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- South Carolina's Republican primary is on Saturday, February 24.
- Nikki Haley, one of two remaining major GOP candidates, grew up there and governed the state.
- Nevertheless, 63% of local GOP voters said they'd prefer Trump over the South Carolinian candidate.
Nearly two-thirds of likely Republican primary voters in South Carolina said in a recent poll they prefer former President Donald Trump as the presidential nominee over former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, despite it being her home state.