GOP sees twice as many early voters as Democrats in S.C.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Election Commission says about twice the number of people have cast ballots in the Republican presidential primary than in the Democratic primary earlier this month.
The commission said more than 95,000 people have voted in the first six days of early voting in the GOP primary. That’s about two times the total number of voters who took part in the two-week early-voting cycle in the Democratic primary.
So far, Horry County has the most residents voting early at the polls, with more than 13,000 votes. They are followed by Greenville County at more than 10,000 and Charleston County with a little more than 8,000 votes.
Voters will choose between former President Donald Trump; former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley; pastor and businessman Ryan Binkley and businessman David Stuckenburg.
Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, each of whom suspended their campaigns, also appear on the primary ballot.
The latest CBS News poll released last week shows Trump with a 65-30 lead over Haley.
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ed voters are eligible to vote in the state’s Republican primary as long as they did not vote earlier this month in the state’s Democratic primary. South Carolina law allows voters to choose to vote in either party’s primary but does not allow a voter to cast ballots in both of them.
Overall, the state saw less than 5% turnout for this year’s Democratic presidential primary, with a total of 131,870 ballots cast between early voting and on the day of the primary, the commission said. President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic primary, pulling in more than 96% of the vote.
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