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Obama Wins SC in a Rout

Posted Jan 26, 08 11:30 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama scored a resounding triumph in the South Carolina primary last night, with massive support from black voters and stronger-than-expected backing from whites. Obama got 55% of the vote, more than doubling Hillary Clinton (27%) and tripling the state's native son, John Edwards (18%). Election officials said a record 530,000 voters participated, about half of whom were black, the State reports.

"We have the most votes, the most delegates, and the most diverse coalition of Americans we've seen in a long, long time," Obama told jubilant supporters afterward. He won a whopping 80 percent of the black vote, but he also got about a quarter of the white vote, the Washington Post notes. Clinton gave short thrift to the results and flew to Nashville to campaign for Super Tuesday. Edwards, still winless, vowed to fight on.

Sources State (Columbia, SC), Washington Post

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles at a supporter as he campaigns in Harper's Restaurant in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
Former President, Bill Clinton speaks to supporters of his wife and democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton during a campaign stop in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Patrick...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., sits at a table to chat as she campaigns at the Liberty Tap Room & Grill in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., visits a polling place to shake hands with poll workers and voters Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)   (Associated Press)
Supporters for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., celebrate his win in the South Carolina primary in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and his wife, Michelle, wave as they take the stage during a South Carolina primary victory party in Columbia, S.C. Saturday, Jan. 26,...   (Associated Press)
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