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Another day, another record. Early voting in South Carolina shot through the proverbial roof on Monday (October 21, 2024), with an unprecedented 126,741 registered voters casting their ballots for the 2024 general election.
That total didn’t stay “unprecedented” for long, though…
Yesterday (October 22, 2024), this mark was eclipsed by yet another stampede to the polls. According to SCVotes.gov, 127,792 registered voters cast ballots on the second day of early voting – bringing the two-day total to a whopping 254,533 votes cast.
How do these numbers compare to previous early voting cycles in the Palmetto State? Our inimitably incredible research director, Jenn Wood, has got you covered…
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Through just two days, 7.43 percent of South Carolina’s 3.42 million registered voters have already banked their ballots. Also, the current early voting total represents 10.04 percent of the 2.53 million registered voters who participated in the last presidential election in South Carolina.
That is significant, people… and again, we are only two days into a 12-day early voting period.
Expect those numbers to soar over the coming ten days… especially this Saturday (October 26, 2024) when voters are off of work.
Early voting began Monday and is scheduled to run through Saturday, November 2, 2024. With the exception of next Sunday (October 27, 2024), early voting centers are open from 8:30 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. EDT across the state.
Where should you go to cast your ballot? SCVotes.gov has got you covered…
As previously noted, South Carolina is not a competitive state in the 2024 presidential race. Donald Trump won the Palmetto State handily in both 2016 and 2020 – and is a virtual lock to win its nine electoral votes on November 5. No Democrat has carried the Palmetto State since Jimmy Carter did it in 1976 – and Kamala Harris isn’t going to break that streak. Similarly, no Democrat has won election at the statewide level since 2006.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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8 comments
Republicans, no rush. Trump said you should vote on JANUARY 5TH. So listen to your leader and vote then. He’s cognitive!
I’ve been hearing from some of my Trump supporting friends and families that they aren’t going to vote this year.
They say Trump is too old and totally out of it.
They are right this time??
So he’s just too old and out of it… now?
Not sure I’d count that as “right” but I guess better than nothing.
That’s what I thought.
But, at least they’re finally almost back to reality.
Leftist are losing their already lost minds. Thanks FITS.
Yep, losing their minds and headed in droves to the polls to keep the anti-American Russian puppet.
Bigly
Republicans will be voting in droves as well, after work.
Take care,
It would be nice to crunch the numbers on early voting this year compared to the last election. It would Also be interesting to see the percentage of each day versus total number of state voters. And possibly some breakdown by geographic area. Thanks