"Trump's South Carolina Victory: A Wake-Up Call for the GOP"
The Associated Press called Donald Trump the winner of the South Carolina primary based on a comprehensive survey of Republican primary voters showing him defeating Nikki Haley by wide margins in her home state. Trump's victory was evident across all geographic and political regions of the state, with strong support from Election Day voters. Despite Haley's strength among early voters and in more Democratic-friendly areas, she fell short of the level needed to pull off an upset. Trump's win secured him 47 of the 50 delegates at stake, pushing him past the 100-delegate mark overall and positioning him to potentially clinch the Republican nomination by the middle of March.