South Carolina Not Feeling The Bern As Hillary Clinton Leads Bernie Sanders 66% to 12%

[Historic NY]

A Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released on September 9th finds Hillary Clinton dominating the race, leading Sanders 66 to 12 percent in the current Democratic field. If Joe Biden enters the contest, Clinton’s lead shrinks, but not enough to make the state competitive. With Biden in the race, Clinton polls at 54 percent to Joe Biden’s 24 percent, and Bernie Sanders’ 9 percent support.

Clinton’s strength in South Carolina’s Democratic primary, comes largely from her appeal to African-America voters. Black voters overwhelmingly approve of her as a candidate, with 78 percent holding a favorable opinion of Clinton to just 10 percent who view her negatively.

In the Democratic race, Clinton leads with black voters, garnering 59 percent support to 27 percent support for Joe Biden, and just 3 percent support for Bernie Sanders. While Sanders has not caught fire with African-American voters in the Palmetto State, it is not because they dislike him, but rather many have not formed an opinion of the Vermont Senator yet. Sanders has a 32 to 20 percent favorable rating with African-America voters, but a full 48 percent are not sure how they feel about Sanders’ candidacy.


http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/09/south-carolina-feeling-bern-clinton-leads-sanders-66-12-percent.html

ok so they took Biden out in this poll!!!

[Cali_Democrat]

1. WOW....Bernie is really getting crushed when it comes to the African-American vote.

He's only pulling 3% of the African American vote in South Carolina?

[FloridaBlues]

2. But ...but ...he's right on her heels!

South Carolina not feeling the Bern.
This is Hillary country !

[Fawke Em]

9. We Southerners, collectively, are rather stupid.

Always voting, en masse, against our own interests.

[GoneFishin]

3. Makes me wonder if the lackadaisical attitude toward getting high speed internet connections

to all communities is deliberate, not just happenstance.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. South Carolina is over. Hillary wins it by a landslide. SC voters have had their minds made up.

Hillary has total dominance in every aspect in South Carolina. Nobody can even come close to making a dent. The SC voters have made their decision from the beginning that they would stand with Hillary and that is their choice.

Other candidates will still do a couple appearances in SC to avoid being rude, but really everybody knows SC will be Hillary by a landslide. Other Democrats campaigning there is a friendly gesture but that's about it.

[ram2008]

5. When she loses Iowa and New Hampshire

The SC numbers will change

[Ron Green]

6. This is a major test for the whole country. South Carolina may not

be able to pass it, nor may America itself.

There's still time to build it from the ground up, without the money, without the media, without the PTB.

We will see.

[uponit7771]

7. This is what happens when there's no relationship between pols and the electorate....

... there should NOT be a 3% anything with Bernie and any group.

That's a lack of reaching out

[Fawke Em]

10. He's going back this week.

He'll be reaching out.

[ellisonz]

8. Biden shouldn't be in the polls and yeah Sanders base is limited. n/t

[Bonobo]

11. I went to South Carolina once.

When they found out I was Jewish they asked me why I didn't have any horns.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. I grew up in the exurban south so anti-semitism was not unfamiliar to me.

I went to South Carolina once. When they found out I was Jewish they asked me why I didn't have any horns.

I grew up in the exurban south so anti-semitism was not unfamiliar to me. I also lived in purportedly enlightened NY and CA and heard quite a few anti-semitic calumnies there as well...

HRC is winning the Democratic primary in SC because of its heterogeneity. It has nothing to do with southerners. ancient anti-semitic tropes, or horns.


If IA and NH were as heterogeneous as SC and the rest of the nation those contests wouldn't be as nearly hotly contested.

[magical thyme]

12. Bernie's just started staffing up in SC. I expect they'll hit the ground running

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-staffs-up-in-south-carolina/

Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls in New Hampshire and gaining ground in Iowa, but he's not stopping there. The Vermont senator's presidential campaign is looking ahead and building an organization in South Carolina, making two hires on Tuesday to add to its Charleston-based team.

Andrew Springer, formerly the senior editor of social media at ABC News, joined Sanders' South Carolina team as the state communications director on Wednesday. And Christale Spain, the deputy executive director for the South Carolina Democratic Party, will start her role as Sander's political outreach director there on Sept. 15th.

[jeff47]

14. Boy, it's really too bad the primary is tomorrow.

Oh wait. It isn't.

Remember when IA and NH were utterly dominated by Clinton?