By Andrew Wigger

awigger@civitasmedia.com

Voters in South Carolina let their voices be heard and picked Hillary Clinton to be the DNC presidential pick.
https://www.newberryobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_DSC_0304.jpgVoters in South Carolina let their voices be heard and picked Hillary Clinton to be the DNC presidential pick. Andrew Wigger | The Newberry Observer

Election workers Shannon Rodgers, Ryan Krehl and Tiana Fry working at the Bush River Community Center on election day.
https://www.newberryobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_DSC_0299.jpgElection workers Shannon Rodgers, Ryan Krehl and Tiana Fry working at the Bush River Community Center on election day. Andrew Wigger | The Newberry Observer

NEWBERRY COUNTY — The voters of South Carolina have spoken and they picked Hillary Clinton as the nominee during the Democratic Presidential Primary on Saturday.

“I am so greatly appreciative because today you sent a message, in America when we stand together there is no barrier too big to break. We’ve now gone through four early states, and I want to congratulate Senator Sanders on running a great race,” Clinton said.

According to scvotes.org, there was a voter turn out of 12.52 percent with roughly 370,000 votes being cast. This is in comparison to last week when there was a 25 percent turn out for the Republican Primary.

Clinton garnered 73 percent (270,810) of the vote and Sanders 26 percent (95,737). Willie Wilson and Martin O’Malley received 713 and 1,317 votes, respectively.

Newberry County had a voter turn out of 11.75 percent. This is compared to Fairfield County which had the highest voter turn out of 24.31 percent and Anderson County which had the lowest voter turn out of 6.63 percent.

“This campaign, and this victory tonight, is for the parents and teachers in rural South Carolina, they showed me the crumbling classrooms and communities too long neglected,” Clinton said. “We are going to work together to give our children the education they need, and deserve, here in South Carolina and across America.”

Clinton and Sanders are now setting their sights on Super Tuesday, where 11 states will cast their votes.

“Despite what you hear, we don’t need to make America great again. America has never stopped being great,” Clinton said. “But we do need to make America whole again, instead of building walls we need to be tearing down barriers.”

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