2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary

2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary
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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.^[2]

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Held following the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary, the Nevada primary and caucuses, and the United States Virgin Islands caucuses, the South Carolina primary was the fifth Republican contest in which delegates were awarded to take place this election.^[3] South Carolina holds the "first in the South" presidential primary for both major parties.^[4]

Nikki Haley, who served as Governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, announced her presidential candidacy in February 2023. Tim Scott, who has represented South Carolina in the U.S. Senate since 2013, entered the race with a campaign announcement in May 2023.^[5] He suspended his campaign on November 12, 2023^[6] and endorsed Trump on January 19, 2024.^[7]

Immediately after polls closed at 7:00pm EST, multiple media outlets called the primary for Trump.^[8]^[9] Trump received the highest number of votes of any candidate for either party in the history of the South Carolina primaries, breaking the record previously held by George W. Bush in 2000.^[8]^[9]

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Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Nikki Haley	Donald Trump	Other/ Undecided^[a]	Margin
270toWin^[50]	February 16–20, 2024	February 21, 2024	34.6%	61.6%	3.8%	Trump +27.0
FiveThirtyEight^[51]	through February 23, 2024	February 24, 2024	34.0%	61.6%	4.4%	Trump +27.6
RealClearPolling^[52]	February 14, 2024 – February 23, 2024	February 23, 2024	37.5%	60.8%	1.7%	Trump +23.3

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[b]	Margin of error	Doug Burgum	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Nikki Haley	Asa Hutchinson	Mike Pence	Vivek Ramaswamy	Tim Scott	Donald Trump	Other	Undecided
Trafalgar Group^[53]	Feb 21–23, 2024	1093 (LV)	± 2.9%	–	–	–	37.5%	–	–	–	–	58.9%	–	3.6%^[c]
Suffolk University/USA Today^[54]	Feb 15–18, 2024	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	–	–	–	35%	–	–	–	–	63%	–	2%^[d]
Emerson College/The Hill^[55]	Feb 15–17, 2024	1197 (LV)	± 2.8%	–	–	–	35.4%	–	–	–	–	57.9%	–	6.7%
Insider Advantage^[56]	Feb 14–15, 2024	800 (LV)	± 3.9%	–	–	–	38%	–	–	–	–	60%	1%	1%
Trafalgar Group^[57]	Feb 13–15, 2024	1,089 (LV)	± 2.9%	–	–	–	33.6%	–	–	–	–	63.3%	–	3%
The Citadel^[58]	Feb 5–11, 2024	505 (LV)	± 5.7%	–	–	–	31%	–	–	–	–	64%	3%	2%
Winthrop University^[59]	Feb 2–10, 2024	749 (LV)	± 3.6%	–	–	–	28.7%	–	–	–	–	64.9%	3.3%	2%
Washington Post/Monmouth University^[60]	Jan 26–30, 2024	815 (LV)	± 3.9%	–	–	–	32%	–	–	–	–	58%	2%	8%
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates^[61]	Jan 28–29, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	–	–	–	31%	–	–	–	–	66%	–	4%
The Tyson Group/The American Promise^[62]	Jan 24–26, 2024	543 (LV)	± 4.4%	–	–	–	31%	–	–	–	–	58%	–	11%
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates^[61]	Jan 17–18, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	–	–	–	28%	–	–	–	–	68%	–	4%
Emerson College^[63]	Jan 2–3, 2024	584 (LV)	± 4.0%	–	4.8%	6.6%	25.1%	0.2%	–	3.1%	–	54.4%	–	1.9%
Trafalgar Group^[64]	Dec 6–8, 2023	1,087 (LV)	± 2.9%	–	5.8%	14.4%	22.8%	0.3%	–	6.1%	–	48.7%	–	1.9%
Morning Consult^[65]	Nov 1–30, 2023	856 (LV)	–	0%	2%	13%	19%	–	–	3%	7%	57%	–	–
Winthrop University Center for Public Opinion & Policy Research^[66]	Nov 4–12, 2023	780 (RV)	± 3.51%	0.3%	1.6%	12.5%	18.7%	0.4%	–	3.4%	10.6%	47.6%	2.1%^[e]	2.7%
Morning Consult^[65]	Oct 1–31, 2023	927 (LV)	–	0%	1%	11%	15%	0%	3%	6%	7%	58%	–	–
CNN/SSRS^[67]	Oct 18–25, 2023	738 (LV)	± 4.8%	0%	2%	11%	22%	0%^[f]	2%	1%	6%	53%	0%^[g]	1%
Morning Consult^[65]	Sep 1–30, 2023	854 (LV)	–	–	1%	10%	13%	0%	3%	6%	7%	59%	0%^[h]	1%
Fox Business^[68]	Sep 14–18, 2023	809 (LV)	± 3.5%	<0.5%	4%	10%	18%	1%	4%	5%	9%	46%	1%^[i]	3%
Washington Post/Monmouth University^[69]	Sep 6–11, 2023	506 (LV)	± 4.6%	0%	5%	9%	18%	2%	3%	3%	10%	46%	1%^[j]	4%
Morning Consult^[65]	Aug 1–31, 2023	910 (LV)	–	–	1%	14%	11%	0%	4%	8%	7%	55%	0%^[h]	–
Trafalgar Group (R)^[70]	Aug 17–19, 2023	1,054 (LV)	± 2.9%	0%	2%	14%	8%	0%	2%	6%	14%	48%	0%^[k]	1%
Morning Consult^[65]	July 1–31, 2023	907 (LV)	–	0%	1%	15%	12%	1%	3%	6%	7%	54%	0%^[l]	1%
Fox Business^[71]	Jul 15–19, 2023	809 (LV)	± 3.5%	<0.5%	2%	13%	14%	1%	4%	3%	10%	48%	–^[m]	4%
Morning Consult^[65]	June 1–30, 2023	907 (LV)	–	0%	1%	20%	12%	0%	4%	3%	10%	48%	1%^[n]	1%
National Public Affairs^[72]	Jun 20–21, 2023	809 (LV)	–	1%	5%	18%	12%	2%	2%	2%	10%	41%	–	6%
Morning Consult^[65]	May 1–31, 2023	875 (LV)	–	–	–	19%	13%	0%	4%	3%	7%	52%	1%^[o]	1%
National Research^[73]^[A]	May 24–25, 2023	500 (LV)	± 4.38%	–	–	18%	10%	1%	1%	1%	12%	43%	1%^[p]	13%
National Public Affairs^[74]	May 15–17, 2023	590 (LV)	± 4.0%	–	–	23%	15%	3%	2%	2%	10%	38%	–	8%
Morning Consult^[65]	Apr 1–30, 2023	810 (LV)	–	–	–	17%	17%	0%	5%	1%	4%	52%	3%^[q]	1%
National Public Affairs^[75]	Apr 11–14, 2023	588 (LV)	± 4.2%	–	–	21%	19%	1%	2%	1%	7%	43%	1%^[r]	6%
Winthrop University^[76]	Mar 25 – April 1, 2023	485 (RV)	± 4.6%	–	–	20%	18%	0%	5%	–	7%	41%	5%^[s]	4%
Morning Consult^[65]	Mar 1–31, 2023	806 (LV)	–	–	–	22%	15%	–	5%	0%	4%	49%	3%^[t]	2%
Morning Consult^[65]	Feb 1–28, 2023	689 (LV)	–	–	–	24%	18%	–	5%	–	7%	43%	4%^[u]	–
Neighbourhood Research and Media^[77]^[B]	Feb 7–14, 2023	300 (LV)	± 5.9%	–	–	22%	16%	–	2%	–	2%	35%	–	23%
Morning Consult^[65]	Jan 1–31, 2023	974 (LV)	–	–	–	31%	14%	–	2%	–	5%	45%	2%^[v]	1%
Trafalgar Group^[78]	Jan 24–26, 2023	1,078 (LV)	± 2.9%	–	–	–	33%	–	6%	–	–	52%	9%^[w]	–
				–	–	–	21%	–	3%	–	23%	48%	5%^[x]	–
				–	–	29%	22%	–	4%	–	–	43%	2%^[y]	–
				–	–	28%	12%	–	2%	–	14%	43%	1%^[z]	–
Moore Information^[79]	Jan 18–24, 2023	450 (LV)	± 5.0%	–	–	31%	12%	–	4%	–	5%	41%	–	7%
				–	–	–	29%	–	–	–	–	62%	–	9%
				–	–	42%	–	–	–	–	–	49%	–	15%
Spry Strategies^[80]	Jan 17–19, 2023	386 (LV)	–	–	–	52%	–	–	–	–	–	33%	–	15%
Morning Consult^[65]	Dec 1–31, 2022	530 (LV)	–	–	–	28%	13%	–	4%	–	5%	44%	6%^[aa]	–
Winthrop University^[81]	Oct 22 – November 5, 2022	1,298 (A)	± 2.8%	–	–	–	37%	–	–	–	–	45%	–	19%
Echelon Insights^[82]	Aug 31 – September 7, 2022	294 (LV)	± 5.1%	–	–	33%	–	–	–	–	–	58%	–	9%
Trafalgar Group^[83]	Mar 25–29, 2021	1,014 (LV)	± 3.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	64%	11%^[ab]	25%^[ac]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	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 Stuckenberg	361	0.05%
Total:	756,806	100.00%	50	0	50
Source: ^[85]

District	Trump	Haley
1st	46.8%	52.5%
2nd	55.5%	43.8%
3rd	67.5%	31.8%
4th	59.6%	39.5%
5th	65.5%	33.9%
6th	53.7%	45.6%
7th	67.8%	31.7%
Source: "Election Night Reporting". Retrieved February 25, 2024.

County	Donald Trump		Nikki Haley		Others		Margin		Total votes
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	Total votes
Abbeville	76.35%	2,857	23.01%	861	0.64%	24	53.34%	1,996	3,742
Aiken	60.79%	15,179	38.66%	9,653	0.55%	137	22.13%	5,526	24,969
Allendale	71.26%	238	28.74%	96	0.00%	0	42.51%	142	334
Anderson	68.69%	23,735	30.60%	10,572	0.71%	245	38.10%	13,163	34,552
Bamberg	64.60%	637	34.89%	344	0.51%	5	29.72%	293	986
Barnwell	77.15%	1,604	22.37%	465	0.48%	10	54.79%	1,139	2,079
Beaufort	43.87%	17,083	55.44%	21,591	0.69%	269	-11.58%	-4,508	38,943
Berkeley	59.43%	17,976	39.83%	12,046	0.74%	223	19.61%	5,930	30,245
Calhoun	70.24%	1,397	29.26%	582	0.50%	10	40.98%	815	1,989
Charleston	37.72%	23,881	61.71%	39,072	0.57%	364	-23.99%	-15,191	63,317
Cherokee	85.26%	7,034	14.13%	1,166	0.61%	50	71.13%	5,868	8,250
Chester	78.15%	2,930	21.37%	801	0.48%	18	56.79%	2,129	3,749
Chesterfield	78.57%	3,440	20.76%	909	0.66%	29	57.81%	2,531	4,378
Clarendon	72.09%	2,846	27.51%	1,086	0.41%	16	44.58%	1,760	3,948
Colleton	70.05%	3,134	29.50%	1,320	0.45%	20	40.55%	1,814	4,474
Darlington	73.56%	5,608	25.91%	1,975	0.54%	41	47.65%	3,633	7,624
Dillon	84.61%	2,018	15.18%	362	0.21%	5	69.43%	1,656	2,385
Dorchester	57.11%	11,725	42.03%	8,629	0.86%	177	15.08%	3,096	20,531
Edgefield	73.92%	2,882	25.24%	984	0.85%	33	48.68%	1,898	3,899
Fairfield	65.63%	1,577	33.71%	810	0.67%	16	31.92%	767	2,403
Florence	70.42%	10,401	28.98%	4,280	0.60%	89	41.44%	6,121	14,770
Georgetown	57.14%	7,617	42.34%	5,644	0.52%	69	14.80%	1,973	13,330
Greenville	56.97%	54,123	42.06%	39,952	0.97%	923	14.92%	14,171	94,998
Greenwood	63.77%	6,427	35.66%	3,594	0.57%	57	28.11%	2,833	10,078
Hampton	72.43%	993	26.84%	368	0.73%	10	45.59%	625	1,371
Horry	66.81%	47,986	32.70%	23,489	0.48%	348	34.11%	24,497	71,823
Jasper	57.06%	3,174	42.35%	2,356	0.59%	33	14.70%	818	5,563
Kershaw	65.89%	6,182	33.58%	3,151	0.53%	50	32.30%	3,031	9,383
Lancaster	60.55%	9,485	38.78%	6,075	0.67%	105	21.77%	3,410	15,665
Laurens	76.22%	7,838	23.13%	2,379	0.65%	67	53.08%	5,459	10,284
Lee	78.89%	994	20.24%	255	0.87%	11	58.65%	739	1,260
Lexington	58.11%	27,460	41.21%	19,475	0.68%	323	16.90%	7,985	47,258
Marion	77.07%	1,906	22.40%	554	0.53%	13	54.67%	1,352	2,473
Marlboro	81.92%	1,405	17.43%	299	0.64%	11	64.49%	1,106	1,715
McCormick	62.36%	1,433	36.51%	839	1.13%	26	25.85%	594	2,298
Newberry	64.89%	3,819	34.43%	2,026	0.68%	40	30.47%	1,793	5,885
Oconee	60.19%	10,230	39.21%	6,664	0.61%	103	20.98%	3,566	16,997
Orangeburg	67.26%	3,815	32.18%	1,825	0.56%	32	35.08%	1,990	5,672
Pickens	67.58%	15,613	31.76%	7,337	0.66%	152	35.82%	8,276	23,102
Richland	41.40%	13,697	57.72%	19,098	0.88%	292	-16.32%	-5,401	33,087
Saluda	72.31%	2,309	27.00%	862	0.69%	22	45.32%	1,447	3,193
Spartanburg	69.75%	33,039	29.44%	13,946	0.80%	381	40.31%	19,093	47,366
Sumter	64.85%	5,556	34.44%	2,951	0.71%	61	30.40%	2,605	8,568
Union	84.18%	3,193	15.45%	586	0.37%	14	68.73%	2,607	3,793
Williamsburg	80.01%	1,789	19.54%	437	0.45%	10	60.47%	1,352	2,236
York	57.91%	24,231	41.39%	17,318	0.70%	292	16.52%	6,913	41,841

2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary

Background

Procedure

Candidates

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Results

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