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Obama Landslide Despite Racial Split in S.C.
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jan 26, 2008 08:58pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jan 26, 2008 08:00pm |
| Description | As expected, Democratic voters in today's South Carolina primary were largely split along racial lines, with Barack Obama picking up overwhelming support among African Americans and a more competitive, three-way race for white voters, according to the National Election Pool exit poll.
Eighty percent of black voters supported Obama, 18 percent backed Hillary Clinton and just 2 percent opted for John Edwards. Obama had a roughly 4 to 1 advantage among both black women and black men and among younger and older African Americans. (In the state's primary in 2004, 37 percent of African Americans voted for Edwards, 34 percent for John Kerry.)
Black voters made up 53 percent of the South Carolina electorate, up slightly from 47 percent in 2004. As in the four previous Democratic contests this year, women made up about six in 10 Democratic voters.
Among white voters in South Carolina, 38 percent supported Edwards, 38 percent Clinton and 24 percent Obama. About half of white voters who made up their minds in the past three days went for Edwards. |
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