In the 2016 Democratic Presidential Preference Primary held Saturday, Feb. 27, Hillary Clinton was declared the winner early in the evening by a large margin. Bernie Sanders placed second, while Willie Wilson took third and Martin O’Malley took fourth.

According to scvotes.org, statewide votes and precinct votes in the Bulletin readership area were broken down as follows:

In the statewide analysis below, voter turnout averaged 12.72 percent with 370,719 votes cast.

Candidate	Percentage of votes received	Total ballots cast
Hillary Clinton	73.47	270,810
Bernie Sanders	25.97	95,737
Willie Wilson	0.36	1,317
Martin O’Malley	0.19	713

 

Spartanburg County

 

Candidate	Percentage of votes received	Total ballots cast
Hillary Clinton	70.34	10,662
Bernie Sanders	29.34	4,447
Willie Wilson	0.18	27
Martin O’Malley	0.15	22

 

At the Landrum High School precinct, 115 votes were cast, for a 5.16 percent voter turnout. At the Landrum United Methodist Church precinct, 136 votes were cast, for a 5.12 percent voter turnout.

 

Greenville County

 

Candidate	Percentage of votes received	Total ballots cast
Hillary Clinton	64.08	19,807
Bernie Sanders	35.48	10,965
Willie Wilson	0.28	87
Martin O’Malley	0.16	50

 

At the Gowensville precinct, 104 votes were cast, for a 5.74 percent voter turnout.