Trump’s clout within GOP on the line in Tuesday elections

By STEVE PEOPLES and MEG KINNARD | Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but he has invested time, energy and political capital in a slate of primary contests across America that will again test his clout within his own party.
Voters weigh in on candidates in seven states Tuesday, but the contest that matters most to Trump is South Carolina, where he appeared at a rally to help Gov. Henry McMaster hours before polls opened. The Republican governor,