Polls Close in South Carolina at 7:00pm.  Sometime around 5:00pm most media will begin reporting “preliminary exit poll” information.   However, it is important for South Carolinians to IGNORE ALL EXIT POLLING INFORMATION. The media are notorious for using “exit polls” to influence the last few hours of voting.

POLLS CLOSED !

Donald Trump Declared WINNER

See the moment the Trump HQ heard the Donald projected to win SC primary pic.twitter.com/UDg9A9NWxa

— John Santucci (@Santucci) February 21, 2016

Meet At The Old Mill, We Ride West At Midnight !!

[We will keep this thread at the top of the page throughout the evening as the results come in.]

CNN is covering the GOP election Results HERE  – Politico is covering the GOP election Results HERE  – Official State Results AVAILABLE HERE – Another good resource is AVAILABLE HERE

South Carolina state election officials are anticipating record voter turnout over 650,000