South Carolina Primary Results

Here are the South Carolina primary results:

Democrats:

Candidate	Votes	% of votes	Del.
Obama	295,091	55%	25
Clinton	141,128	27%	12
Edwards	93,552	18%	8
Kucinich	551	0%	0

Highlights:

• Obama completely runs away with this one dominating the polls
• 78% of Black voters voted for Obama
• While only 25% of white voters voted for him
• Female voters were split btwn Edwards and Clinton
  
• Edwards, born in South Carolina (although became a senator in NC), suffers another crushing defeat...It seems he will continue to fight

Republicans:

Candidate	Votes	% of votes	Del.
McCain	147,283	33%	19
Huckabee	132,440	30%	5
Thompson	69,467	16%	0
Romney	67,132	15%	0
Paul	16,054	4%	0
Giuliani	9,494	2%	0

Highlights:

• McCain coming out with another strong victory, but followed closely by Huckabee
• Surprisingly enough...Huckabee won the Christian/protestant vote
• A lot of people said they voted for Huckabee because he shares their values
• Separation of church and state much?
  
• McCain won the vote for people who felt strongly that the war in Iraq is the biggest problem facing this country