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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPalmetto State Poll- Clinton 71% -Sanders 15%
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA Likely Democratic voters in South Carolina overwhelmingly support Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic nominee to become the 45th president, according to the latest Winthrop Poll.
Seventy-one percent of those surveyed said they were leaning toward voting for the former Secretary of State. Of the African-Americans contacted, she had even higher numbers, at 80%. The other two candidates running in the primary received significantly lower support U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, 15%, and former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley, 2%.
South Carolina is important in the presidential process because it is the first primary in the South and because it is the first time presidential candidates can be vetted by large numbers of African-American voters. Winthrop Poll Director Scott Huffmon noted, "African Americans constitute one of the most important constituencies for the Democratic Party. African Americans can make up over 50% of the Democratic Presidential Primary vote in South Carolina, which is a much larger portion than you'll see in the Iowa Caucus or New Hampshire primary."
Of the Clinton supporters polled, 72% said she is a solid choice. A little more than a third of all respondents said they might change their mind. Sanders comes up as a second choice by 37% of respondents, but a fourth of respondents said they are undecided.
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Palmetto State Poll- Clinton 71% -Sanders 15% (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
OP
There is a HUGE difference from 44%/22% and 72%/15%. HUGE. There is no comparison.
lunamagica
Nov 2015
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tecelote
(5,122 posts)1. A lesson from the past...
November 4, 2008
Hillary 44%
Obama 22%
Take a look at the trajectory:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html
Give Bernie time and watch history repeat itself.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)2. A lesson from the past.
Bernie Sanders is no more a proxy for Barack Obama than I am a proxy for Brad Pitt...
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)3. There is a HUGE difference from 44%/22% and 72%/15%. HUGE. There is no comparison.
postatomic
(1,771 posts)4. Interesting data
Of the African-Americans contacted, she had even higher numbers, at 80%
That is a major hurdle that Senator Sanders has to overcome if he plans on hanging around very long during the Primaries.
That is a major hurdle that Senator Sanders has to overcome if he plans on hanging around very long during the Primaries.