Clinton wins SC primary

The victory in SC will give Clinton momentum as the contest heads toward Super Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), where she and Sanders will compete in 11 states. The truth is that Sanders can still win enough delegates from future states to clinch the nomination, but would have to defy poll numbers that show growing support nationwide for Clinton. And, according to exit polls, he barely made inroads with black voters there.

Clinton was successful in SC, in part, because she embraced Obama, someone who remains popular among Democrat’s African-American base. Democratic primary voters increased their sense that Clinton would be the nominee as well. If Clinton were to win every single last one of them, this can still turn into a tight horse race.

‘We won a decisive victory in New Hampshire. About 880 Democratic delegates will be awarded on Tuesday -roughly a third of those needed to be nominated -and going by her showing in SC, which ditched her in favour of Barack Obama in 2008, she has the nomination all sewn up.

“With just four days to go until Super Tuesday and the MA primary, there’s a lot to talk about, including Thursday’s Republican slam-fest that pushed Donald Trump back on his heels”.

Sanders, expecting defeat on Saturday, left the state before voting finished and turned his attention to states outside the South that vote in Tuesday’s delegate-rich contests.

Most notably, Sanders was absent from Clinton’s remarks on healthcare. In a statement, Sanders vowed to fight on aggressively.

“The best chance for Sanders seems to be in places with largely white Democratic electorates”, said pollster Patrick Murray. With nearly all votes counted, Clinton bagged a massive 73.5 per cent votes as against just 23 per cent by Sanders.

The difference between the two is the massive support Clinton’s received from superdelegates, which are leaders in the Democratic Party who get an automatic vote in the convention.

Clinton Monday highlighted the need to protect abortion rights, gay marriage and voter rights that “are under attack”, she said.

“America has never stopped being great”, she declared.

“We need more love and kindness”, she said, speaking from the lectern at Greater Imani Cathedral of Faith.

Before the speech, he told reporters, “In politics on a given night, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose”. In America, when we stand together, there is no barrier too big to break.

On the Democratic side, Clinton has 55% of Democratic voters to rival Bernie Sanders’ 38%. Mr Sander’s path to the nomination, even if he does well in non-Southern states voting now – Colorado, Minnesota, Massachusetts and his home state of Vermont – will be all but non-existent.

This is a huge problem for Sanders because a number of large upcoming states also have large non-white populations. This time around, they divided the vote among women under 30, but 8 in 10 of those between age 30 and 44 said they voted for Clinton.