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The 2024 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary was held on February 3, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. [2] 65 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates. [3]
However, the primary was deemed non-binding, so the South Carolina primary was the first contest in which candidates could earn delegates. [4] President Biden won the primary in a landslide, winning all 55 of the state's unbound delegates. [5] The Democratic primary recorded low voter turnout among registered voters, with only 4% participating. [6]
On February 4, the Democratic National Committee approves a new primary calendar, moving South Carolina to February 3, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on February 6, Georgia on February 13, and Michigan on February 27. Iowa, which traditionally goes first, would then be held later in the primary season.
Why South Carolina is going first. South Carolina is the first official contest of the national Democratic Party’s nomination process to choose a nominee for the November general election.
South Carolina is an open primary state, which means residents can vote in either the Democratic primary on Saturday, Feb. 3 or the Republican primary three weeks later on Saturday, Feb. 24 ...
President Joe Biden speaks to supporters at the SCDP First-in-the-Nation dinner in Columbia, S.C. on Jan. 27, one week ahead of the state's Democratic primary for the 2024 presidential election.
President Barack Obama won the Democratic Party nomination by securing more than the required 2,383 delegates on April 3, 2012, after a series of primary elections and caucuses. He was formally nominated by the 2012 Democratic National Convention on September 5, 2012, in Charlotte, North Carolina .
No delegates were awarded from the January New Hampshire primary. The January New Hampshire primary was not sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DNC-approved 2024 calendar placed the South Carolina primary first, but New Hampshire state law mandates them to hold the first primary in the country, and a "bipartisan group of ...