Donald Trump's South Carolina Win Is a Major Moment in the Election

Donald Trump did it again. He won another Republican primary, this time in South Carolina with about 34 percent of the votes, according to The New York Times. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz virtually tied for second place, each with about 22 percent of the votes. Jeb Bush announced he's dropping out as a result of his poor performance (about eight percent of the vote), while John Kasich and Ben Carson are trailing behind with around seven percent.

In his victory speech, Trump said running for president isn't easy. "It's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful," he said. "When you win, it's beautiful." In the first few minutes, he spoke about building a wall between the US and Mexico, but adding that Latinos love him and promising to bring jobs back to the US from countries like Mexico and China. (It's important to remember that Trump's line of menswear clothes is manufactured in Mexico.)

Trump's win is hardly a surprise, as he had been favored in nearly every preprimary poll in the heavily religious state since July. This is his second win out of three voting events so far: Trump was victorious in New Hampshire last week, taking home 35 percent of the vote, but lost the Iowa caucus earlier this month to Ted Cruz.

This is a huge victory for Trump — history shows every single GOP candidate who has won New Hampshire and South Carolina has eventually taken the nomination.

He's certainly stumping everyone who thought he had zero chance of making it this far in this election. (Read more about why he's winning despite his offensive comments here.)

Not to be left out of the drama, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had their own race today at the Nevada Democratic caucus — Clinton won with 52 percent of the vote. The next voting events are the Republican caucus in Nevada on Feb. 23 and the Democratic primary in South Carolina on Feb. 27.