WOW!!: New poll shows Hillary with a 50 point lead in South Carolina!

[Cali_Democrat]

By Mark Hensch

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a massive lead over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina, according to a new poll.

Clinton has 64 percent support in the Palmetto State, with Sanders at 14 percent, a Clemson University survey found Thursday. The state's Democratic primary is Saturday.

“After a razor-thin victory by Clinton in Iowa, a blowout by Sanders in the New Hampshire primary and a small margin by Clinton in the Nevada caucuses, Clinton is perched on the cusp of her own significant primary victory in the Palmetto State,” Bruce Ransom, a Clemson political science professor, said in a statement.

Clinton has maintained huge leads in the State for months. An October poll by Clemson found Clinton with 43 percent support and Sanders at 6 percent.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/270786-poll-clinton-poised-for-blowout-in-south-carolina

[ladjf]

1. South Carolina is politically hopeless for all but rich Americans. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

2. What do you mean? nt

[yardwork]

7. .....,

You don't know much about the south, do you?

[ladjf]

16. I have lived in all of the SouthEastern states except Florida.

I feel that I am well posted on the Southern States.

What is it about the South that you understand that I don't?

[frazzled]

9. South Carolina is ranked 42nd among the 50 states in household income

Median household income: $42,367 (latest census figure from 2014). Compare that to NH, which is ranked 6th wealthiest in median household income: $64,712.

The rankings are approximately the same for per capita income: SC is 43rd, NH is 5th.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income

I think it must rather be that wealthy NH is out of touch. South Carolina is a poor state. Let "The People" decide.

[MADem]

13. Mitt Romney got rid of his MA house after he was done pretending to be a MA resident,

but he KEPT his NH lake house!

[frazzled]

20. And he was paying homestead taxes in Utah when he ran for governor

It was never clear he was a MA resident.

[MADem]

28. I know--that Belmont manse was in his wife's name!

Such a tool!

I love the fact that he ginned up Commonwealth Care as a triangulating device, and then had the rug pulled out from under him, while Romneycare, after all that, became one of the foundational bases for Obamacare!

A bit of Al G's schadenfreude going on with that--LOL!

[ladjf]

25. I don't see anyone trying to stop the poor people of South Carolina

from deciding.

But, for a candidate of Sanders' quality to lose by 50 points, suggest to me that something is distorting the decision making processes of many people. No one stands to gain as much from the enactment of Bernie's platform than poor and middle income Americans.
Yet, very few South Carolinian's see it that way. They will have their way. The final result might be that we have a
wild man Carnival Barker billionaire as our President.

[giftedgirl77]

26. Whatever you've got to tell yourself.

[workinclasszero]

3. WTH? 50pt lead!?

BOOM!

[LexVegas]

4. Fuck with Lewis and Clyburn and you will lose. nt

[workinclasszero]

15. Only thing I got to say about that is...

You damn skippy!

[NurseJackie]

29. Lesson learned ... the HARD WAY!

[workinclasszero]

32. More lessons for the ignorant and hateful

Coming on Super Tuesday!

[MADem]

30. And here's the thing--those guys KNOW him. He's not an abstract to them.

He was, before he left for the Senate, a peer, a co-worker in the House.

And they couldn't see fit to endorse him, despite working alongside him all those years.

THAT's probably the worst bit.

[NurseJackie]

5. This is definitely going to be over sooner than anyone expected ...

... well, sooner than *I* expected, anyway.

[sheshe2]

6. K&R

[zappaman]

8. Statistically a tie

#berniemath

[LexVegas]

11. Lol. nt

[MADem]

14. Chortle! nt

[workinclasszero]

17. Hahaha!

[Dem2]

17. Yes indeed

[OilemFirchen]

22. Back in the 1960s Sanders was polling at 0% in SC.

Or something.

[LonePirate]

10. Is there a 15% threshold for receiving delegates in SC?

[brooklynite]

21. Yes

[LonePirate]

23. Thanks for answering. That's the number everyone will be watching on Saturday.

[DCBob]

12. OMG..Sanders 14% !!!

Dropping like a rock.

[LexVegas]

19. Minority backlash.nt

[MADem]

31. No wonder he abandoned SC and hotfooted it to OK. nt

[lunamagica]

24. oh, wow...Great numbers!

I guess people in SC (on top of all) didn't care that Sanders dropped them. Contrast this with Hillary, that fought for NH until the end.

[MoonRiver]

27. Hot damn!

[kingCowan]

33. Great news!!

wow, with those numbers whoever is the Democratic candidate for President is sure to win South Carolina. Awesome!!!