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2016 Postmortem

ericson00

(2,707 posts) Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:24 PM Feb 2016

Black turnout up in SC from '08, Hillary '16 bests Obama '08 in black vote!

African-American voters are making up a larger portion of the South Carolina Democratic primary electorate than they did in 2008, according to exit polls conducted Saturday.

In 2008, 55% of voters were black, but now African Americans made up more than six in 10 voters.

In 2008, Obama won 78-19 vs Hillary. Today, Hillary won the black vote 83-17!