‘Trump Country’ or ‘Haley Country’? Early Voting Underway in South Carolina

Tactical voting for Haley by non-Republicans evident in Mount Pleasant, but Trump enthusiasm clear elsewhere in state.

A person votes at an early voting site ahead of the Republican primary election at Wando Mount Pleasant Library in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Feb. 17, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

CHARLESTON, S.C.—The earliest early voting totals reveal that South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary has already attracted many more participants than the Democratic primary earlier this month and not by a small margin.

As of day three of the early voting period, which lasts from Feb. 12 to Feb. 22, the South Carolina Election Commission recorded 50,855 votes, more than the 48,213 recorded over the entirety of the Democratic presidential primary’s early voting period of Jan. 22 to Feb. 2.