Observe: percentages might replace as CBS Information collects extra knowledge.
Voters in South Carolina are weighing in on the 2024 Republican major election Saturday. Here is the newest on the components that went into voters’ selections — how they selected between former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on the poll field, based on exit polls.
South Carolina Republican major exit ballot outcomes for 2024
Most South Carolina GOP major voters reject the cost that Trump is mentally unfit to function president, based on early exit polls.
And South Carolina Republican major voters are additionally dissatisfied with the way in which issues are going within the nation general and fee the nation’s economic system negatively, based on early exit polls. In reality, practically 9 in 10 of those voters say they’re dissatisfied with how issues within the nation are going — together with practically half who say they’re offended about it. That is presently greater than the 36% of New Hampshire major voters who stated they have been offended. Eight in 10 say the economic system is both not so good or poor.
Bodily and psychological health for workplace
Haley has questioned Trump’s psychological health for workplace, however Trump’s voters overwhelmingly refute this, and most as a substitute cost that it is Haley who lacks the bodily and psychological well being wanted to serve successfully as president. In consequence, Trump beats Haley on this measure amongst Republican major voters general in South Carolina.
What does the South Carolina GOP major voters seem like? It is extra conservative.
These early exit polls present a largely conservative voters, and one which extra intently resembles that of the Iowa GOP caucuses than the New Hampshire Republican major.
This voters is extra conservative than it was in 2016, when Trump received the Republican major on this state.
Conservative: Greater than 4 in 10 of GOP major voters name themselves “very conservative,” greater than the 38% who recognized themselves that means within the 2016 major. In 2016, those that have been “considerably conservative” outnumbered those that have been “very conservative.” However the reverse is the case within the major right this moment.
MAGA: Virtually half of South Carolina GOP voters determine as “MAGA,” consistent with Iowa GOP caucusgoers (46%), however greater than what CBS Information noticed within the New Hampshire major.
Evangelical: About six in 10 voters are White evangelicals, about 3 times as many as there have been within the New Hampshire Republican major. And if this holds, it might be greater than the 55% who recognized as White evangelical within the Iowa caucuses.
Independents: Solely a couple of quarter of voters name themselves independents, decrease than the 44% in New Hampshire. About 4% of right this moment’s major voters determine as Democrats.
Race: As we frequently see with Republican major electorates, this voters is basically White. Greater than 9 in 10 voters are White.
When do polls shut in South Carolina?
Polls shut at 7 p.m.
When will we all know full South Carolina GOP major outcomes?
Major leads to the South Carolina Republican major will begin to are available after the polls shut. CBS Information won’t characterize or challenge the result of the race earlier than the final polls shut at 7 p.m. ET.
Present Republican delegate depend for the 2024 candidates
That is the newest CBS Information’ estimate of what number of delegates have been allotted to Republican candidates, primarily based on the outcomes of the nominating contests up to now. Heading into the South Carolina major, Trump had an estimated 63 delegates, in comparison with Haley’s 17 delegates. South Carolina allocates 50 delegates. Twenty-nine of them are state delegates and the winner will take all of them. Twenty-one are allotted by congressional district — three for every of the seven districts, and the winner takes all of the delegates in every district.
There are 50 delegates at stake and 29 shall be awarded to the winner of the statewide vote. Twenty-one delegates shall be allotted based on the vote in every of the state’s seven congressional districts. The highest vote-getter in every district will get three delegates from that district. The tracker presently contains estimated delegates allotted after the GOP contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
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