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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsSC The 2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on February 29, 2020 and was the fourth nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The South Carolina primary was an open primary and awarded 64 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 54 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Former vice president Joe Biden and senator Bernie Sanders were the only candidates to earn delegates. Biden won 48.7% of the popular vote and notably placed first in every county in the state; it was his first ever win in a presidential primary. Sanders came in second place and won 19.8% of the popular vote. Businessman Tom Steyer, who had staked his entire campaign on the state, placed third but did not surpass the threshold and dropped out of the race, endorsing Biden.

The primary was widely interpreted as a turning point for the 2020 primaries, with Joe Biden gaining momentum going into the pivotal Super Tuesday races three days later. Following successes in the previous primaries, former mayor Pete Buttigieg and senator Amy Klobuchar received very disappointing results and initially wanted to stay in the race, but they both suspended their campaigns shortly before Super Tuesday and endorsed Biden on the day before.[1][2][3] While Biden and former mayor Michael Bloomberg were left as the only moderates afterwards, the majority coalesced around Biden in the race against left-wing candidates Sanders and senator Elizabeth Warren.[4]

Procedure

Primary elections were held on Saturday, February 29, 2020. In the open primary, candidates had to meet a viability threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 54 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, 35 were allocated on the basis of the results within each congressional district, between 3 and 8 were allocated to each of the state's seven congressional districts. Another 7 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 12 at-large delegates.[5]

The precinct reorganization meetings subsequently were held on March 14, 2020, to choose delegates for the county conventions, directly followed by county conventions until March 31, to elect delegates to the state convention. On May 30, 2020, the state convention met in Columbia to elect all pledged national convention delegates. Delegates were allowed to participate from remote places due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The delegation also included 10 unpledged PLEO delegates: 8 members of the Democratic National Committee and 2 representatives from Congress.[5]

Voting was done by each voter selecting choices on a screen, so the machine printed a ballot with chosen names and a bar code. Voters could check the printed names before putting the ballot in the ballot box, though few do that.[6] A scanner counted the bar codes, not the names,[7] and no audit was required to check if the machines worked correctly.[8]

Voters could absentee vote in-person until February 28, 2020, at 5:00 pm local time (EST) or submit absentee votes by mail. Election officials recommended applying to absentee vote by-mail a week in advance so that voters had time to receive their absentee ballot and mail it in by election day.[9][10] Polling places closed at 7:00 pm; however, anyone standing in line at 7:00 pm were still allowed to vote.[11]

Pledged national
convention
delegates[12]
Type Шаблон:Abbr
CD1 6
CD2 4
CD3 3
CD4 4
CD5 5
CD6 8
CD7 5
Шаблон:Abbr 7
At-large 12
Total pledged delegates 54

Candidates

There was a $20,000 filing fee to get on the ballot, the largest in the nation. Along with the filing fee, an application[13] was required to be submitted to the South Carolina State committee by December 4, 2019.

The following candidates were placed on the ballot:[14]

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Additionally, Julian Castro and Marianne Williamson were both accepted onto the ballot, but withdrew soon enough that they did not appear on the ballot.[15] Write-in votes are not permitted in South Carolina party primaries.[16]

Polling

Polling aggregation
Source of poll aggregation Date
updated
Dates
polled
Joe
Biden
Bernie
Sanders
Tom
Steyer
Pete
Buttigieg
Elizabeth
Warren
Amy
Klobuchar
Tulsi
Gabbard
Un-
decidedШаблон:Efn
270 to Win Feb 28, 2020 Feb 23–27, 2020 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|35.8% 20.2% 13.4% 10.0% 8.2% 5.0% 2.6% 4.8%
RealClear Politics Feb 28, 2020 Feb 23–27, 2020 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|39.7% 24.3% 11.7% 11.3% 6.0% 5.7% 2.3% Шаблон:Efn
FiveThirtyEight Feb 28, 2020 until Feb 27, 2020Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|38.4% 19.1% 12.4% 8.5% 7.0% 4.3% 2.6% 7.7%Шаблон:Efn
Average Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|38.0% 21.2% 12.5% 9.9% 7.1% 5.0% 2.5% 4.9%Шаблон:Efn
South Carolina primary results (February 29, 2020) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 48.7% 19.8% 11.3% 8.2% 7.1% 3.1% 1.3%

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Polling in January and February 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
sizeШаблон:Efn
Margin
Шаблон:Nowrap
Joe
Biden
Michael
Bloomberg
Pete
Buttigieg
Tulsi
Gabbard
Amy
Klobuchar
Bernie
Sanders
Tom
Steyer
Elizabeth
Warren
Andrew
Yang
Other Undecided
South Carolina primary (popular vote) Feb 29, 2020 Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|48.65% 8.2% 1.26% 3.13% 19.77% 11.34% 7.07% 0.2% 0.38%Шаблон:Efn
Atlas Intel Feb 25–28, 2020 477 (LV) ± 4.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|35% 8% 2% 4% 24% 12% 7% 2% 6%
Emerson College Feb 26–27, 2020 550 (LV) ± 4.1% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|41% 11% 2% 6% 25% 11% 5%
Trafalgar Group Feb 26–27, 2020 1,081 (LV) ± 2.99% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|43.9% 9.6% 1.7% 5.9% 22.8% 10.5% 5.6%
Data for Progress Feb 23–27, 2020 1416 (LV) ± 2.6% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|34% 13% 3% 5% 25% 13% 7%
Change Research [1]/
Post and Courier
Feb 23–27, 2020 543 (LV) ± 5.1% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|28% 11% 5% 4% 24% 16% 12% 1%
Starboard Communications Feb 26, 2020 1,102 (LV) ± 2.82% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|40% 9% 2% 6% 11% 12% 9% 12%
Feb 25, 2020 Tenth Democratic primary debate
Monmouth University Feb 23–25, 2020 454 (LV) ± 4.6% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|36% 6% 1% 4% 16% 15% 8% 0% 15%
Clemson University Feb 17–25, 2020 650 (LV) ± 3.8% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|35% 8% 2% 4% 13% 17% 8% 12%
East Carolina University Feb 23–24, 2020 1,142 (LV) ± 3.37% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|31% 6% 2% 2% 23% 20% 8% 8%
Public Policy Polling Feb 23–24, 2020 866 (LV) ± 3.3% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|36% 7% 6% 3% 21% 7% 8% 11%Шаблон:Efn
Feb 22, 2020 Nevada caucuses
YouGov/CBS News Feb 20–22, 2020 1,238 (LV) ± 5.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|28% 10% 1% 4% 23% 18% 12% 3%Шаблон:Efn 1%
Marist Poll/NBC News Feb 18–21, 2020 539 (LV) ± 6.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|27% 9% 3% 5% 23% 15% 8% 2%Шаблон:Efn 9%
997 (RV) ± 4.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|25% 9% 3% 5% 24% 15% 8% 2%Шаблон:Efn 9%
Winthrop University Feb 9–19, 2020 443 (LV) ± 4.7% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|24% 7% 1% 4% 19% 15% 6% 1%Шаблон:Efn 2%Шаблон:Efn 22%
University of Massachusetts Lowell Feb 12–18, 2020 400 (LV) ± 7.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|23% 11% 4% 9% 21% 13% 11% 4%Шаблон:Efn 4%
Change Research/The Welcome Party Feb 12–14, 2020 1015 (LV) 23% 15% 1% 8% 23% 20% 9% 1%
East Carolina University Feb 12–13, 2020 703 (LV) ± 4.3% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|28% 6% 8% 1% 7% 20% 14% 7% 0% 8%
Feb 11–12, 2020 New Hampshire primary; Yang withdraws from the race.
Feb 3, 2020 Iowa caucus
Zogby Analytics Jan 31 – Feb 3, 2020 277 (LV) ± 5.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|28% 4% 7% 4% 2% 20% 15% 11% 1% 0%Шаблон:Efn 8%
East Carolina University Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2020 469 (LV) ± 5.3% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|37% 1% 4% 2% 2% 14% 19% 8% 3% 0%Шаблон:Efn 10%
Change Research/
Post and Courier
Jan 26–29, 2020 651 (LV) ± 4% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|25% 7% 3% 2% 20% 18% 11% 3% 1%Шаблон:Efn 10%
Jan 13, 2020 Booker withdraws from the race
GQR Research/Unite the CountryШаблон:Efn Jan 9–13, 2020 600 (LV) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|36%Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Efn 5%Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Efn 15%Шаблон:Efn 12%Шаблон:Efn 10%Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Efn
Fox News Jan 5–8, 2020 808 (RV) ± 3.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|36% 2% 4% 1% 1% 14% 15% 10% 2% 3%Шаблон:Efn 11%
Polling before January 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
sizeШаблон:Efn
Margin
Шаблон:Nowrap
Joe
Biden
Cory
Booker
Pete
Buttigieg
Kamala
Harris
Beto
O'Rourke
Bernie
Sanders
Tom
Steyer
Elizabeth
Warren
Other Undecided
Change Research/
Post and Courier
Dec 6–11, 2019 392 (LV) ± 4.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|27% 5% 9% 20% 5% 19% 13%Шаблон:Efn
Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race
YouGov/FairVote [2] Nov 22 – Dec 2, 2019 400 (LV) ± 7.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|39% 2% 10% 2% 13% 7% 10% 13%Шаблон:Efn 4%
Quinnipiac University Nov 13–17, 2019 768 (LV) ± 4.8% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|33% 2% 6% 3% 11% 5% 13% 7%Шаблон:Efn 18%
YouGov/CBS News Nov 6–13, 2019 933 (RV) ± 4.2% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|45% 2% 8% 5% 15% 2% 17% 6%Шаблон:Efn
University of
North Florida
Nov 5–13, 2019 426 (LV) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|36% 2% 3% 4% 10% 8% 10% 6%Шаблон:Efn 23%
Nov 1, 2019 O'Rourke withdraws from the race
Monmouth University Oct 16–21, 2019 402 (LV) ± 4.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|33% 2% 3% 6% 1% 12% 4% 16% 7%Шаблон:Efn 15%
Change Research/
Post and Courier
Oct 15–21, 2019 731 (LV) ± 3.6% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 30% 3% 9% 11% 1% 13% 5% 19% 11%Шаблон:Efn
Firehouse Strategies/
Øptimus
Oct 8–10, 2019 607 (LV) ± 3.7% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|32% 2% 4% 5% 1% 8% 16% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 33%Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Efn
YouGov/CBS News Oct 3–11, 2019 915 (RV) ±3.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|43% 3% 4% 7% 1% 16% 2% 18% 6%Шаблон:Efn
Gravis Marketing Oct 3–7, 2019 516 (LV) ± 4.3% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|34% 6% 0% 4% 2% 10% 7% 9% 10%Шаблон:Efn 19%
Fox News Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2019 803 (LV) ± 3.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|41% 3% 2% 4% 0% 10% 4% 12% 8%Шаблон:Efn 16%
Winthrop University Sep 21–30, 2019 462 (RV) ± 4.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|37% 3% 4% 7% 2% 8% 2% 17% 6%Шаблон:Efn 12%
CNN/SSRS Sep 22–26, 2019 406 (LV) ± 5.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|37% 2% 4% 3% 2% 11% 3% 16% 4%Шаблон:Efn 10%
YouGov/CBS News Aug 28 – Sep 4, 2019 849 (RV)Шаблон:Efn ± 4.3% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|43% 2% 4% 7% 1% 18% 1% 14% 9%Шаблон:Efn
Change Research Aug 9–12, 2019 521 (LV) ± 4.3% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 36% 4% 5% 12% 1% 16% 1% 17% 7%Шаблон:Efn
Firehouse Strategies/
Øptimus
Jul 23–25, 2019 554 (LV) ± 3.8% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 31% 2% 4% 10% 0% 9% 12% 8%Шаблон:Efn 24%
Monmouth University Jul 18–22, 2019 405 (LV) ± 4.9% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|39% 2% 5% 12% 1% 10% 2% 9% 3%Шаблон:Efn 17%
YouGov/CBS News Jul 9–18, 2019 997 (RV)Шаблон:Efn ± 3.8% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|39% 3% 5% 12% 2% 17% 1% 12% 9%Шаблон:Efn
Fox News Jul 7–10, 2019 701 (LV) ± 3.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 35% 3% 2% 12% 0% 14% 0% 5% 3%Шаблон:Efn 20%
Jul 9, 2019 Steyer announces his candidacy
Change Research Jun 29 – Jul 4, 2019 421 (LV) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 27% 6% 6% 21% 1% 16% 0% 15% 8%Шаблон:Efn
Change Research Jun 17–20, 2019 308 (LV) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 39% 5% 11% 9% 5% 13% 0% 15% 5%Шаблон:Efn
Change Research Jun 11–14, 2019 933 (LV) ± 3.2% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 37% 5% 11% 9% 4% 9% 17% 8%Шаблон:Efn
YouGov/CBS News May 31 – Jun 12, 2019 552 (LV) Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 45% 4% 6% 7% 4% 18% 8% 8%Шаблон:Efn
Zogby Analytics May 23–29, 2019 183 (LV) ± 7.2% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 36% 4% 7% 4% 2% 13% 12% 4%Шаблон:Efn
Tel Opinion Research* May 22–24, 2019 600 (LV) ± 4.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 37% 2% 3% 7% 10% 8% 32%
Crantford Research May 14–16, 2019 381 (LV) ± 5.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 42% 4% 8% 10% 7% 8%
Change Research May 6–9, 2019 595 (LV) ± 4.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 46% 4% 8% 10% 2% 15% 8% 5%Шаблон:Efn
Firehouse Strategies/
Øptimus
Шаблон:Webarchive
Apr 30 – May 2, 2019 568 (LV) ± 4.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 48% 4% 5% 4% 1% 12% 5% 1%Шаблон:Efn 20%
Apr 25, 2019 Biden announces his candidacy
Apr 14, 2019 Buttigieg announces his candidacy
Change Research Mar 31 – Apr 4, 2019 744 (LV) ± 3.6% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 32% 9% 7% 10% 9% 14% 6% 12%Шаблон:Efn
12% 12% 15% 16% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 24% 11% 12%Шаблон:Efn
Mar 14, 2019 O'Rourke announces his candidacy
Emerson College Шаблон:Webarchive Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2019 291 (LV) ± 5.7% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 37% 6% 0% 9% 5% 21% 5% 16%Шаблон:Efn
Change Research Feb 15–18, 2019 600 (LV) ± 4.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 36% 10% 13% 8% 14% 9% 12%Шаблон:Efn
28% 1% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 35% 20% 18%Шаблон:Efn
Feb 19, 2019 Sanders announces his candidacy
Feb 9, 2019 Warren announces her candidacy
Firehouse Strategies/
Øptimus
Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2019 557 (LV) ± 4.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 36% 5% 12% 2% 8% 4% 2%Шаблон:Efn 31%
Head-to-head polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
Шаблон:Nowrap
Joe
Biden
Pete
Buttigieg
Bernie
Sanders
Elizabeth
Warren
Other Undecided
YouGov/FairVote[3]Шаблон:Efn Nov 22 – Dec 2, 2019 400 (LV) ± 7.5% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|73% 27%
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|66% 34%
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|61% 29% Шаблон:Efn 6%
39% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|61%
36% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|64%
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic|54% 46%
Tel Opinion Research May 22–24, 2019 600 ± 4.0% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 71% 10% 19%
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 70% 15% 16%
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 67% 15% 18%

Results

<section begin="SCresults" /> Шаблон:Multiple image Official results show that Joe Biden won the Democratic primary with 48.65% of the vote, with Bernie Sanders coming in second with 19.77%.[17][18][19] <section begin="SCresults" />

2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary[17]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[20]
Шаблон:Sortname 262,336 48.65 39
Шаблон:Sortname 106,605 19.77 15
Шаблон:Sortname 61,140 11.34 rowspan="10" Шаблон:N/A
Шаблон:Sortname 44,217 8.20
Шаблон:Sortname 38,120 7.07
Шаблон:Sortname 16,900 3.13
Шаблон:Sortname 6,813 1.26
Шаблон:Sortname (withdrawn) 1,069 0.20
Шаблон:Sortname (withdrawn) 765 0.14
Шаблон:Sortname (withdrawn) 658 0.12
Шаблон:Sortname (withdrawn) 352 0.07
Шаблон:Sortname (withdrawn) 288 0.05
Total 539,263 100% 54

<section end="SCresults" />

Results by county

Biden won every county.[21][22]

County Biden % Sanders % Steyer % Buttigieg % Warren % Klobuchar % Gabbard % Others % Rejected ballots Total votes Turnout of registered electors in %
Abbeville 1,129 57.69 286 14.61 312 15.94 80 4.09 60 3.07 42 2.15 26 1.33 22 1.13 3 1,960 12.54
Aiken 6,769 44.81 3,169 20.98 1,988 13.16 1,246 8.25 1,030 6.82 607 4.02 194 1.28 102 0.67 33 15,138 13.00
Allendale 552 58.29 119 12.57 241 25.45 9 0.95 17 1.80 2 0.21 2 0.21 5 0.53 0 947 16.37
Anderson 5,564 41.83 3,124 23.49 1,808 13.59 988 7.43 984 7.40 524 3.94 230 1.73 80 0.61 16 13,318 11.05
Bamberg 1,099 58.77 277 14.81 387 20.70 26 1.39 43 2.30 19 1.02 4 0.21 15 0.81 6 1,876 19.82
Barnwell 1,068 59.63 274 15.30 308 17.20 32 1.79 49 2.74 26 1.45 13 0.73 21 1.17 2 1,793 13.08
Beaufort 11,275 45.83 3,749 15.24 3,009 12.23 3,067 12.47 1,699 6.91 1,371 5.57 290 1.18 143 0.58 43 24,646 18.81
Berkeley 10,573 49.08 4,598 21.34 2,030 9.42 1,793 8.32 1,495 6.94 527 2.45 383 1.78 143 0.66 31 21,573 16.23
Calhoun 1,118 59.88 288 15.43 302 16.18 47 2.52 42 2.25 34 1.82 25 1.34 11 0.58 5 1,872 17.69
Charleston 28,292 44.30 12,245 19.17 4,734 7.41 8,078 12.65 6,932 10.85 2,302 3.60 1,013 1.59 268 0.42 84 63,948 21.78
Cherokee 1,812 57.14 3 21.22 347 10.94 104 3.28 106 3.34 66 2.08 38 1.20 25 0.79 2 3,173 9.60
Chester 2,033 63.77 633 19.86 223 6.99 102 3.20 88 2.76 58 1.82 23 0.72 28 0.89 6 3,194 15.56
Chesterfield 1,825 64.06 537 18.85 225 7.90 90 3.16 76 2.67 44 1.54 26 0.91 26 0.92 3 2,852 10.93
Clarendon 2,694 68.50 487 12.38 434 11.03 97 2.47 83 2.11 62 1.58 36 0.92 40 1.03 15 3,948 17.14
Colleton 2,318 57.76 153 3.81 64 1.59 73 1.82 679 16.92 526 13.11 174 4.34 26 0.63 5 4,018 16.00
Darlington 4,231 61.11 1,105 15.96 911 13.16 287 4.15 208 3.00 86 1.24 55 0.79 41 0.59 16 6,940 16.03
Dillon 1,485 64.09 362 15.62 319 13.77 39 1.68 39 1.68 38 1.64 8 0.35 27 1.17 9 2,326 12.47
Dorchester 7,657 47.55 3,494 21.70 1,509 9.37 1,457 9.05 1,189 7.38 403 2.50 316 1.96 77 0.48 21 16,123 15.24
Edgefield 1,327 55.87 419 17.64 370 15.58 77 3.24 89 3.75 44 1.85 20 0.84 29 1.21 7 2,382 13.84
Fairfield 2,352 61.09 428 11.12 773 20.08 84 2.18 88 2.29 47 1.22 50 1.30 28 0.73 10 3,860 24.63
Florence 8,676 58.82 2,635 17.86 1,877 12.73 569 3.86 607 4.12 221 1.50 83 0.56 82 0.57 29 14,779 16.76
Georgetown 4,776 52.46 1,574 17.62 1,018 11.39 697 7.80 376 4.21 327 3.66 114 1.28 52 0.59 16 8,950 20.19
Greenville 20,661 38.17 13,376 24.71 5,774 10.67 5,688 10.51 5,207 9.62 2,352 4.35 830 1.53 235 0.43 57 54,180 16.45
Greenwood 2,693 47.88 1,060 18.85 1,091 19.40 278 4.94 241 4.29 165 2.93 57 1.01 39 0.70 7 5,631 13.75
Hampton 1,116 53.09 319 15.18 541 25.74 33 1.57 40 1.90 18 0.86 12 0.57 23 1.10 10 2,112 16.46
Horry 13,281 43.82 6,757 22.29 3,841 12.67 2,877 9.49 1,724 5.69 1,269 4.19 387 1.28 175 0.58 59 30,370 13.02
Jasper 1,794 52.75 543 15.97 573 16.85 189 5.56 122 3.59 110 3.23 42 1.23 28 0.83 5 3,406 16.72
Kershaw 3,577 55.29 1,083 16.74 896 13.85 361 5.58 308 4.76 144 2.23 67 1.04 34 0.54 13 6,483 15.37
Lancaster 4,340 51.48 1,695 20.11 365 4.33 858 10.18 567 6.73 422 5.01 112 1.33 71 0.84 15 8,445 13.43
Laurens 2,413 49.76 1,001 20.64 748 15.43 204 4.21 244 5.03 120 2.47 73 1.51 46 0.95 10 4,859 12.19
Lee 1,876 68.87 332 12.19 364 13.36 49 1.80 53 1.95 11 0.40 18 0.66 21 0.76 7 2,731 23.50
Lexington 9,720 39.87 5,758 23.62 2,827 11.60 2,573 10.55 2,094 8.59 795 3.26 502 2.06 111 0.46 15 24,395 13.00
Marion 2,735 66.87 625 15.28 508 12.42 60 1.47 78 1.91 38 0.93 13 0.32 33 0.81 13 4,103 19.52
Marlboro 1,485 61.44 309 12.78 487 20.15 29 1.20 35 1.45 34 1.41 13 0.54 25 1.04 9 2,426 13.59
McCormick 730 48.18 208 13.73 381 25.15 68 4.49 42 2.77 54 3.56 16 1.06 16 1.06 4 1,519 20.62
Newberry 1,787 55.41 482 14.95 460 14.26 205 6.36 124 3.84 83 2.57 57 1.77 27 0.84 4 3,229 13.66
Oconee 2,181 37.60 1,392 24.00 742 12.79 560 9.66 405 6.98 403 6.95 81 1.40 36 0.61 5 5,805 11.07
Orangeburg 9,089 69.86 1,388 10.67 1,690 12.99 238 1.83 370 2.84 72 0.55 71 0.55 92 0.70 20 13,030 22.91
Pickens 2,513 32.62 2,141 27.79 901 11.70 761 9.88 823 10.68 375 4.87 163 2.12 27 0.35 4 7,708 10.45
Richland 35,869 53.15 11,347 16.81 8,269 12.25 4,491 6.65 5,392 7.99 1,285 1.90 528 0.78 309 0.45 65 67,555 25.71
Saluda 782 54.01 262 18.09 243 16.78 54 3.73 51 3.52 27 1.86 15 1.04 14 0.97 3 1,451 12.52
Spartanburg 9,977 42.31 5,870 24.89 2,911 12.34 1,849 7.84 1,816 7.70 749 3.18 278 1.18 131 0.56 31 23,613 12.45
Sumter 8,375 65.41 1,673 13.07 1,667 13.02 406 3.17 386 3.01 122 0.95 74 0.58 101 0.80 23 12,827 18.34
Union 1,295 57.22 430 19.00 322 14.23 58 2.56 73 3.23 34 1.50 19 0.84 32 1.42 2 2,265 13.72
Williamsburg 3,682 70.08 708 13.48 605 11.52 47 0.89 94 1.79 19 0.36 45 0.86 54 1.04 16 5,270 24.34
York 11,556 43.60 6,551 24.72 1,242 4.69 3,110 11.73 2,307 8.70 1,241 4.68 338 1.28 159 0.60 35 26,539 14.44
Statewide total 262,336 48.65 106,605 19.77 61,140 1.34 44,217 8.20 38,120 7.07 16,900 3.13 6,813 1.26 12132 2.25 794 540,057 16.38

Aftermath

Joe Biden's overwhelming victory, his first-ever primary win in his three presidential runs,[23][24] gave his campaign new momentum going into Super Tuesday after lackluster performances in Iowa and New Hampshire and a distant second-place finish in Nevada.[25] The Biden campaign claimed that the outcome proved he had the most diverse coalition of any Democratic candidate, as Iowa's and New Hampshire's Democratic electorates are over 90% white, while South Carolina's Democratic electorate is nearly 60% black.[26] Biden's success in the primary helped him overtake the lead in the then-popular vote from front-runner Bernie Sanders, who came in second.[25]

Despite Pete Buttigieg's initial claims that he would stay in the race following the primary, he suspended his presidential campaign the next day. In his concession speech, Buttigieg claimed he would have a negative effect on the race if he stayed in, which many took as Buttigieg not wanting to split the moderate vote in order to assist Biden.[27] However, while Buttigieg called Biden before making his announcement, he did not immediately endorse him. One day later, on the day before Super Tuesday, Buttigieg publicly endorsed Biden while speaking at Biden's rally in Dallas, Texas.[28]

Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar both had lackluster performances in South Carolina.[29] However, both candidates stated that they expected the outcome and still had a strong chance of doing well on Super Tuesday.[30] Nonetheless, on March 2, two days after the primary and the day before Super Tuesday, Klobuchar dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden.[31]

Billionaire Tom Steyer, whose campaign was reliant on getting the black vote, dropped out after a lackluster performance in the state. Steyer's campaign had concentrated its advertising efforts on South Carolina, spending more money on television commercials in the state than all the other Democratic candidates combined. Steyer stated in his concession speech that he did not see a path to winning the presidency based on the results.[1]

On February 28, 2020, former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe stated that he would consider endorsing Biden if he performed well in the South Carolina primary.[32] Shortly after it was announced that Biden would win the South Carolina primary, McAuliffe announced his endorsement on CNN.[33] In the following days, Biden received a slew of endorsements, including Virginia Congressman Robert C. Scott, U.S. senator from Illinois Tammy Duckworth (who held the Senate seat once occupied by Barack Obama), former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and former 2020 candidates Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, and Virginia Senator and former 2016 vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine.[34][35][36]

Analysis

Participation in the 2020 South Carolina presidential primary was significantly higher than it was in the 2016 presidential primary. Official election results indicate that 539,263 votes were cast.[17] This total represented a marked increase over 2016's 370,904 votes[37] and even a slightly higher amount than 2008's 532,468 votes.[38]

Biden's win was deemed a major victory, as he won all 46 counties in the state. The win was largely attributed to his support from 61% of African-American voters (African-American voters make up approximately 60% of the Democratic electorate in South Carolina).[39] Before the primary on February 26, House Majority Whip and longtime U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden.[40] Many cited Clyburn's endorsement as a reason for Biden's wide margin of victory, as Clyburn's endorsement was a deciding factor for many African American voters in South Carolina.[41] Thirty-six percent of all primary voters said that they made their decision after Clyburn's endorsement; of that total, 70% voted for Biden.[42] According to FiveThirtyEight, the outcome significantly boosted Biden's chance of winning multiple Super Tuesday states (especially southern states like North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia).

Sanders came in second place in the primary. He received an estimated 14% of the African-American vote, down from 16% in 2016.[43] Even in the Upstate region of the state, which was seen as friendly towards Sanders,[44] Biden won every county, although his margin of victory was smaller in that region than it was in other parts of South Carolina.[43]

Following the South Carolina primary, pollsters and analysts claimed that Buttigieg, Warren, and Klobuchar were losing momentum at a critical time in the race.[29] Exit polls showed that Buttigieg, who won Iowa and did well in New Hampshire, received only 2% of the black vote despite receiving endorsements from many prominent African Americans.[30] Klobuchar and Warren received little support in South Carolina, possibly because of black voters' lack of familiarity with them.[45]

Following their poor performances, Pete Buttigieg,[46] Amy Klobuchar,[47] and Tom Steyer[1] ended their presidential campaigns before Super Tuesday. This meant that moderate voters coalesced instead of splitting their votes between multiple candidates, giving Joe Biden multiple comeback wins on Super Tuesday.

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