Personal popularity, a large black electorate, fewer liberals and a fondness for Obama-era policies threw a lifeline to former Vice President Joe Biden in South Carolina — while preliminary exit poll results found Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lagging in favorability and perceived sensitivity to racial issues alike.
In handing Biden his first victory, Democratic primary voters also tossed a stink bomb to billionaire Mike Bloomberg. CONT.
Gary Langer, Christine Filer & Allison De Jong, ABC News