SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY TURNOUTS

State-by-State Results Page National charts and results from the states that have already voted.

Turnout for the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina has steadily increased over the years, although it has yet to exceed 25 percent of those who cast ballots in the November presidential election. That is a far cry from New Hampshire, where the primary turnout is frequently over 60% of the number that turn out to cast ballots in the fall.

South Carolina does not have voter registration by party. Any of the state’s 2.1 million registered voters can participate in the Feb. 19 Republican presidential primary. In the chart below, an asterisk (*) notes the highest turnout in each category. A dash (-) indicates that no primary was held.

SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY TURNOUTS
sss	Democrats	Republicans	Combined Primary Vote	General Election Turnout	Primary Vote as Percent of General Election Vote
1980	–	145,501	145,501	894,071	16.3%
1984	–	–	–	–	–
1988	–	195,292	195,292	986,009	19.8%
1992	116,414*	148,840	265,254	1,202,527*	22.1%
1996	–	276,741	276,741	1,151,689	24.0%*
2000		565,704*	565,704*