As he won a commanding victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, Barack Obama once again established himself as the favorite candidate of youth.

Three times as many young voters turned out in the state this year as compared to 2004 and 67 percent of them cast their votes for Mr. Obama, according to The Nation.

In all of the early-voting states so far, the U.S. senator from Illinois has received more support than any other Democrat among voters ages 18 to 29, The Nation said. Among that age group, Mr. Obama won 59 percent of the votes in Nevada, 57 percent in Iowa, and 51 percent in New Hampshire.

The Nation notes that the Republican race hasn’t seen the same growth in youth turnout the Democrats have experienced. In South Carolina, where Republicans held their primary on January 19, fewer young voters turned out this year than in 2000, the last year in which the state held a Republican presidential primary.