Democrats in conservative S.C. see opportunity for gains
FILE- In this Feb. 24, 2020 photo, Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a South Carolina Democratic Party dinner in Charleston, S.C. Harrison has raised more money than his Republican opponent, Sen. Lindsey Graham, two quarters in a row. FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden stands left as his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.
Of course, South Carolina is still a Republican state. President Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton here by 14 percentage points in 2016 and is easily favored to win again in November. “There’s a political earthquake that’s happening in South Carolina right now,” he said. “Suburban white women disgusted with Trump, millennials, Generation X, Generation Z, who are like, 'no, this is not what we want for our politics.'”Matt Moore, a former South Carolina Republican Party chair, said he is skeptical that Democrats will win statewide races this year.
Turnout in this year's Democratic presidential primary set state records, with more than 539,000 votes cast, nearly 7,000 more than the previous record from 2008. Deitra Matthews, a South Carolina AKA member and educator who backed Harris’ campaign, said family and friends told her they weren’t sure whether white people would vote for Harris as president.
“Having a Black woman on the ticket, to be a voice in a room where folks are just often silent and marginalized, is just tremendous,” Harrison, who is Black, told The Associated Press. “It’s tremendous to have her there. ... I think she’ll be good, and it’ll be a positive for us.”
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