Personal popularity, a large black electorate, fewer liberals and fondness for Obama-era policies threw a lifeline to Biden in South Carolina—while exit poll results found Sanders lagging in favorability and perceived sensitivity to racial issues.
; 48% former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg; and 40% for Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
Biden won South Carolina blacks by a smashing 4-1 over Sanders, 64-15% , far above Biden’s 10-point margin among blacks in Nevada. His support among blacks also trumped Sanders’ customary strength among younger and liberal voters: Blacks under 45 and liberal blacks -- including those who said they’re very liberal -- all backed the former vice president over the Vermont independent. The result was a Biden win even among strong liberals overall.
People wave campaign signs during an event with Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 29, 2020. Another, issue-focused result marked Biden’s dominating performance. Half of South Carolina voters said they supported a government-run single-payer health care system -- a Sanders and Warren signature issue. Sanders won single-payer voters by a wide margin previously, but here Biden, even while not a proponent of a single-payer system, won those voters by 46-28% over Sanders.
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