Hillary Clinton Crushes Bernie Sanders in SC

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton was beating Sanders in SC by a resounding 73-26 percent.

But Birgitta Johnson, an assistant professor at the University of SC, said she believes Clinton will “say anything to get votes, ” while Sanders “deals with structural issues rather than talking points” on education and other issues important to her.

Sanders, expecting defeat in SC, left the state even before voting was finished and turned his attention to some of the states that vote in next Tuesday’s delegate-rich contests.

Several networks projected Clinton’s win over rival Bernie Sanders on Saturday.

While Washington state’s democratic caucuses remain a month away, both campaigns have sent staffers to begin organizing on the ground.

But for South Carolina’s democratic voters, there was very little question.

A longtime lawmaker from Vermont, where just about 1 per cent of the population is black, Sanders lacks Clinton’s deep and longstanding connections to the African-American community.

Donald Trump is on the Democrats’ minds. And almost 9 in 10 black voters supported Clinton.

“I believe that America is great right now”, she added in a dig a Donald Trump’s slogan.

“We won a decisive victory in New Hampshire”.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. But Hillary and her supporters were elated, describing SC as a turning point in the campaign. Her aides coined the phrase “March Matters” on social media. She won a decisive victory in SC.

The result gives Ms Clinton momentum ahead of this week’s Super Tuesday, when 11 states and members living overseas will decide their Democratic candidate for President.

Clinton is stopping in Alabama on Saturday before heading to Columbia, the SC capital, for an election party.

In the opening moments, a line he often repeats took on a far more serious meaning: “What this campaign is about – is not just electing a president, it’s about transforming America…”

Clinton picked up most of South Carolina’s 53 delegates, winning 39 to Sanders’ 14. Although Sanders said before the primary that he had not given up on SC, he was never close to challenging Clinton in the state – which voters noticed, the L.A. Times reported. “We are not taking anything and we aren’t taking anything for granted”. Each number represents the percentage polls show the candidate is expected to win each state. He was set to hold a rally in Minnesota, one of the states that caucuses next Tuesday.

Their tightest battles, aides said, will be in MA and Colorado.

Last week, a reporter asked the Vermont Senator to predict the margin of his victory on Super Tuesday.

“I think Hillary Clinton will run the table Tuesday, Bernie Sanders may win a few states here or there, smaller states”.