 436
 11.02
 97
 2.45
 85
 2.15
 62
 1.57
 76
 1.92
 3,957
Colleton
 2,318
 57.76
 679
 16.92
 526
 13.11
 153
 3.81
 174
 4.34
 73
 1.82
 90
 2.24
 4,013
















Darlington
 4,234
 61.10
 1,106
 15.96
 912
 13.16
 287
 4.14
 208
 3.00
 86
 1.24
 77
 1.11
 6,930
Dillon
 1,485
 64.09
 362
 15.62
 319
 13.77
 39
 1.68
 39
 1.68
 38
 1.64
 35
 1.51
 2,317
Dorchester
 7,659
 47.54
 3,496
 21.70
 1,509
 9.37
 1,457
 9.04
 1,191
 7.39
 405
 2.51
 393
 2.44
 16,110
Edgefield
 1,327
 55.87
 419
 17.64
 370
 15.58
 77
 3.24
 89
 3.75
 44
 1.85
 49
 2.06
 2,375
Fairfield
 2,353
 61.05
 429
 11.13
 774
 20.08
 84
 2.18
 88
 2.28
 48
 1.25
 78
 2.02
 3,854
















Florence
 8,682
 58.83
 2,636
 17.86
 1,877
 12.72
 569
 3.86
 608
 4.12
 221
 1.50
 165
 1.12
 14,758
Georgetown
 4,781
 53.46
 1,574
 17.60
 1,020
 11.41
 698
 7.80
 377
 4.22
 327
 3.66
 166
 1.86
 8,943
Greenville
 20,701
 38.15
 13,423
 24.74
 5,787
 10.66
 5,706
 10.52
 5,225
 9.63
 2,353
 4.34
 1,069
 1.97
 54,264
Greenwood
 2,700
 47.86
 1,063
 18.84
 1,096
 19.43
 279
 4.95
 242
 4.29
 165
 2.93
 96
 1.70
 5,641
Hampton
 1,116
 53.04
 320
 15.21
 541
 25.71
 33
 1.57
 41
 1.95
 18
 0.86
 35
 1.66
 2,104
















Horry
 13,313
 43.78
 6,794
 22.34
 3,847
 12.65
 2,886
 9.49
 1,736
 5.71
 1,270
 4.18
 564
 1.85
 30,410
Jasper
 1,794
 52.75
 543
 15.97
 573
 16.85
 189
 5.56
 122
 3.59
 110
 3.23
 70
 2.06
 3,401
Kershaw
 3,577
 55.29
 1,083
 16.74
 896
 13.85
 361
 5.58
 308
 4.76
 144
 2.23
 101
 1.56
 6,470
Lancaster
 4,340
 51.48
 1,695
 20.11
 365
 4.33
 858
 10.18
 567
 6.73
 422
 5.01
 183
 2.17
 8,430
Laurens
 2,413
 49.76
 1,001
 20.64
 748
 15.43
 204
 4.21
 244
 5.03
 120
 2.47
 129
 2.66
 4,849
















Lee
 1,876
 68.87
 332
 12.19
 364
 13.36
 49
 1.80
 53
 1.95
 11
 0.40
 21
 0.77
 2,724
Lexington
 9,720
 39.87
 5,758
 23.62
 2,827
 11.60
 2,573
 10.55
 2,094
 8.59
 795
 3.26
 613
 2.51
 24,380
Marion
 2,735
 66.87
 625
 15.28
 508
 12.42
 60
 1.47
 78
 1.91
 38
 0.93
 46
 1.12
 4,090
Marlboro
 1,485
 61.44
 309
 12.78
 478
 20.15
 29
 1.20
 35
 1.45
 34
 1.41
 38
 1.57
 2,417
McCormick
 730
 48.18
 208
 13.73
 381
 25.15
 68
 4.49
 42
 2.77
 54
 3.56
 32
 2.11
 1,515
















Newberry
 1,787
 55.41
 482
 14.95
 460
 14.26
 205
 6.36
 124
 3.84
 83
 2.57
 84
 2.60
 3,225
Oconee
 2,181
 37.60
 1,392
 24.00
 742
 12.79
 560
 9.66
 405
 6.98
 403
 6.95
 117
 2.02
 5,800
Orangeburg
 9,080
 69.86
 1,388
 10.67
 1,690
 12.99
 238
 1.83
 370
 2.84
 72
 0.55
 163
 1.25
 13,010
Pickens
 2,513
 32.62
 2,141
 27.79
 901
 11.70
 761
 9.88
 823
 10.68
 375
 4.87
 190
 2.47
 7,704
Richland
 35,869
 53.15
 11,347
 16.81
 8,269
 12.25
 4,491
 6.65
 5,392
 7.99
 1,285
 1.90
 837
 1.24
 67,490
















Saluda
 782
 54.01
 262
 18.09
 243
 16.78
 54
 3.73
 51
 3.52
 27
 1.86
 29
 2.00
 1,448
Spartanburg
 9,977
 42.31
 5,870
 24.89
 2,911
 12.34
 1,849
 7.84
 1,816
 7.70
 749
 3.18
 409
 1.73
 23,581
Sumter
 8,375
 65.41
 1,673
 13.07
 1,667
 13.07
 406
 3.17
 386
 3.01
 122
0.95
 177
 1.38
 12,804
Union
 1,295
 57.22
 430
 19.00
 322
 14.23
 58
 2.56
 73
 3.23
 34
 1.50
 51
 2.25
 2,263
Williamsburg
 3,682
 70.08
 708
 13.48
 605
 11.52
 47
 0.89
 94
 1.79
 45
 0.86
 73
 1.39
 5,254
York
 11,556
 43.60
 6,551
 24.72
 1,242
 4.69
 3,110
 11.73
 2,307
 8.70
 1,241
 4.68
 497
 1.88
 26,504

































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