Sen. Barack Obama won all but two counties in the South Carolina Primary today. Horry County (Myrtle Beach) went to Sen. Hillary Clinton. And, Oconee County went to former North Carolina senator John Edwards, who was born in that jurisdiction.
But, the story from South Carolina has to be that Obama got more than 70 % of the vote in the counties of Sumter, Marion, Williamsburg and Jasper.
In Williamsburg County which neighbors Horry County, Obama got a whopping 74 % percent of the vote, compared to 17 % for Clinton.
In York County (Rock Hill), Obama won with 46 % compared to 36% for Clinton, who had campaigned there the day before and 17 % for Edwards.
In Charleston County, which also paved the way for Sen. John McCain in the Republican Primary last week, Obama got 63 % of the vote as opposed to Clinton's 24% and Edwards' 15% tally.
The turn-out for the Democratic Primary was even greater than it was for the Republican Primary. This is fairly startling because South Carolina is a definitive red state.
The African American vote went squarely to Obama in every part of the Palmetto State.
I think the people of South Carolina have chosen well as it is now firmly apparent that Obama is a better candidate than Hillary Clinton as McCain is a more solid choice than either of his rivals, Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee. (I guess technically Rudy and Ron Paul are still in it).
I truly think that if Obama and McCain square off in November, that it will be a great shame that one of them will have to lose.
And, the articles I read did not even mention Mike Gravel, the long-shot Democratic candidate who is 'still in the race.'
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http://www.thestate.com
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