NPR first numbers: Biden 54.6% in SC, Bernie & Styer tied at 18.6%

[ucrdem]

from their website: https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200229-south-carolina/
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UPDATE 1: Now it's as follows:
Joe Biden - 46.3%
Bernie Sanders - 20.3%
Tom Steyer - 12.7%
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UPDATE 2:
Joe Biden - 50.0%
Bernie Sanders - 19.1%
Tom Steyer - 12.3%
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UPDATE 3 @ 4:30 pst:

Joe Biden - 50.8%

Bernie Sanders - 18.3%

Tom Steyer - 11.4%

[DonaldsRump]

1. Am feeling the Burn....the Biden Burn! n/t

[OnDoutside]

2. Wow !

[FloridaBlues]

3. Wow a blow out in SC.

[lapfog_1]

4. bernie won't win any state in the union with over 50%

not even Vermont.

[StevieM]

11. To be fair, I do think he will break 50% in Vermont.

I am not sure about everywhere else. I guess it depends on whether it comes down to a 2 person race after Super Tuesday.

[lapfog_1]

17. I should have added a sarcasm smiley

he will likely win Vermont by 50%.

[zackymilly]

5. Biden told everyone he would win SC. So much for the operation chaos! n/t

[Cha]

6. On the Edge of my Seat here, ucr!

Thank you for this much.. won't count on anything until all the votes are in.

[ucrdem]

18. Same here . .

Nobody had numbers until a few minutes ago when my local NPR feed went dark . . . so I went online and got the good word!

[ucrdem]

19. And now it's Joe Biden 52.1 %

[Cha]

21. Mahalo!

[TwilightZone]

7. That's with less than 1% of precincts reporting

They're just starting to tally the votes.

[ucrdem]

9. Yep it's already changed

Now it's Joe Biden 40.3%
Bernie Sanders 27.8%
Tom Steyer 14.2%

[TwilightZone]

13. Might want to note that in your OP.

Otherwise, people will likely get confused as other results come in.

[ucrdem]

15. Good idea

[Moderateguy]

8. So Biden is the first candidate this election cycle to win a majority of the votes cast and not just

a plurality

[ucrdem]

14. Now its 45.5 Biden, 20.3 Sanders, Styers out at 12.6

But it might go back up . . .

[Happyhippychick]

10. I demand a recount!!!

[questionseverything]

26. this is the first time sc has had paper to count since the mid 60s

only 1 race so would be easy to count

I would love to see an actual count by human beings, not machines

I would also like to know how the order of candidates listed affected voting...this new machine only shows 4 names on a page

[frazzled]

12. Oh my

That’s a huge margin and portends a real comeback come Super Tuesday. Aside from many Southern states coming up then, many are looking to a candidate to coalesce behind who is not Bernie Sanders.

This is big also because this is the largest state to vote thus far. 100,000 participated in the Nevada caucus; I think 500,000 are expected to have turned out in SC.

[spicysista]

16. Yay!

Geaux Joe!

[George II]

20. If this holds up Biden will get about 3/4 of the delegates, Sanders 1/4. We could have a NEW....

...front runner later tonight.

[ucrdem]

22. He's holding steady right at 50, 51%

Meanwhile my local NPR station is still radio silent . . . oh well

[George II]

23. MSNBC now has Biden at 67%, Steyer at 15%, Sanders at 11% but very early.....

Still they're saying Biden now has 20 of the 54 delegates, no others have been assigned yet.

[ucrdem]

24. Wow

Fortune is a fickle mistress but she really outdid herself on this one!

p.s. it looks like Styer who spent 26 million, 26 x what Biden spent, might get shut out eh?

[George II]

25. A long way to go though.

[520to17]

27. Yes

Yes!