Republicans in South Carolina cast first-in-South ballots

Voters across South Carolina are casting ballots for the Republican nomination for president in the state's traditional first-in-the-South primary.

South Carolina GOP party leaders are predicting closer to 650,000 votes cast Saturday.

Since starting the first-in-the-South primary in 1980, the party long prided itself in picking the eventual GOP nominee.

Parker said the United States needs to get tough on terrorist groups like ISIS and stop illegal immigration, which he said is costing the country jobs.

Allison Reilly, 18, drove home 150 miles from Coastal Carolina University to her parents' house in Columbia to cast the first ballot of her life — for Marco Rubio.

[...] almost as important was the education she received paying close attention to a political campaign.

Reilly said many of her friends are more excited about Sen. Bernie Sanders from Vermont, who will be on the ballot next Saturday for the state's Democratic presidential primary.

[...] the media marketing company owner and former U.S. Navy commander voted for Marco Rubio.