Clinton eyes decisive win as South Carolina begins voting
- 8 years ago
Hillary Clinton is eyeing a decisive win in South Carolina's Democratic presidential nomination race Saturday, with the hope of gaining momentum against Bernie Sanders before the upcoming high-stakes "Super Tuesday" contests.
Just one week after Donald Trump barreled to victory in the state's Republican vote, Democrats are taking center stage in South Carolina, where 55 percent of voters in the 2008 Democratic primary were black.
Clinton is favored to win the southern state, and already leads in the delegate count at this early stage, having won two of the first three nomination contests - in Iowa, narrowly, and Nevada.
"It would be a super send-off to do well here," Clinton told several hundred people, most of them African Americans, who gathered Friday for an oyster roast and fish fry at the county fairgrounds in Orangeburg.
While Sanders has the support of some high-profile African Americans such as film director Spike Lee and the rapper Killer Mike, Clinton is backed by many local elected officials and black community figures.
Just one week after Donald Trump barreled to victory in the state's Republican vote, Democrats are taking center stage in South Carolina, where 55 percent of voters in the 2008 Democratic primary were black.
Clinton is favored to win the southern state, and already leads in the delegate count at this early stage, having won two of the first three nomination contests - in Iowa, narrowly, and Nevada.
"It would be a super send-off to do well here," Clinton told several hundred people, most of them African Americans, who gathered Friday for an oyster roast and fish fry at the county fairgrounds in Orangeburg.
While Sanders has the support of some high-profile African Americans such as film director Spike Lee and the rapper Killer Mike, Clinton is backed by many local elected officials and black community figures.