Headline Roundup • February 27th, 2016
Dem Primary in SC
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Wall Street Journal (News)
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders made their final pitches to voters in South Carolina, where a strong showing by Mrs. Clinton, who has a double-digit lead in the polls, could hint at more struggles for Mr. Sanders.
South Carolina Democratic Party officials are expecting a good turnout during Saturday’s voting. Democratic Party Chairman Jamie Harrison said this wee
New York Times (News)
Hillary Clinton recaptured momentum with her win against Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses last weekend, but the South Carolina primary on Saturday will serve as the true test of whether she can excite the voters who shunned her in 2008 to support Barack Obama.
In her last campaign, the state shattered Mrs. Clinton’s hopes and frayed the relationship she and Bill Clinton had with black voters, dealing Mr. Obama a 28-percentage-point victory and convincing the country that his appeal extended beyond the largely white, liberal electorate of Iowa.
Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernard Sanders made a final plea Friday for young black voters to join his “political revolution” in hopes of an upset victory in the first-in-the-South primary.
“We need a political revolution. Are you guys ready to join in that revolution,” he said to cheers of affirmation from the crowd at Claflin University, a
