Trump carries Oconee
Republican voters in Oconee showed their preference tonight for Donald Trump. They gave the New Yorker a little more than 28 and a quarter percent of the 15,674 votes cast countywide. Trump’s unofficial winning total: 4,424 votes. He led most of the night. Finishing second: Marco Rubio, with 25.59% and Ted Cruz third at 20.23%. Trump carried most of Oconee’s 33 precincts. Exceptions were Stamp Creek and Absentee, both of which went into the Rubio column. Placing a distant fourth was Jeb Bush at 8.90%. Oconee’s voter turnout was 34%.