Clinton overwhelms Sanders on Democrat ballots

UPDATED 9:45 p.m., March 1 — It’s all over but the shouting, and there are two primary facts from Tuesday’s Super Tuesday Presidential Preference primary voting: Fayette is Trump territory, but not by much, and Fayette Democrats didn’t feel the Bern, not by a long shot.

With all 38 precincts counted, businessman Donald Trump led the Republican balloting just 3 points ahead of freshman Florida Senator Marco Rubio.

Evangelical favorite, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, came in third about 6 points behind Rubio. Ohio Gov. John Kasich topped Dr. Ben Carson by about a percentage point, but both were in the single digits percentage-wise.

On Fayette Democrat ballots, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton easily swamped self-described Socialist Democrat Bernie Sanders by more than 2-to-1.

Here are the final, unofficial totals, from the website of the Georgia Secretary of State:

Republican (24,644 votes cast)

Donald J. Trump — 8,055 (32.69%)

Marco Rubio — 7,252 (29.43%)

Ted Cruz — 5,810 (23.58%)

John R. Kasich — 1,737 (7.05%)

Ben Carson — 1,511 (6.13%)

Democrat (10,211 votes cast)

Hillary Clinton — 7,257 (71.07%)

Bernie Sanders — 2,918 (28.58%)

Fayette has more than 86,000 registered voters, about 66,000 of them tagged as “active voters,” meaning they vote in most national elections.

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UPDATED 8:45 p.m. — 14 of 38 precincts counted — GOP — Trump 4270 (34%), Rubio 3782 (30%), Cruz 2801 (22%).

Democrat — Clinton 3962 (73%), Sanders 1468 (27%)

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Earlier report —

Returns from early and advance voting — In the Republican Primary, Donald Trump leads 38% (2065 votes), Marco Rubio is coming in second at 31% (1671 votes) and Ted Cruz is a distant third at 20% (1,075 votes).

On the Democrat side, Hillary Clinton leads 79% (1,729 votes) to 21% (466 votes) for Bernie Sanders.

Early totals show Fayette voters chose 5,471 Republican ballots and 2,202 Democrat ballots.