Joe Biden has a massive lead over Bernie Sanders and the rest of the Democratic presidential hopefuls in South Carolina, according to a Monmouth University poll published today.
, released two days before the crucial first-in-the-South primary, shows Biden with an advantage of 20 percentage points over Sanders, 36 percent to 16 percent.Billionaire self-funder Tom Steyer, who has spent far more money in South Carolina than any other candidate, is third, with 15 percent — the only other candidate in double-digits or even approaching the critical 15-percent threshold to earn statewide delegates.
Biden is being propelled in South Carolina by African American voters, who make up a majority of the state's Democratic primary electorate. He is the first choice of 45 percent of black voters, the poll shows — that's much more than are backing Steyer or Sanders .
After the top candidates are three others who have struggled to earn significant support from black voters: Elizabeth Warren at 8 percent, Pete Buttigieg at 6 percent and Amy Klobuchar at 4 percent. Warren Massachusetts senator is has the support of only 5 percent of African American voters, but that’s more than Buttigieg’s 2 percent or Klobuchar’s zero percent.
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