President Joe Biden IS gonna win BIG…..
So BIG that the President is NOT even in the state…..
Media interviews have the Black voters sticking with Biden…..
Their vote picks the winner…
Democrats in South Carolina are voting Saturday in what is the party’s first official primary contest for 2024.
President Biden backed the push to change the party’s calendar this year to put South Carolina’s primary at the front of the pack, ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. It’s not a state that Democrats expect to win in the general election, but by elevating its primary, the Democratic Party is signaling the importance of Black voters — a crucial part of its base.
As the incumbent president, Biden is expected to carry the primary. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and author Marianne Williamson are also on the ballot.
Despite skipping the unsanctioned New Hampshire primary, Biden won that race after voters wrote in his name — though the results won’t count toward his official nomination at the party’s convention in August…..
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South Carolina Democratic 2020…
With Biden facing little serious competition for the Democratic nomination, Saturday’s primary is important for the president nonetheless because it marks a return to the place that catapulted him to the Democratic nomination in 2020.
Biden limped into the South Carolina primary that year after finishing fifth in the Iowa caucuses, fourth in the New Hampshire primary and a distant second in the Nevada caucuses. However, the Palmetto State’s large Black population — and a late endorsement from influential Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn — helped deliver Biden a dominant victory that, for the first time, demonstrated strength with a core Democratic constituency that no other primary contender could rival.
Days later, Biden moved closer to clinching the party’s nomination by racking up a virtually insurmountable delegate lead across a wide swath of diverse states on Super Tuesday.
South Carolina is dominated by Republicans in general elections. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win the state was Jimmy Carter in 1976.
But the push by the Biden campaign and its allies in South Carolina is part of a broader effort to shore up support with Black voters, a bloc crucial to the president’s reelection prospects, particularly in battleground states such as Georgia and the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The Democratic primary is taking place three weeks before Republicans will vote on February 24….
image…Kenny Holston/The New York Times/Redux
Small turnout
Little interest.
I voted earlier this afternoon .I was the only voter there at the time.Poll workers said it had been that way all day.
Thanks for the report Jack….
With the results assured I guess this was to be expected
Update…..
President Joe Biden WINS the South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary
Decision Desk HQ
@DecisionDeskHQ
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DDHQ Race Update (est. 12% in): SC President Democrat Primary
Joe Biden (D): 1,548
(96.8%)
Marianne Williamson (D): 29
(1.8%)
Dean Phillips (D): 22
(1.4%)
Phillips need to find something ELSE to do with his time…..
Williamson has been quiet…..
Yeah and if there were higher turnout and Biden got “only” 70% instead of 96% that would be a story too.
Indeed….
South Carolina, Pres. Dem
9 minutes ago
Steve Shepard
Politics editor
Candidate
Votes
Pct.
Joe Biden*
54,942
96.6%
Marianne Williamson
1,082
1.9%
Dean Phillips
836
1.5%
* Incumbent
37.9% of expected vote i
The media sell is Biden does NOT have a strong Black vote support…….
I REPEAT….
In the end?
I expect that the Balck and other minority turnout WILL be STRONGER then the media song…..
Just lkie the Haley coming in at 11%…NOT +20%
Ok….
Update….
Media Talking heads are NOW saying with OVER 95% of the vote FOR Biden?
He does NOT have a problem with Black voters ….
And he’s starting BIG TIME, exactly what Biden & Co. wanted the narrative to BE…..
South Carolina, Pres. Dem
South Carolina was the first sanctioned primary on Democrats’ nominating calendar. President Joe Biden, who used a victory there to propel him to the nomination four years ago, won easily.
Headshot of Steve Shepard, Politics editor
Steve Shepard
Politics editor
Candidate
Votes
Pct.
Joe Biden*
78,643
96.4%
Marianne Williamson
1,640
2.0%
Dean Phillips
1,316
1.6%
* Incumbent
54.4% of expected vote in
Steve Kornicky @ MSNBC…..
He’s surprised at the White Vote Biden pulled….
This plays to a post I did featuring Harry Enten who says Biden is actually doing well with white voters……
Why is the 2024 D primary in South Carolina even generating this much attention? It’s not a story.
Now, four years ago there at this time, that was a story.
Biden is not going to be competitive in SC in November. I do not believe there are really a ton of Hispanic voters in South Carolina. White suburban “swing” voters are not a huge part of this primary. If anything, it will have to be seen how well Haley does among them.
Now, older, church-going black voters in a place like South Carolina, who would have voted reliably in this primary, are of course going to support Biden in November. The question will be what will turnout be in November, among younger, more liberal, more urban black voters in swing states.
In 2020, Clyburn basically conceded that a lot of Biden’s supporters in South Carolina would not vote for Buttigieg because he was gay. For political junkies, it is just somewhat interesting to see if Marianne Williamson will beat Dean Phillips, and if perhaps for some SC Dems,it is better to be a New Age Guruss than a Jewish guy.
DNC Chair Jamie Harrison (of SC) is spending today attacking Nikki Haley and not Donald Trump.
This would be like if the head of the RNC was trying to get headlines today going after Marianne Williamson.
Of course, the RNC, like the DNC, is probably also attacking Nikki Haley today.
No….
Joe Biden is NOT gonna win SC come November…..
BUT?
He gets the BIG WIN he wanted there….
It launches his campaign sort of…..
And MOST important?
GETS HIM FREE MEDIA COVERAGE….
Something he sorely needs
Larry Sabato
@LarrySabato
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“Both sides” coverage dominating tonight.
ONE SIDE: Biden wins #SouthCarolinaPrimary with 97%. 97%!!!
OTHER SIDE: Biden is toast, pundits agree. Gonna lose Michigan, Georgia, Arizona to President-elect Donald Trump.
Bye-bye. I’m going to watch a soothing disaster movie instead.
Democratic primary results
Biden is projected to win. An estimated 99 percent of votes have been counted.
Votes received and percentages of total vote
Candidate Votes Pct. Del.
winnerJoe Biden 126,350 96.2 55
Marianne Williamson 2,726 2.1 0
Dean Phillips 2,239 1.7 0