With Tremendous Tuesday looming and the the Democratic presidential race nonetheless crowded, voters in South Carolina will head to the
With Tremendous Tuesday looming and the the Democratic presidential race nonetheless crowded, voters in South Carolina will head to the polls this Saturday, February 29, for the Palmetto State’s influential main contest.
The first is the final of 4 early-state contests and the primary main take a look at of black assist for the remaining candidates within the Democratic presidential area (there are eight whole, however Mike Bloomberg is not on the ballot in South Carolina). Whereas polls will shut at 7 pm ET, outcomes will not be accessible till later Saturday night time.
The state is extensively thought of former Vice President Joe Biden’s “firewall,” and he hasn’t downplayed that notion. In the 10th Democratic debate earlier this week, he was clear: “I’ll win South Carolina,” he mentioned.
Polling bears out that confidence: Biden is main in the FiveThirtyEight South Carolina polling average by simply over 19 factors, at 37.6 p.c. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the current frontrunner for the nomination, is in second with 18.5 p.c assist, and billionaire Tom Steyer is the one different candidate in double digits at 12.9 p.c.
For former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, nonetheless, the South Carolina main could possibly be robust going. In a recent Monmouth University poll, they have been mired at 2 p.c and zero p.c assist, respectively, with black voters within the state, who made up about 61 percent of the Democratic main citizens in 2016. Their difficulties with voters of colour are well-documented.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren hasn’t had the identical struggles with voters of colour, however her marketing campaign continues to be on the again foot heading into South Carolina: She presently sits at 7.2 p.c — sixth place — in the FiveThirtyEight average.
For all of the candidates, South Carolina could possibly be “a crucial springboard for Tremendous Tuesday,” and can assist show (or disprove) their capability to attraction to a key Democratic demographic, Vox’s Li Zhou writes:
As the primary main take a look at of African American assist, South Carolina might critically assist cull the sector.
Comply with alongside beneath for Vox’s protection of the 2020 South Carolina main, together with outcomes, breaking information updates, evaluation, and extra.