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South Carolina Primary Narrows The Democratic Race
The Implicit Divide In The Democratic Part is Deepening and Narrowing
The South Carolina Primary brought about many changes to the Democratic Primary Race. It also brought about many new questions. How will the race play out? Why did Tom Steyer and Pete Buttigieg drop out? Why didn't Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren (who finished lower in the primary) drop out as well? Who will end up being the nominee? Will the Democratic Party feel the Bern or will another candidate be nominated?
Joe Biden staked his political future on willing South Carolina. Talking about a firewall of Americans that would vote for him. In his New Hampshire Primary speech (where he had come in 5th place) he stated how 99% of the black voters and 98% of the Latino voters have not voted yet; and how only 2 states out of 50 had voted and from where he comes, that's just “the opening bell”. The matter was directly addressed during the 10th democratic debate, where Gayle King asked Biden,
“KING: Mr. Biden, will you continue if you do not win South Carolina? You have said that South Carolina will determine the outcome of this presidential race. If you don’t win South Carolina, will you continue in this race?
BIDEN: I will win South Carolina.”
