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How did Wayne County vote on Super Tuesday?

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp reported that Tuesday’s voter turnout numbers exceeded previous records with a whopping 1.28 million Republicans casting their ballots and an additional 740,000 Democrats taking to the polls.


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But how did Wayne County vote?

Though several of the candidates had dropped out prior to Election Day, several of them still pulled in votes around Wayne County. A total of 4,447 Republicans turned out with 956 Democrats.

REPUBLICAN

  • Donald Trump – 2,033 votes  (45.72%)
  • Ted Cruz – 1,159 votes (26.06%)
  • Marco Rubio – 665 votes (14.95%)
  • Dr. Ben Carson – 335 votes (7.53%)
  • John Kasich – 165 votes (3.71%)
  • Jeb Bush – 42 votes  (0.94%)
  • Rand Paul – 13 votes  (<1%)
  • Mike Huckabee – 18 votes  (<1%)
  • Chris Christie – 5 votes  (<1%)
  • Carly Fiorina – 2 votes  (<1%)
  • Lindsay Graham – 6 votes  (<1%)
  • Georgia Pataki – 2 votes (<1%)
  • Rick Santorum – 2 votes  (<1%)

DEMOCRAT

  • Hillary Clinton – 700 votes – (73.22%)
  • Bernie Sanders – 236 – (24.69%)
  • Martin O’Malley – 7 – (.73%)
  • Michael Steinberg – 13 (1.36%)

Of the above totals, 135 Wayne county residents voted by absentee ballot and 1,005 voted early in person.

Jessica Szilagyi is a former Statewide Contributor for AllOnGeorgia.com.

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