SC Democratic Primary Results
| Percent | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillary Clinton (DEM) |
 |
73.37% | 267,641 |
| Martin O’Malley (DEM) |
|
0.19% | 705 |
| Bernie Sanders (DEM) |
|
26.09% | 95,165 |
| Willie Wilson (DEM) |
|
0.35% | 1,292 |
| 364,803 |
(ABC News/WOLO) — Clinton received a big boost from black voters who accounted for six in ten primary voters, according to the exit polls, and Clinton won more than eight in 10 of their votes, a crushing score.
Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in the Nevada Democratic caucuses and was able to eke out a win over Sanders in the Iowa caucuses. The Vermont senator’s only outright win so far has been in the New Hampshire primary.
Up until now, Clinton and Sanders earned a roughly even number of delegates in the early states (the former secretary of state has a wide lead among the party’s super delegates), but the Clinton campaign is likely to use its projected victory in the Palmetto State to argue that Clinton has a firm grip on the nomination.
According to exit poll results, more South Carolina voters say they’d be satisfied with Clinton as the eventual nominee than Sanders, eight in 10 versus six in 10. That’s a reversal from New Hampshire, where more said they’d be satisfied with Sanders (79 percent) than with Clinton (62 percent).
The race now turns to Super Tuesday, where 12 states and one territory hold their caucuses and primaries on March 1.
