Post by Logan on Feb 28, 2016 3:19:19 GMT -6
COLUMBIA — Invigorated by a black vote that rejected her eight years ago for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton breezed to an easy win in the South Carolina Democratic primary, burying a challenge by Sen. Bernie Sanders who was forced to concede the state early and seek his battles elsewhere.
Clinton’s victory in the first-in-the-South primary was across the board in a state where her ties — and those of her famous husband, former President Bill Clinton — go back decades.
More importantly, Clinton secured her role as the first choice among minority voters heading into Super Tuesday and at a time when Democrats nationally are looking to a possible November match-up against Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
Saturday’s results represent Clinton’s widest margin of victory so far as she used South Carolina to separate herself from Sanders. The pair finished narrowly apart in both Iowa and Nevada, while Sanders won by a large margin in New Hampshire.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/article/20160227/PC1603/160229365
Clinton’s victory in the first-in-the-South primary was across the board in a state where her ties — and those of her famous husband, former President Bill Clinton — go back decades.
More importantly, Clinton secured her role as the first choice among minority voters heading into Super Tuesday and at a time when Democrats nationally are looking to a possible November match-up against Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
Saturday’s results represent Clinton’s widest margin of victory so far as she used South Carolina to separate herself from Sanders. The pair finished narrowly apart in both Iowa and Nevada, while Sanders won by a large margin in New Hampshire.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/article/20160227/PC1603/160229365