Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads the Democratic primary race in South Carolina by 22 points, according to a Bloomberg poll released Thursday.
The poll showed support for Clinton at 53 percent, while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stood at 31 percent.
Today’s poll is the first that Bloomberg has fielded in South Carolina, where Democrats go to the polls on Saturday. But these results are consistent with most other polls of the Palmetto State, which show Clinton holding a commanding advantage even though Sanders has made impressive gains over the past month.
TPM’s PollTracker Average shows Clinton at 57.9 percent in South Carolina and Sanders at 33.5 percent.
The Bloomberg poll was carried out from Feb. 13-17. Pollsters used live telephone interviews to survey 403 likely Democratic voters with a margin of error of 4.9 percentage points.
I never thought in a million years I would write these words, but South Carolina actually has sane Democrats. Bernie is all sizzle and no, steak. His followers want something for nothing and have no clue about how the legislative process works…kind of like the Trump/Cruz supporters on the Right. If Sander and Trump or Cruz are the nominees, I will become the biggest Bloomberg fan out there.
South Carolina’s Democratic base is much more ethnically and racially diverse than Iowa and New Hampshire. I doubt they will buy in to Bernie’s revolution.
If Hillary is nominated and wins in November, we will have the African Americans and minorities to thank for that.