The American state of South Carolina registered a record number of participants in the midterm elections for Congress, before the polls closed, according to what CNN reported from the state election commission. The number of voters who voted as of 4:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday reached 1,797,335 voters, equivalent to 52.3% of all registered voters, surpassing the previous highest turnout in the country's midterm elections. According to the South Carolina Board of Elections, 1 million, 718,626 voters participated in the 2022 midterm elections, with a percentage of 50.9% of registered voters. Compared to those elections, the announced turnout as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday exceeded the 2022 level by about 78.7 thousand voters, before the voting ended.