Donald Trump projected to win South Carolina

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Donald Trump will win South Carolina, multiple networks have projected. With 91 percent of the vote in, Trump leads Clinton 56 to 40 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson has 2 percent, and the Green Party's Jill Stein has less than 1 percent. There are nine electoral votes up for grabs in the state.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.