I know it is Sunday and I feel I must deviate from my FYI policy and report on the results of the vote in South Carolina.
All eyes were on Joe Biden for South Carolina was said to be his firewall against the rush of Bernie toward the nomination.
And the media did a great job selling the centrist policies to black voters and he came out on top and there is the stry in the news until Super Tuesday.
And the winners are…..
South Carolina was seen as a must-win state for Joe Biden, and it turned out to be just that. In fact, it wasn’t even close. Major outlets including CNN, ABC, and NBC called the race for the former VP as soon as polls closed at 7pm. Bernie Sanders was in a distant second and Tom Steyer third in early returns. (Steyer later dropped out of the 2020 race.) The big questions will be the final size of Biden’s victory—the AP is already calling it “resounding”—and how the rest of the field shakes out. “The bigger the win, the bigger the bump,” Biden said earlier Saturday in Greenville, per Politico. The “bump” comes days ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday vote. The first returns show why the race was called so fast:
- Joe Biden, 50%
- Bernie Sanders, 18%
- Tom Steyer, 11%
- Pete Buttigieg, 7%
- Elizabeth Warren, 6%
- Amy Klobuchar, 3%
- Tulsi Gabbard, 1%
And Bloomberg was not on the ballot.
Now we will see if the rest of the country is as easy to please as South Carolina.
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Sorry to see your favourite only polled 1%, chuq. I presume SC is a rather ‘Conservative’ state as regards politics?
Best wishes, Pete.
Very conservative….she is hanging on and the antiwar message is still in the campaign…..she may be gone after Tuesday. chuq
I think we’ll have a much better picture after Tuesday. As it stands now I’m thinking the final battle for the nomination may be between Sanders and Biden. Bloomberg isn’t well liked and has too much baggage, Warren has consistently underperformed, and sadly I think Biden is going to force out Buttigieg and Klobuchar.
I think Pete is looking for a way out….as well chuq
I’m saddened he dropped out, but not surprised.
He is trying to preserve a spot in the next admin…..go now and avoid any conflict….chuq
And now Amy.😔 This is going to be between Sanders and Biden.
Don’t forget Mikey…he is still waiting in the weeds. chuq
Yeah, I’m not thinking he has much of a chance at this point, no matter how much money he spends.
Agreed….think of all the good that cash could have done….what a waste….chuq