2020 South Carolina Democratic primary

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
2020 South Carolina Democratic primary
← 2016 February 29, 2020 2024 →
← NV
AL →
63 Democratic National Convention delegates (54 pledged, 9 unpledged).
The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote.
  x160px x160px x160px
Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Tom Steyer
Home state Delaware Vermont California
Delegate count 39 15 0
Popular vote 262,336 106,605 61,140
Percentage 48.65% 19.77% 11.34%
  x160px x160px
Candidate Pete Buttigieg Elizabeth Warren
Home state Indiana Massachusetts
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 44,217 38,120
Percentage 8.20% 7.07%
200px
200px
  Joe Biden

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

The 2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place in South Carolina, United States, on February 29, 2020, and was the fourth nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. This open primary awarded 63 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 54 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders were the only candidates to earn statewide delegates based on the results of the primary. Biden won 48.7% of the popular vote and notably placed first in every county in the state. Sanders came in second place and won 19.8% of the popular vote. Other candidates on the ballot did not receive a high enough vote share to receive any delegates.

Following the primary, candidates Tom Steyer, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar suspended their campaigns.[1][2][3]

Primary elections for statewide offices will take place on June 9, 2020.

Procedure

Primary elections were held on Saturday, February 29, 2020. In the open primary, candidates must 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 allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these 54 pledged delegates, 35 are allocated on the basis of the results within each congressional district, between four and eight are allocated to each of the state's seven congressional districts and another seven are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 12 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.[4]

The precinct reorganization meetings will subsequently be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020, to choose delegates for the county conventions, followed by county conventions between Wednesday, March 25, and Tuesday, April 7, to elect delegates to the state Democratic convention. On March 30, 2020, the state Democratic convention will meet in Columbia to vote on the unpledged delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 54 pledged delegates South Carolina sends to the national convention will be joined by nine unpledged PLEO delegates (seven members of the Democratic National Committee and two members of Congress, of which both are U.S. Representatives).[4]

Voting is done by each voter selecting choices on a screen, so the machine prints a ballot with chosen names and a bar code. Voters can check the printed names before putting the ballot in the ballot box, though few do.[5] A scanner counts the bar codes, not the names,[6] and no audit is required to check if the machines worked correctly.[7]

Voters could absentee vote in-person until February 28, 2020, at 5:00 pm local time (EST). Voters can also submit absentee votes by mail. Election officials recommended applying to absentee vote by-mail a week in advance so that voters have time to receive their absentee ballot and mail it in by election day.[8][9] Polling places closed at 7:00 pm; however, anyone standing in line at 7:00 pm were still allowed to vote.[10]

Candidates

There is a $20,000 filing fee to get on the ballot, the largest in the nation. Along with the filing fee, an application[11] was required to be submitted to the South Carolina State committee by December 4, 2019.

The following candidates were placed on the ballot:[12]

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

Additionally, Julián Castro and Marianne Williamson were both accepted onto the ballot, but withdrew soon enough that they did not appear on the ballot.[13] Write-in votes are not permitted in South Carolina party primaries.[14]

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-
decided[lower-alpha 1]
270 to Win Feb 28, 2020 Feb 23–27, 2020 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 39.7% 24.3% 11.7% 11.3% 6.0% 5.7% 2.3% –[lower-alpha 2]
FiveThirtyEight Feb 28, 2020 until Feb 27, 2020[lower-alpha 3] 38.4% 19.1% 12.4% 8.5% 7.0% 4.3% 2.6% 7.7%[lower-alpha 4]
Average 38.0% 21.2% 12.5% 9.9% 7.1% 5.0% 2.5% 4.9%[lower-alpha 5]
South Carolina primary results (February 29, 2020) 48.7% 19.8% 11.3% 8.2% 7.1% 3.1% 1.3% –
   – Debate qualifying poll as designated by the Democratic National Committee
Polling in January and February 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 6]		 Margin
of error		 Joe
Biden		 Michael
Bloomberg		 Pete
Buttigieg		 Tulsi
Gabbard		 Amy
Klobuchar		 Bernie
Sanders		 Tom
Steyer		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Andrew
Yang		 Other Undecided
Atlas Intel Feb 25–28, 2020 477 (LV) ± 4.0% 35% – 8% 2% 4% 24% 12% 7% – 2% 6%
Emerson College Feb 26–27, 2020 550 (LV) ± 4.1% 41% – 11% 2% 6% 25% 11% 5% – – –
Trafalgar Group Feb 26–27, 2020 1,081 (LV) ± 2.99% 43.9% – 9.6% 1.7% 5.9% 22.8% 10.5% 5.6% – – –
Starboard Communications Feb 26, 2020 1,102 (LV) ± 2.82% 40% – 9% 2% 6% 11% 12% 9% – – 12%
Data for Progress Feb 23–27, 2020 1416 (LV) ± 2.6% 34% – 13% 3% 5% 25% 13% 7% – – –
Change Research [1]/
Post and Courier		 Feb 23–27, 2020 543 (LV) ± 5.1% 28% – 11% 5% 4% 24% 16% 12% – – 1%
Feb 25, 2020 Tenth Democratic primary debate
Monmouth University Feb 23–25, 2020 454 (LV) ± 4.6% 36% – 6% 1% 4% 16% 15% 8% – 0% 15%
East Carolina University Feb 23–24, 2020 1,142 (LV) ± 3.37% 31% – 6% 2% 2% 23% 20% 8% – – 8%
Public Policy Polling Feb 23–24, 2020 866 (LV) ± 3.3% 36% – 7% 6% 3% 21% 7% 8% – – 11%[lower-alpha 7]
Feb 22, 2020 Nevada caucuses
Clemson University Feb 17–25, 2020 650 (LV) ± 3.8% 35% – 8% 2% 4% 13% 17% 8% – – 12%
YouGov/CBS News Feb 20–22, 2020 1,238 (LV) ± 5.5% 28% – 10% 1% 4% 23% 18% 12% – 3%[lower-alpha 8] 1%
Marist Poll/NBC News Feb 18–21, 2020 539 (LV) ± 6.0% 27% – 9% 3% 5% 23% 15% 8% – 2%[lower-alpha 9] 9%
997 (RV) ± 4.0% 25% – 9% 3% 5% 24% 15% 8% – 2%[lower-alpha 10] 9%
University of Massachusetts Lowell Feb 12–18, 2020 400 (LV) ± 7.5% 23% – 11% 4% 9% 21% 13% 11% – 4%[lower-alpha 11] 4%
Winthrop University Feb 9–19, 2020 443 (LV) ± 4.7% 24% – 7% 1% 4% 19% 15% 6% 1%[lower-alpha 12] 2%[lower-alpha 13] 22%
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% 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% 28% 4% 7% 4% 2% 20% 15% 11% 1% 0%[lower-alpha 14] 8%
East Carolina University Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2020 469 (LV) ± 5.3% 37% 1% 4% 2% 2% 14% 19% 8% 3% 0%[lower-alpha 15] 10%
Change Research/
Post and Courier		 Jan 26–29, 2020 651 (LV) ± 4% 25% – 7% 3% 2% 20% 18% 11% 3% 1%[lower-alpha 16] 10%
Jan 13, 2020 Booker withdraws from the race
GQR Research/Unite the Country[lower-alpha 17] Jan 9–13, 2020 600 (LV) – 36%[lower-alpha 18] –[lower-alpha 19] 5%[lower-alpha 20] –[lower-alpha 21] –[lower-alpha 22] 15%[lower-alpha 23] 12%[lower-alpha 24] 10%[lower-alpha 25] –[lower-alpha 26] –[lower-alpha 27] –[lower-alpha 28]
Fox News Jan 5–8, 2020 808 (RV) ± 3.5% 36% 2% 4% 1% 1% 14% 15% 10% 2% 3%[lower-alpha 29] 11%
Polling before January 2020
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 6]		 Margin
of error		 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% 27% 5% 9% – – 20% 5% 19% 13%[lower-alpha 30] –
Dec 3, 2019 Harris withdraws from the race
YouGov/FairVote [2] Nov 22 – Dec 2, 2019 400 (LV) ± 7.5% 39% 2% 10% 2% – 13% 7% 10% 13%[lower-alpha 31] 4%
Quinnipiac University Nov 13–17, 2019 768 (LV) ± 4.8% 33% 2% 6% 3% – 11% 5% 13% 7%[lower-alpha 32] 18%
YouGov/CBS News Nov 6–13, 2019 933 (RV) ± 4.2% 45% 2% 8% 5% – 15% 2% 17% 6%[lower-alpha 33] –
University of
North Florida		 Nov 5–13, 2019 426 (LV) – 36% 2% 3% 4% – 10% 8% 10% 6%[lower-alpha 34] 23%
Nov 1, 2019 O'Rourke withdraws from the race
Monmouth University Oct 16–21, 2019 402 (LV) ± 4.9% 33% 2% 3% 6% 1% 12% 4% 16% 7%[lower-alpha 35] 15%
Change Research/
Post and Courier		 Oct 15–21, 2019 731 (LV) ± 3.6% 30% 3% 9% 11% 1% 13% 5% 19% 11%[lower-alpha 36] –
Firehouse Strategies/
Øptimus		 Oct 8–10, 2019 607 (LV) ± 3.7% 32% 2% 4% 5% 1% 8% – 16% 33%[lower-alpha 37] –[lower-alpha 38]
YouGov/CBS News Oct 3–11, 2019 915 (RV) ±3.9% 43% 3% 4% 7% 1% 16% 2% 18% 6%[lower-alpha 39] –
Gravis Marketing Oct 3–7, 2019 516 (LV) ± 4.3% 34% 6% 0% 4% 2% 10% 7% 9% 10%[lower-alpha 40] 19%
Fox News Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2019 803 (LV) ± 3.5% 41% 3% 2% 4% 0% 10% 4% 12% 8%[lower-alpha 41] 16%
Winthrop University Sep 21–30, 2019 462 (RV) ± 4.9% 37% 3% 4% 7% 2% 8% 2% 17% 6%[lower-alpha 42] 12%
CNN/SSRS Sep 22–26, 2019 406 (LV) ± 5.9% 37% 2% 4% 3% 2% 11% 3% 16% 4%[lower-alpha 43] 10%
YouGov/CBS News Aug 28 – Sep 4, 2019 849 (RV)[lower-alpha 44] ± 4.3% 43% 2% 4% 7% 1% 18% 1% 14% 9%[lower-alpha 45] –
Change Research Aug 9–12, 2019 521 (LV) ± 4.3% 36% 4% 5% 12% 1% 16% 1% 17% 7%[lower-alpha 46] –
Firehouse Strategies/
Øptimus		 Jul 23–25, 2019 554 (LV) ± 3.8% 31% 2% 4% 10% 0% 9% – 12% 8%[lower-alpha 47] 24%
Monmouth University Jul 18–22, 2019 405 (LV) ± 4.9% 39% 2% 5% 12% 1% 10% 2% 9% 3%[lower-alpha 48] 17%
YouGov/CBS News Jul 9–18, 2019 997 (RV)[lower-alpha 49] ± 3.8% 39% 3% 5% 12% 2% 17% 1% 12% 9%[lower-alpha 50] –
Fox News Jul 7–10, 2019 701 (LV) ± 3.5% 35% 3% 2% 12% 0% 14% 0% 5% 3%[lower-alpha 51] 20%
Jul 9, 2019 Steyer announces his candidacy
Change Research Jun 29 – Jul 4, 2019 421 (LV) – 27% 6% 6% 21% 1% 16% 0% 15% 8%[lower-alpha 52] –
Change Research Jun 17–20, 2019 308 (LV) – 39% 5% 11% 9% 5% 13% 0% 15% 5%[lower-alpha 53] –
Change Research Jun 11–14, 2019 933 (LV) ± 3.2% 37% 5% 11% 9% 4% 9% – 17% 8%[lower-alpha 54] –
YouGov/CBS News May 31 – Jun 12, 2019 552 (LV) – 45% 4% 6% 7% 4% 18% – 8% 8%[lower-alpha 55] –
Zogby Analytics May 23–29, 2019 183 (LV) ± 7.2% 36% 4% 7% 4% 2% 13% – 12% 4%[lower-alpha 56] –
Tel Opinion Research* May 22–24, 2019 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 37% 2% 3% 7% – 10% – 8% – 32%
Crantford Research May 14–16, 2019 381 (LV) ± 5.0% 42% 4% 8% 10% – 7% – 8% – –
Change Research May 6–9, 2019 595 (LV) ± 4.0% 46% 4% 8% 10% 2% 15% – 8% 5%[lower-alpha 57] –
Firehouse Strategies/
Øptimus		 Apr 30 – May 2, 2019 568 (LV) ± 4.5% 48% 4% 5% 4% 1% 12% – 5% 1%[lower-alpha 58] 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% 32% 9% 7% 10% 9% 14% – 6% 12%[lower-alpha 59] –
– 12% 12% 15% 16% 24% – 11% 12%[lower-alpha 60] –
Mar 14, 2019 O'Rourke announces his candidacy
Emerson College Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2019 291 (LV) ± 5.7% 37% 6% 0% 9% 5% 21% – 5% 16%[lower-alpha 61] –
Change Research Feb 15–18, 2019 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 36% 10% – 13% 8% 14% – 9% 12%[lower-alpha 62] –
– 28% 1% 35% – – – 20% 18%[lower-alpha 63] –
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% 36% 5% – 12% 2% 8% – 4% 2%[lower-alpha 64] 31%
Head-to-head polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Joe
Biden		 Pete
Buttigieg		 Bernie
Sanders		 Elizabeth
Warren		 Other Undecided
YouGov/FairVote[3][lower-alpha 65] Nov 22 – Dec 2, 2019 400 (LV) ± 7.5% 73% 27% – – – –
66% – 34% – – –
61% – – 29% [lower-alpha 66] 6%
– 39% 61% – – –
– 36% – 64% – –
– – 54% 46% – –
Tel Opinion Research May 22–24, 2019 600 ± 4.0% 71% 10% – – – 19%
70% – 15% – – 16%
67% – – 15% – 18%

Results

242px
Popular vote share by county
Map legend
  •   Biden—70–80%
  •   Biden—60–70%
  •   Biden—50–60%
  •   Biden—40–50%
  •   Biden—30–40%
242px
Popular vote share by congressional district
Map legend
  •   Biden—60–70%
  •   Biden—50–60%
  •   Biden—40–50%
  •   Biden—30–40%

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%.[15][16][17] Delegate totals are estimates from the Associated Press.[18]

2020 South Carolina Democratic primary[15]
Candidate Votes  % Delegates[lower-alpha 67]
Joe Biden 262,336 48.65 39
Bernie Sanders 106,605 19.77 15
Tom Steyer 61,140 11.34 0
Pete Buttigieg 44,217 8.20 0
Elizabeth Warren 38,120 7.07 0
Amy Klobuchar 16,900 3.13 0
Tulsi Gabbard 6,813 1.26 0
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 1,069 0.20 0
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 765 0.14 0
Cory Booker (withdrawn) 658 0.12 0
John Delaney (withdrawn) 352 0.07 0
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 288 0.05 0
Total 539,263 100% 54

Results by county

Biden won every county.[19] [20]

County Biden  % Buttigieg  % Gabbard  % Klobuchar  % Sanders  % Steyer  % Warren  % Others  % Rejected ballots Total votes cast Turnout as % of total registered electors
Abbeville 1,129 57.69 80 4.09 26 1.33 42 2.15 286 14.61 312 15.94 60 3.07 22 1.13 3 1,960 12.54
Aiken 6,769 44.81 1,246 8.25 194 1.28 607 4.02 3,169 20.98 1,988 13.16 1,030 6.82 102 0.67 33 15,138 13.00
Allendale 552 58.29 9 0.95 2 0.21 2 0.21 119 12.57 241 25.45 17 1.80 5 0.53 0 947 16.37
Anderson 5,564 41.83 988 7.43 230 1.73 524 3.94 3,124 23.49 1,808 13.59 984 7.40 80 0.61 16 13,318 11.05
Bamberg 1,099 58.77 26 1.39 4 0.21 19 1.02 277 14.81 387 20.70 43 2.30 15 0.81 6 1,876 19.82
Barnwell 1,068 59.63 32 1.79 13 0.73 26 1.45 274 15.30 308 17.20 49 2.74 21 1.17 2 1,793 13.08
Beaufort 11,275 45.83 3,067 12.47 290 1.18 1,371 5.57 3,749 15.24 3,009 12.23 1,699 6.91 143 0.58 43 24,646 18.81
Berkeley 10,573 49.08 1,793 8.32 383 1.78 527 2.45 4,598 21.34 2,030 9.42 1,495 6.94 143 0.66 31 21,573 16.23
Calhoun 1,118 59.88 47 2.52 25 1.34 34 1.82 288 15.43 302 16.18 42 2.25 11 0.58 5 1,872 17.69
Charleston 28,292 44.30 8,078 12.65 1,013 1.59 2,302 3.60 12,245 19.17 4,734 7.41 6,932 10.85 268 0.42 84 63,948 21.78
Cherokee 1,812 57.14 104 3.28 38 1.20 66 2.08 3 21.22 347 10.94 106 3.34 25 0.79 2 3,173 9.60
Chester 2,033 63.77 102 3.20 23 0.72 58 1.82 633 19.86 223 6.99 88 2.76 28 0.89 6 3,194 15,56
Chesterfield 1,825 64.06 90 3.16 26 0.91 44 1.54 537 18.85 225 7.90 76 2.67 26 0.92 3 2,852 10.93
Clarendon 2,694 68.50 97 2.47 36 0.92 62 1.58 487 12.38 434 11.03 83 2.11 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 61.11 287 4.15 55 0.79 86 1.24 1,105 15.96 911 13.16 208 3.00 41 0.59 16 6,940 16.03
Dillon 1,485 64.09 39 1.68 8 0.35 38 1.64 362 15.62 319 13.77 39 1.68 27 1.17 9 2,326 12.47
Dorchester 7,657 47.55 1,457 9.05 316 1.96 403 2.50 3,494 21.70 1,509 9.37 1,189 7.38 77 0.48 21 16,123 15.24
Edgefield 1,327 55.87 77 3.24 20 0.84 44 1.85 419 17.64 370 15.58 89 3.75 29 1.21 7 2,382 13.84
Fairfield 2,352 61.09 84 2.18 50 1.30 47 1.22 428 11.12 773 20.08 88 2.29 28 0.73 10 3,860 24.63
Florence 8,676 58.82 569 3.86 83 0.56 221 1.50 2,635 17.86 1,877 12.73 607 4.12 82 0.57 29 14,779 16.76
Georgetown 4,776 52.46 697 7.80 114 1.28 327 3.66 1,574 17.62 1,018 11.39 376 4.21 52 0.59 16 8,950 20.19
Greenville 20,661 38.17 5,688 10.51 830 1.53 2,352 4.35 13,376 24.71 5,774 10.67 5,207 9.62 235 0.43 57 54,180 16.45
Greenwood 2,693 47.88 278 4.94 57 1.01 165 2.93 1,060 18.85 1,091 19.40 241 4.29 39 0.70 7 5,631 13.75
Hampton 1,116 53.09 33 1.57 12 0.57 18 0.86 319 15.18 541 25.74 40 1.90 23 1.10 10 2,112 16.46
Horry 13,281 43.82 2,877 9.49 387 1.28 1,269 4.19 6,757 22.29 3,841 12.67 1,724 5.69 175 0.58 59 30,370 13.02
Jasper 1,794 52.75 189 5.56 42 1.23 110 3.23 543 15.97 573 16.85 122 3.59 28 0.83 5 3,406 16.72
Kershaw 3,577 55.29 361 5.58 67 1.04 144 2.23 1,083 16.74 896 13.85 308 4.76 34 0.54 13 6,483 15.37
Lancaster 4,340 51.48 858 10.18 112 1.33 422 5.01 1,695 20.11 365 4.33 567 6.73 71 0.84 15 8,445 13.43
Laurens 2,413 49.76 204 4.21 73 1.51 120 2.47 1,001 20.64 748 15.43 244 5.03 46 0.95 10 4,859 12.19
Lee 1,876 68.87 49 1.80 18 0.66 11 0.40 332 12.19 364 13.36 53 1.95 21 0.76 7 2,731 23.50
Lexington 9,720 39.87 2,573 10.55 502 2.06 795 3.26 5,758 23.62 2,827 11.60 2,094 8.59 111 0.46 15 24,395 13.00
Marion 2,735 66.87 60 1.47 13 0.32 38 0.93 625 15.28 508 12.42 78 1.91 33 0.81 13 4,103 19.52
Marlboro 1,485 61.44 29 1.20 13 0.54 34 1.41 309 12.78 487 20.15 35 1.45 25 1.04 9 2,426 13.59
McCormick 730 48.18 68 4.49 16 1.06 54 3.56 208 13.73 381 25.15 42 2.77 16 1.06 4 1,519 20.62
Newberry 1,787 55.41 205 6.36 57 1.77 83 2.57 482 14.95 460 14.26 124 3.84 27 0.84 4 3,229 13.66
Oconee 2,181 37.60 560 9.66 81 1.40 403 6.95 1,392 24.00 742 12.79 405 6.98 36 0.61 5 5,805 11.07
Orangeburg 9,089 69.86 238 1.83 71 0.55 72 0.55 1,388 10.67 1,690 12.99 370 2.84 92 0.70 20 13,030 22.91
Pickens 2,513 32.62 761 9.88 163 2.12 375 4.87 2,141 27.79 901 11.70 823 10.68 27 0.35 4 7,708 10.45
Richland 35,869 53.15 4,491 6.65 528 0.78 1,285 1.90 11,347 16.81 8,269 12.25 5,392 7.99 309 0.45 65 67,555 25.71
Saluda 782 54.01 54 3.73 15 1.04 27 1.86 262 18.09 243 16.78 51 3.52 14 0.97 3 1,451 12.52
Spartanburg 9,977 42.31 1,849 7.84 278 1.18 749 3.18 5,870 24.89 2,911 12.34 1,816 7.70 131 0.56 31 23,613 12.45
Sumter 8,375 65.41 406 3.17 74 0.58 122 0.95 1,673 13.07 1,667 13.02 386 3.01 101 0.80 23 12,827 18.34
Union 1,295 57.22 58 2.56 19 0.84 34 1.50 430 19.00 322 14.23 73 3.23 32 1.42 2 2,265 13.72
Williamsburg 3,682 70.08 47 0.89 19 0.36 45 0.86 708 13.48 605 11.52 94 1.79 54 1.04 16 5,270 24.34
York 11,556 43.60 3,110 11.73 338 1.28 1,241 4.68 6,551 24.72 1,242 4.69 2,307 8.70 159 0.60 35 26,539 14.44

Aftermath

Biden's overwhelming victory, which was his first-ever primary win in his three presidential runs,[21][22] gave his campaign new momentum going into Super Tuesday after lackluster performances in Iowa and New Hampshire and a second place finish in Nevada.[23] The Biden campaign claimed that the outcome proved that he had the most diverse coalition of any Democratic candidate, as the other early states are made up of majority white electorates, whereas 60% of South Carolina’s Democratic electorate is African American.[24] Biden's success in the primary helped him overtake the lead in the popular vote from Bernie Sanders, who came in second.[23]

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 that he would have a negative effect on the race if he stayed in, which many took as Buttigieg not wanting to split the centrist vote, which would have significantly helped Bernie Sanders.[25] However, while Buttigieg called Joe Biden before making his announcement, he did not immediately endorse him or any other candidate. On March 2, Buttigieg endorsed Biden while speaking at Biden's rally in Dallas, Texas.[26]

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.[27] Shortly after it was announced that Biden would win the South Carolina primary, McAuliffe announced his endorsement on CNN.[28] Virginia Congressman Robert C. Scott also endorsed Biden after his victory.[29] In the following days, Biden received a slew of endorsements, including Tammy Duckworth, Harry Reid, and Amy Klobuchar.[30][31]

Billionaire Tom Steyer, whose campaign was reliant on getting the black vote, also dropped out after a lackluster performance in the state. Steyer's campaign had concentrated their 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]

Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar both had lackluster performances in South Carolina.[32] However, both candidates stated that they expected the outcome and still have a strong chance of doing well on Super Tuesday.[33] On March 2, two days after the primary, Klobuchar dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden.[34]

Analysis

Participation in the 2020 South Carolina presidential primary was significantly higher than it was in the 2016 presidential primary. Unofficial election results indicate that 528,720 votes were cast.[15] This total represented a 42% increase over 2016's 370,904 votes, but a slightly lower amount than 2008's 532,468 votes.[citation needed]

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).[35] Before the primary on February 26, Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden.[36] Many cited Clyburn's endorsement as a reason for Biden's wide margin of victory, as Clyburn's endorsement is a deciding factor for many African American voters in South Carolina.[37] Thirty-six percent of all primary voters said that they made their decision after Clyburn’s endorsement; of that total, 70% voted for Biden.[38] 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) However, according to Kohli, Clyburn's endorsement had little effect on Biden's win in South Carolina [39].

Sanders came in second place in the primary. He received an estimated 14% of the African-American vote, down from 16% in 2016.[40] Even in the Upstate region of the state, which was seen as friendly towards Sanders,[41] Biden won every county, although his margin of victory was smaller in that region than it was in other parts of South Carolina.[40]

Following the South Carolina primary, pollsters and analysts claimed that Buttigieg, Warren, and Klobuchar were losing momentum at a critical time in the race.[32] 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.[33] Klobuchar and Warren received little support in South Carolina, possibly because of black voters' lack of familiarity with them.[42]

Following their poor performances, both Pete Buttigieg[43] and Amy Klobuchar[44] ended their presidential campaigns before Super Tuesday.

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined; Bloomberg included as write-in votes are not permitted in SC primaries
  2. ↑ Candidate percentages add up to more than 100%
  3. ↑ FiveThirtyEight aggregates polls with a trendline regression of polls rather than a strict average of recent polls.
  4. ↑ Bloomberg 10.3%; Write-in votes are not permitted in SC primaries; this appears to be based on trendline regression
  5. ↑ Bloomberg only in 538, so no average can be made
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  7. ↑ Reported as "Someone else/Undecided"
  8. ↑ "Someone else" with 3%
  9. ↑ "Other" with 2%
  10. ↑ "Other" with 2%
  11. ↑ "Another candidate" with 4%
  12. ↑ Accumulated responses until he withdrew; name not included afterwards.
  13. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%; Bennet and Patrick were included until they withdrew; Bennet received no voters; Patrick accumulated few enough to round down to 0%
  14. ↑ Bennet and Patrick with 0%
  15. ↑ Bennet and Patrick with 0%
  16. ↑ Delaney with 1%; Bennet and Patrick with 0%
  17. ↑ The poll's sponsor, Unite the Country, is a pro-Biden super PAC.
  18. ↑ data from 538.com
  19. ↑ not released
  20. ↑ data from 538.com
  21. ↑ not released
  22. ↑ not released
  23. ↑ data from 538.com
  24. ↑ data from 538.com
  25. ↑ data from 538.com
  26. ↑ not released
  27. ↑ not released
  28. ↑ not released
  29. ↑ Booker with 2%; Bennet, Delaney, Patrick, and Williamson with 0%; "None of the above" with 1%
  30. ↑ Gabbard with 4%; Bloomberg with 3%; Klobuchar and Yang with 2%; Patrick and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Castro and Delaney with 0%
  31. ↑ Gabbard with 4%; Yang with 3%; Bloomberg and Klobuchar with 2%; Delaney and Patrick with 1%; Bennet, Sestak and Williamson with 0%; Bullock and Castro with no voters
  32. ↑ Yang with 4%; Gabbard, Klobuchar and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam, Patrick and Sestak with 0%
  33. ↑ Bullock, Delaney, Gabbard, and Klobuchar with 1%; Bennet, Castro, Messam, Sestak, Williamson, and Yang with 0%; someone else with 2%
  34. ↑ Bloomberg, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Williamson and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Messam and Sestak with 0%; someone else with 1%
  35. ↑ Klobuchar and Yang with 2%; Castro, Delaney and Gabbard with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Ryan, Sestak and Williamson with 0%
  36. ↑ Yang with 4%; Gabbard and Klobuchar with 3%; Bennet with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Ryan and Williamson with 0%
  37. ↑ Yang with 2%
  38. ↑ The poll did not announce this result separately; it is listed as part of 'Other'.
  39. ↑ Bennet, Klobuchar, Ryan, Williamson, and Yang with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Messam, and Sestak with 0%; "someone else" with 0%
  40. ↑ Bullock, Klobuchar and Yang with 2%; Castro, Delaney, Gabbard and Williamson with 1%; Bennet and Ryan with 0%
  41. ↑ Bennet, Gabbard, Ryan, Williamson and Yang with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Klobuchar, and Messam with < 0.5%; Sestak with 0%; someone else with 3%
  42. ↑ Yang with 2%; Gabbard, Klobuchar, Castro and "Someone else" with 1%; Delaney, Sestak and Bennet with 0%; Bullock, Messam, Ryan and Williamson with less than 0.5%
  43. ↑ Bennet, Klobuchar, Gabbard, and Williamson with 1%; Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Ryan, and Yang with 0%
  44. ↑ poll results among likely voters of this RV sample
  45. ↑ de Blasio, Bullock, Delaney, Gabbard, Klobuchar, Ryan, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Castro, Messam, Sestak and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 2%
  46. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Castro, Delaney, Klobuchar, Ryan, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, de Blasio, Gillibrand, Inslee, Messam, and Williamson with 0%
  47. ↑ Yang with 1%; "A different Democratic candidate" with 7%
  48. ↑ Bennet and Klobuchar with 1%; Castro, de Blasio, Gabbard, Gillibrand, and Inslee with <1%; Bullock, Delaney, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Sestak, Williamson, and Yang with 0%
  49. ↑ poll results among likely voters of this RV sample
  50. ↑ Delaney, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Klobuchar, Ryan, Williamson, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Gravel, Messam, Moulton, and Sestak with 0%
  51. ↑ Delaney, Williamson, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, de Blasio, Bullock, Castro, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Klobuchar, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, and Sestak with 0%
  52. ↑ Gabbard with 2%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Williamson, and Yang with 1%; Gravel, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan, and Swalwell with 0%
  53. ↑ Yang with 2%; Bullock, de Blasio, and Ryan with 1%; Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Klobuchar, Messam, Moulton, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  54. ↑ Yang with 3%; de Blasio, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Klobuchar, and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Gravel, Hickenlooper, Messam, Moulton, Ryan, and Swalwell with 0%
  55. ↑ Gillibrand, Gravel, Klobuchar, Messam, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Bullock, Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%; others with 3%
  56. ↑ Gillibrand with 2%; Castro, Gabbard, Hickenlooper, and Inslee with 1%; Delaney, Klobuchar, and Yang with 0%
  57. ↑ Yang with 2%; Abrams, Klobuchar, and Williamson with 1%; Bennet, Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, Ryan, and Swalwell with 0%
  58. ↑ Klobuchar with 1%
  59. ↑ Abrams with 7%; Castro, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Gabbard, Inslee, McAuliffe, Swalwell, and Williamson with 0%
  60. ↑ Castro, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, and Klobuchar with 2%; Delaney, Inslee, Messam, and Yang with 1%; Gabbard and Williamson with 0%
  61. ↑ Gillibrand with 3%; Bloomberg and Gabbard with 2%: Brown and Klobuchar with 1%; Castro, and Delaney with 0%; others with 8%
  62. ↑ Brown and Holder with 2%; Bloomberg, Castro, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, Swalwell, and Yang with 1%; Bennet, Cuomo, de Blasio, Delaney, McAuliffe, and Williamson with 0%
  63. ↑ Klobuchar with 5%; Castro with 4%; Delaney with 3%; Gabbard and Williamson with 2%; Gillibrand and Yang with 1%
  64. ↑ Klobuchar with 1%; Gillibrand with 0%
  65. ↑ But for the Biden vs Warren matchup, 'undecided' and 'other' voters are not included in the listed percentages for this poll.
  66. ↑ Would not vote with 4%
  67. ↑ This figure is an estimate from the Associated Press.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-29/polls-close-in-south-carolina-as-biden-hopes-for-a-jumpstart
  20. ↑ https://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/100517/Web02-state.242137/#/access-to-races
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  36. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  37. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. ↑ https://relativitydigest.com/2020/03/08/did-clyburn-help-biden-in-south-carolina/
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  41. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  43. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  44. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=2020_South_Carolina_Democratic_primary&oldid=726155621"