Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, left, Donald Trump, center, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, right (Photos: Getty/AP/Getty)

In total, approximately $47,407,000 was spent on behalf of the candidates in the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary, which Donald J. Trump won by 10 points. So, who got the most bang for their buck and how much did each of the candidates spend per vote in the Palmetto State?

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and his super PAC(s) spent roughly $13,783,000. As of Sunday morning, he is the last candidate in a once 19-strong field to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination. Bush came in a distant fourth place with just 7.8% of the vote and only 0.8% more than Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who spent just $882,000. Kasich finished in fifth place, but Bush paid $238.20 per vote juxtaposed to $15.69 per vote for the Buckeye State governor.

Kasich didn’t spend much less than Dr. Ben Carson, who doled out $1,055,000. Dr. Carson says he will continue to Nevada after his last place finish with 7.2% of the vote. He paid $19.78 for each vote he received, which is a respectable ratio, no doubt, for a clearly weak finish.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and his supporting PAC(s) spent the second most in the Palmetto State behind Bush. Rubio dished out $12,050,000 and placed second with 22.5% of the vote. That breaks down to roughly $72.64 per vote. Not bad considering his finish and how some of the others spent for less. However, he did have the backing of a popular governor, a senator and the most popular representative. In light of these other factors, it’s not as good as they undoubtably will try to spin it.

Rubio will desperately need Bush’s donors moving forward.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has raised the most behind Bush this cycle, spent a total $7,070,000 for what was unequivocally a disastrous third place showing with 22.3% of the vote. While it is true that Rubio finished only slightly ahead, the state is tailor-made for the model the Cruz campaign has staked his entire run on. The electorate was made up of a record-breaking, nearly three-quarter evangelical bloc. But he was beat on his own turf, with Trump carrying the big evangelical Up-Country counties handily.

Still, Cruz paid considerably less than Rubio for each one of his votes–$42.90.

Now, we come to The Donald, who undeniably won a resounding victory with across-the-spectrum appeal. Trump carried all but two counties, which in truth, he barely lost. It’s still quite possible he takes all of the state’s delegates when it all gets worked out. For his first-place finish with 32.5% of the vote, Trump paid just $7.09 for each one of his 239,851 votes.

That’s a 65,970-vote margin in a six-way race. So much for Citizens United allowing big money to take over the country? (As if they didn’t already?)

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, left, Donald Trump, center, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, right (Photos: Getty/AP/Getty)

Early South Carolina exit polls show a deeply distrustful and angry Republican primary electorate and a record-breaking evangelical vote. Donald J. Trump is leading among men with 34% and women with 26%. Ted Cruz carried voters age 18 to 29 by 30% to 25% for Trump, while both him and Marco Rubio each took 28% of the 30 to 44 age group.

But Trump is carrying every other age demographic, including 45 to 64 (32% to 25% for Rubio) and 64 plus (31% to 24% for Rubio).

(PPD will continuously update the numbers)

Voters who said they are angry with the federal government chose Donald Trump first with 38%, 28% chose Cruz, Rubio took 18% and Ben Carson 8%. These voters made up 46% of Republican primary voters, while 48% said they prefer someone with experience.

Late deciders went for Rubio 30%, Cruz 28%, Trump 16% and Kasich by 11%. While there are a substantial number of late deciders–about 4 in 10 say they made up their minds only today or in the last few days–that’s down from 47% in New Hampshire. Early deciders, in previous states, have been good for Trump.

More than 4 in 10 favored illegal immigrants, another strong showing of support for Trump in New Hampshire. But, more importantly, 4 in 10 say Trump is best among the five top candidates to handle the economy, more than twice as many as those who chose his nearest competitor on this issue, Ted Cruz.

A whopping 74% of South Carolina Republican primary voters said they support Trump’s temporary ban on Muslim immigration to the U.S., while just 23% do not. That’s an even larger margin than the 65% support found in New Hampshire, where the frontrunner won with an 18-point margin.

That said, South Carolina exit polls show nearly three-quarters of Republican primary voters identify themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians. That’s far higher than the models predicts and, if it holds, will set another record, up from 65% in 2012. Eight in 10 GOP voters in South Carolina identify themselves as conservative, and 4 in 10 as very conservative, which could benefit Cruz. However, exit polls show they are split between Trump (30%) and Cruz (30%) evenly.

White evangelicals backed Trump slightly over Cruz, 31% to 29%. Polls showed Trump carrying both voters, but the models polled a smaller group and both are on track to set records in exit poll data in the state back to 1992. In the final day, Cruz dispatched some 10,000 evangelical volunteers to do a little Christian-to-Christian persuading.

In what could potentially hurt Trump, nearly half said it matters “a great deal” to them that a candidate shares their religious beliefs, which is up very sharply from the 26% who said so in 2012. The top candidate attribute voters are seeking is someone who “shares my values,” again a much weaker group for Trump in earlier contests, and one that is consistently better one for Cruz, though it was the most-desired quality in New Hampshire and Iowa, as well.

The problem for anti-Trump voters, is that they split that vote and could allow Trump to win with less than a third of the vote. For those who said the Supreme Court appointment was their number one issue, Cruz got 30%, Trump got 26%, and Rubio got 21%.

Of those who said terrorism was their top issue, Cruz won 31%, Trump won 27%, while Rubio took 25% and Bush 7%.