Hillary over-performing Obama in his strongest SC counties

[wyldwolf]

Close to 90% of the black vote, winning the white vote.

[LexVegas]

1. This is a truly historic beating she is putting on Sanders. nt

[Joe the Revelator]

2. Is it?

[merrily]

3. Yes, much as he had a historic victory over her in New Hampshire.

Without any of the advantages she has had in this primary.

[LexVegas]

4. ...

[wildeyed]

5. "A thrashing"

per CNN. Sanders has won zero precincts so far.

David Plouffe: @HillaryClinton final margin should be anywhere between 47-54 points. Wining Charleston, Sanders strongest area by 40 pts. Just remarkable.

[ucrdem]

8. I get the feeling they didn't #feellthebern.

Or maybe they did.

[wildeyed]

10. That is an understatement.

Tried to warn them.....

[RealAmericanDem]

6. Bernie has not won a single county in the state.

Not even the ones where the University's are

[Lucinda]

7. She told SC they were her firewall and she needed them

And they sure didn't let her down.

[frazzled]

9. That is because black voters, and particularly women black voters

were tremendously torn in 2008. They really wanted Clinton, until it looked like Obama really had a chance. There was an article I read just in the last day or so in which these women spoke about how difficult it was to leave her to vote for Obama, and how glad they are to have a chance this time to vote for Clinton.

That, I think, is going to be a refrain for many voters, both black and white (and Latino), who truly respected both candidates in 2008, and now have an opportunity to cast the vote they had trouble giving up back then.

[wildeyed]

11. I knew some of those voters.

Middle-aged black women, very active in politics, very committed to Clinton. I don't think most people on this site quite understand that black women are an electoral juggernaut. They vote very consistently and they are also good at getting out the vote for the candidates they prefer. At least in my limited experience, but the data bears that out too, so I am thinking it is not just my circle of friends and political volunteers.

[Surya Gayatri]

12. You have something there...and these people are only just beginning to pay attention...

That, I think, is going to be a refrain for many voters, both black and white (and Latino), who truly respected both candidates in 2008, and now have an opportunity to cast the vote they had trouble giving up back then.

[KingFlorez]

13. She kept her previous voters and won most of Obama's voters from 2008

It is quite a stunning margin of victory. Most of Sanders voters were probably mostly for Edwards in 2008.