2000 election, South Carolinians voted 785,937 Republican and 565,561 Democrat.

[jody]

2004 election, south Carolinians voted 937,974 Republicans and 661,699 Democrat.

Obama's win in the 2008 South Carolina Democratic primary is heavily influenced by the African-American vote.

IMO it’s highly unlikely Obama would win South Carolina’s electoral votes in the general election even though 30% of the state is African-American.

That observation puts Obama’s win in South Carolina’s primary in perspective for the general election, i.e. Obama's win in South Carolina is a meaningless victory.

[onehandle]

1. True that. nt

[chascarrillo]

2. Take that racist shit out of here.

[jody]

5. I'm stating my opinion. Do you honestly believe I'm wrong? n/t

[originalpckelly]

3. Uh oh, looks like you left the bigot open and it all came flowing out.

[jody]

6. What bigot? I'm simply putting Obama's solid victory in SC in perspective of the General Election.

Do you honestly think I'm wrong?

[Occam Bandage]

4. Influenced by the African-American vote? We better roll 'em back to 3/5ths.

[no name no slogan]

7. Let's get Perot on it.

He mad a magical way with "you people"

[jody]

8. Do you believe Obama's solid victory was not influenced by the African-American vote? n/t

[Occam Bandage]

9. 55%? It was influenced by the Democratic vote.

[jody]

11. If you are correct, then do you expect Obama will win the electoral votes in SC? n/t

[Frances]

10. I have close SC relatives whom I've visited for many years

and I don't think there is any chance that SC will go Dem in the fall.

However, Obama gained a great deal from this victory.

First, Obama has momentum.

Second, Bill Clinton is no longer an asset for Hillary in my opinion.

I am sorry to say that the story now is about Bill Clinton's negatives, not Hillary's positives.