From The State.com
Posted on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Election 2008: S.C. red starts to fade
By WAYNE WASHINGTON
Barack Obama did not carry South Carolina in winning the presidency, but future Democratic nominees could find the Palmetto State to be much more fertile territory.
An analysis of voting patterns over the past eight years shows that Democrats have made big strides in a state that has been reliably Republican since Jimmy Carter last won it for the Democrats in 1976.
Those strides have not yet borne fruit for Democrats. Republicans still occupy the governor’s office and control both houses of the General Assembly. Republican presidential nominee John McCain also beat Obama here by a comfortable 9 percentage points.
Read More.. .
No comments:
Post a Comment