Sanders Crosses Finish Line Far Behind Biden In South Carolina

Democratic White House hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders greets his supporters during a campaign rally at the Virginia Wesleyan University Convocation Hall on February 29, 2020 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. - For... Democratic White House hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders greets his supporters during a campaign rally at the Virginia Wesleyan University Convocation Hall on February 29, 2020 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. - Former vice president Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, reviving his flagging campaign and positioning himself as the leading rival to frontrunner Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) came in distant second to Joe Biden’s in Saturday’s South Carolina primary.

At the time of writing, the Associated Press reported that Sanders won 19.33 percent of the vote with 56 percent of precincts reporting. Biden had 49.65 percent.

Going into South Carolina, Sanders was showing strength, having won New Hampshire and Nevada decisively and virtually tying with Pete Buttigieg in Iowa. But he was defeated handily by Biden, who was buoyed by considerable support from black voters.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Sanders congratulated Biden and shrugged at his second-place finish, saying “you cannot win ’em all.”

“And now we enter Super Tuesday in Virginia,” he added.

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  1. Although we don’t know who they voted for, it would be interesting to know how many Republicans voted in the Democratic primary.

    (Since they couldn’t vote in any down-ticket GOP primaries if they voted in the Democratic Presidential primary, I suspect few Republicans actually made the switch.)

  2. We all know who they voted for.

  3. Avatar for sooner sooner says:

    Without apologies to any bernie bros here I’ll hope that this is the beginning of the end for him.

    It’s time for vanity and empty words to float away in the end, we need to get down to the serious business of taking out trump. Not that Joe is the best answer but his chances are better than the ego.

  4. Quoted from the author of this article.

    “Going into South Carolina, Sanders was showing strength, having won New Hampshire and Nevada decisively”

    Sanders did not “win New Hampshire decisively”.

  5. Avatar for denisj denisj says:

    Hopefully Democrats have woken up and decided to select a Democrat to represent Democrats in the presidential run.

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