Polls are closed in South Carolina, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary.
Results: AP (statewide) | AP (by county) | CNN | Google | Politico
6:33 PM PT: Gingrich is boring so far. In the meantime, this by Nate Silver is interesting:
Although Mitt Romney finished far ahead of Newt Gingrich in both Iowa and New Hampshire, those states are less populous than South Carolina, where Mr. Gingrich is winning big tonight.
Mr. Romney got 13,642 more votes than Mr. Gingrich in the Iowa caucuses, and 74,121 more votes in the New Hampshire primary, giving him an 87,763 vote advantage heading into tonight.
However, Mr. Gingrich leads Mr. Romney by more than 65,000 votes in South Carolina with 80 percent of precincts reporting. If the last 20 percent of precincts come in especially strongly for Mr. Gingrich, he could beat Mr. Romney by about 80,000 votes in the state, making the overall popular vote very close.
6:34 PM PT (David Nir): Here's a neat little bit of county trivia: Mitt's actually in 3rd place in one of the state's largest counties, York County (where people who work in Charlotte who can't handle the idea of living in North Carolina live). It's 38 Newt, 24 Santorum, 22 Mitt.
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6:40 PM PT: Newt railes against "anti-religion bigots elites", because nothing says "religious values" than his marital history.
6:43 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): The liveblogging continues in the next thread.