Former vice president Joe Biden, once the clear leader in the Democratic Party’s nominating contest, finally has a primary victory worthy of that descriptor. Perhaps unexpectedly, it came in the cycle’s fourth contest.
Expectedly, though, it came in the first state to vote where most of the voters are black. Black voters have been the backbone of Biden’s support since he launched his campaign last year. For months, his position in the polls was a function both of broad support across the likely voter pool and depth among black and moderate voters, groups with significant overlap.
In the past few weeks, that breadth eroded. South Carolina shows that the depth mostly didn’t. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post