Hillary Clinton cruised to a commanding victory over Bernie Sanders in SC primary, drawing overwhelming support from the state’s black Democrats and putting her in a strong position as the race barrels toward crucial multi-state contests on Tuesday.
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Clinton offered a vision for America based on “love and kindness” in stark contrast to the anger and division promoted by Donald Trump, reports the Guardian.
Speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”, Sanders said his campaign “got killed” Saturday in the Palmetto State.
Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in the Nevada Democratic caucuses and was able to eke out a win over Sanders in the Iowa caucuses.
The victory marks an impressive moment of redemption for Clinton who in 2008 lost badly in the state to Barack Obama – his win here serving as a turning point for his ultimately victorious campaign.
Most of the states voting Tuesday are below the Mason-Dixon Line, and Clinton was already leading in them before SC.
Sanders vowed to fight on, expressing confidence that he would notch some victories and win delegates on Tuesday. “That more than half a century after Rosa Parks sat and Dr. King marched and John Lewis bled, racism still plays a significant role in who gets ahead in America and who gets left behind”. “We need to show by everything we do that we really are in this together”, she said, to cheering crowds, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The two were tied in delegates before South Carolina: Clinton 51 – Sanders 51.
Sanders pointed to New York, California and MI as states where he believes he can pick up enough delegates to take back the race — but they are primaries after the upcoming Super Tuesday ones in which polls have shown Clinton with large leads in states like Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.
Her aides were even more hopeful. “But we do need to make American whole again”.
The Vermont senator – who enjoys a lot of support among young people, academics and grassroots activists across the country – will face an important test in his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, especially in Texas, which has the second largest Latino population in the US, with more than 3.8 million eligible Latino voters. “But I’m telling you from the bottom of my heart, we do”. This time around, Clinton received 86 percent.
“Today you sent a message”, Clinton said.
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Both Clintons spent numerous days running up to the primary crisscrossing the state, and the former secretary of state picked up key endorsements, including that of U.S. Rep. James Clyburn of SC. Sanders aims to stay close to Clinton in the South while focusing most of his attention on states in the Midwest and Northeast, including his home state of Vermont. She won nine of every 10 black voters, as well as women, men, urban, suburban, rural, very liberal and conservative voters.
