South Carolina results

Obama takes a big win. The media tried to amp things, but it seems clear that Obama's support was strong. And any attempts to be divisive are not helping anyone.

Turnout was quite good.

Also impressive was the Democratic turnout. Last week, according to CNN's Election Center , 442,918 Republicans voted in a very, very competitive primary. It's fair to say that South Carolina is a red state.

Today, Democratic turnout far surpassed the GOP's performance. With 98% of precincts reporting, over 520,000 Democratic votes were counted.

Numbers breakdown.

African-Americans

Obama 81%, Clinton 17%, Edwards 1%

African-American women

Obama 82%, Clinton 17%, Edwards 0%

Whites

Edwards 39%, Clinton 36%, Obama 24%

Edwards winning white men, Clinton white women.

Obama's victory speech.


UPDATE: Daily Kos:

And some other numbers:

• Total 2008 South Carolina Primary Turnout
  Democratic: about 530,322
  Republican: about 446,000
• Obama received more votes than all Democrats in the 2004 South Carolina Democratic Primary (292,383)
• Obama received more votes in this primary than George W. Bush received in 2000 when he beat John McCain (Bush won 293,652 votes)
• Obama has won more votes than McCain and Huckabee won in South Carolina--combined.
• Republican turnout in the 2000 South Carolina GOP primary was about 573,000 (the state's record). This appears to make this primary the second highest turnout in South Carolina history. In other words, Democrats are likely going to finish about 40,000 shy of what the GOP was ever able to crank out in a state where Republicans outnumber Democrats by a wide margin.