In her hometown, support for her is strong, but that does not mean she will win

South Carolina delegates in 2016: a republican challenge for the Democratic presidential nominee Haley and the Iowa caucus goinger Martha McCann

The primary is locally run at the county level and ultimately certified by South Carolina’s State Election Commission. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET, and there are more than 2,000 polling precincts.

Fifty is the most that any state has so far. Six of the total number of delegates will have been selected by the convention after South Carolina’s Republican primary. Trump is leading Haley with 63-17 in delegates at this point. A candidate needs 1,215 to be the nominee.

The four political regions are the Lowcountry, Pee Dee, the Midlands and the Upstate. In 2016, Trump won the primary with 32.5%, and it was pretty spread out, with him winning all but two of the state’s 46 counties. He narrowly lost Charleston County (Lowcountry) and Richland County (Midlands), which is home to Columbia, the state capital.

Haley is trying hard to remind voters of her record as South Carolina’s governor, but demographically in a Republican primary against Trump, South Carolina is an uphill climb for her.

Independents are allowed to vote in the primary in South Carolina, like in New Hampshire. But in 2016, 76% of South Carolina GOP primary voters were Republicans.

The majority of Iowa caucus goers identified as Republicans, which led to Trump winning there. In New Hampshire, 50% of primary voters identified as Republicans, and there he won by 11 points.

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She promised that she would continue campaigning until the last person votes. She later told NPR she would stay in though at least Super Tuesday, which is on March 5.

“I haven’t actually sat down and thought about what comes after that,” Haley said. The goal was for people’s voices to be heard, but we didn’t want South Carolina to be the only state that votes on Tuesday.

The diner is often a hub for local activity and it hosted events for politicians in the past. Today though, it’s a construction zone, as the town recovers from a major tornado that tore through in January.

The restaurant’s roof blew off after the restaurant flooded. But she was happy to host a few residents from the area, who gathered around a table to talk about Haley’s last push before the primary.

Nikki Haley’s hometown is strong, but that doesn’t mean she’ll win : A response to a 2016 South Carolina statehouse shooting

Sharon Carter is the chairperson of the Bamberg County Republican Party. She is unable to endorse a candidate in Saturday’s primary.

“It is astonishing to me that people are choosing Trump in her hometown,” Carter said. “Because people who do know her know that she’s an authentically real person.”

Boyce says Haley – who’s also a former ambassador to the United Nations – was a good governor for South Carolina during the six years she led the state.

But Boyce opposed her work to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse in 2015, in the aftermath of the racist shooting that left nine people dead at a historically Black church in Charleston.

“I’m as Southern as you get,” he said. “But that’s a thing of the past. It was for slavery, whether you like to hear it or not. It stood for racism. It stood for a lot of differences in our country.

Source: In Nikki Haley’s hometown, support is strong. But that doesn’t mean she’ll win

A mom’s perspective on Trump and the impact on the town of Crosby-Lee: How much do you care about your kids?

Crosby-Lee and her mother were at a local lunch spot on Thursday. She wishes Haley, with her high profile, would do more for the town’s struggling economy. But she sees value in Haley continuing her campaign, even if she can’t ultimately beat Trump.

Mary Jane remembers Haley as a “well-mannered” child who became an “amazing young lady” who’s made her home state proud. She contrasts Haley’s temperament with Trump’s.

“He did some good things for America, but he is just such a bully,” she says. “And well, he does not have any characteristics that we want any of our grandchildren to have.”

Mary Jane has supported Trump in the past, but she doesn’t think she would be able to support him again. Randy says he will never vote for Trump.

“It will not look good for her,” he says. “It will not look good for any candidate if you don’t win your home state. Trump just has so much base that they’re not going to change.”