SOUTH CAROLINA CAUCUS Democrats 100% of precincts reporting Gore 92% Uncommit. 5% Bradley 2% Kreml 1% Percentages will not necessarily add to 100.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Facing no serious competition, Vice President Al Gore won South Carolina's Democratic caucus vote and continued accumulating delegates to secure his party's nomination.

With 72 percent of precincts reporting from Thursday's caucus, Gore had 6,936 votes to 143 for Bradley. The category 'uncommitted' had 370 votes, while William Kreml, a little-known third candidate, had 70.

Bradley had quit the race earlier in the day after Gore's Super Tuesday blowout in 15 states.

Although party officials said they did not have a complete breakdown of delegates, Gore appeared well on his way to winning all 43 of the delegates at stake in the precinct caucuses.

State Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian had called it "an irrelevant event."

The sparsely attended caucuses stood in sharp contrast to the state's Republican primary last month, which drew a record 573,000 voters at a pivotal time in John McCain's challenge to front-runner George W. Bush. McCain lost South Carolina and went on to widespread losses in Tuesday's voting. He suspended his campaign Thursday, just after Bradley quit the Democratic race.

Bradley, who didn't win any states, endorsed Gore.

Going into the caucus, the AP's delegate count showed Gore had 1,479 delegates to 414 for Bradley, with 2,170 needed for the nomination.