[snowsislander]

The NY Times is now showing Gingrich ahead in the count: http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/states/south-carolina:

Primary Results

7:43 PM ET 2:00  |  2% reporting

Candidate		Votes	Percent		Delegates
	Newt Gingrich	6,840	36.3%		—
	Mitt Romney	6,440	34.1		—
	Rick Santorum	2,840	15.1		—
	Ron Paul	2,006	10.6		—
	Others Show all	742	3.9		—
	Rick Perry	428	2.3		—
	Jon Huntsman	161	0.9		—
	Herman Cain	111	0.6		—
	Michele Bachmann	34	0.2		—
	Gary Johnson	8	0.0		—

[wolficatZ]

South Carolina Primary

January 21, 2012

2.9% reporting (63/2136)

 

	All Candidates
	Gingrich	36.5%	7,149
	Romney	33.8%	6,628
	Santorum	15.1%	2,958
	Paul	10.7%	2,097
	Perry	2.3%	443
	Huntsman	0.8%	163
	Cain	0.6%	119
	Bachmann	0.2%	38

[CSM]

Wow. 4% of the botes were caste for folks that have withdrawn...what kind of idiot wastes their vote like that?

[snowsislander]

More numbers courtesy of the New York Times:

Primary Results

7:54 PM ET 2:00  |  5% reporting

Candidate		Votes	Percent		Delegates
	Newt Gingrich	12,136	37.3%		—
	Mitt Romney	10,390	31.9		—
	Rick Santorum	5,076	15.6		—
	Ron Paul	3,878	11.9		—
	Others Show all	1,061	3.3		—
	Rick Perry	572	1.8		—
	Herman Cain	225	0.7		—
	Jon Huntsman	191	0.6		—
	Michele Bachmann	55	0.2		—
	Gary Johnson	18	0.1		—

[snowsislander]

New data from the New York Times:

Primary Results

7:59 PM ET 2:00  |  6% reporting

Candidate		Votes	Percent		Delegates
	Newt Gingrich	14,568	37.9%		—
	Mitt Romney	12,145	31.6		—
	Rick Santorum	5,972	15.5		—
	Ron Paul	4,483	11.7		—
	Others Show all	1,239	3.2		—
	Rick Perry	686	1.8		—
	Herman Cain	255	0.7		—
	Jon Huntsman	212	0.6		—
	Michele Bachmann	67	0.2		—
	Gary Johnson	19	0.0		—

[EDINVA]

Wouldn’t you love to know who the 700+ are who voted for Perry/Cain/Huntsman/Bachmann?

[cookcounty]

The way the proportionals are figured in South Carolina, Gingrich will get 19-22 of the 25 delegates. Big for Newt.