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20th February 2016, 10:10 AM
Unlike Iowa and New Hampshire, delegates in South Carolina are allocated by a modified winner-take-all system. If Trump wins South Carolina – which a new CNN/ORC poll suggests he’s still well-positioned to do – he gets 29 delegates, without qualifications. That’s only slightly fewer than all of his competitors have to date, combined.
A total of 50 delegates are available in South Carolina: 29 to the winner of the primary, and then three delegates for each of state’s seven congressional districts. Mathematically, it’s almost impossible to win the primary without winning a few of the district, so it’s safe to say Saturday’s winner will end up with somewhere between 38 and 50 delegates, just from this one contest.
Trump better win.
A total of 50 delegates are available in South Carolina: 29 to the winner of the primary, and then three delegates for each of state’s seven congressional districts. Mathematically, it’s almost impossible to win the primary without winning a few of the district, so it’s safe to say Saturday’s winner will end up with somewhere between 38 and 50 delegates, just from this one contest.
Trump better win.