This graph shows how well each Republican candidate performed in the South Carolina Republican primary within voter cohorts segregated by what they considered to be the nations top issue, according to the exit polls conducted on February 20, 2016. Donald Trump received 51% of the vote from voters who considered immigration to be the issue that was most important.
Exit polls of the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary in the United States on February 20, 2016, share of votes by voter priority
Share of total votes in brackets
Donald J. Trump
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
John Kasich
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
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Washington Post. (February 20, 2016). Exit polls of the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary in the United States on February 20, 2016, share of votes by voter priority [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/516357/south-carolina-republican-primary-2016-exit-polls-votes-by-voter-priority/
Washington Post. "Exit polls of the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary in the United States on February 20, 2016, share of votes by voter priority." Chart. February 20, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/516357/south-carolina-republican-primary-2016-exit-polls-votes-by-voter-priority/
Washington Post. (2016). Exit polls of the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary in the United States on February 20, 2016, share of votes by voter priority. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/516357/south-carolina-republican-primary-2016-exit-polls-votes-by-voter-priority/
Washington Post. "Exit Polls of The 2016 South Carolina Republican Primary in The United States on February 20, 2016, Share of Votes by Voter Priority." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/516357/south-carolina-republican-primary-2016-exit-polls-votes-by-voter-priority/
Washington Post, Exit polls of the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary in the United States on February 20, 2016, share of votes by voter priority Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/516357/south-carolina-republican-primary-2016-exit-polls-votes-by-voter-priority/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Exit polls of the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary in the United States on February 20, 2016, share of votes by voter priority [Graph], Washington Post, February 20, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/516357/south-carolina-republican-primary-2016-exit-polls-votes-by-voter-priority/