COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – An outpouring of black voter assistance propelled Joe Biden to a convincing triumph in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, reanimating his failing White Home quote and giving the former vice president a possibility to claim he is the moderate alternative to front-runner Bernie Sanders.
Democratic U.S. presidential prospect and previous Vice President Joe Biden speaks at his South Carolina main night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., February 29,2020 REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
The win provides Biden a burst of momentum as the Democratic race to find a challenger to Republican politician President Donald Trump expands rapidly, with Super Tuesday primaries in 14 states in 3 days that will award one-third of the readily available nationwide delegates.
With 85%of the precincts reporting, Biden had 49%of the vote and U.S. Senator Sanders of Vermont was a far-off 2nd with 20%, according to main state outcomes. Billionaire activist Tom Steyer had 11%and all of the other competitors were well behind with single digits.
After the vote count rolled in, Steyer, who had been investing greatly in South Carolina to court African-American voters, ended his governmental bid in the future Saturday as it emerged he was coming in a remote third.
Exit surveys performed by Edison Research study showed the previous vice president with 64%of African-American support to Sanders’ 15%. He likewise beat Sanders, the national front-runner amongst a broad variety of demographic and ideological groups, including those who determined themselves as “very liberal.”
It was the very first primary win for Biden