Coming on the heels of tense primaries in New Hampshire and Nevada, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders square off in South Carolina today.
Polls are showing Clinton with a strong lead over Sanders, 58.2% to 30.7%. Polling places close at 7 p.m. EST.
Hillary is expected to win South Carolina by the wide margin implied in the polls. However Sanders continues to campaign, looking for a strong second-place finish.
“A blow-out win for Clinton won’t just be bad publicity for Sanders; it will drop him ever further behind in the delegate count,” notes OregonLive. “That’s why he kept campaigning in the state this week even though Clinton maintained a sizable lead in the preference polls.”
Sanders won by a wide margin in New Hampshire, but Clinton came back and won in Nevada. After Saturday’s primary they’ll head to Super Tuesday, when 11 states vote.
Still, Hillary carries a great deal of baggage into the election, ranging from unanswered questions on Benghazi and her email scandals, to health concerns after numerous coughing fits prevented her from finishing speeches.
The strain of campaigning on behalf of his wife appeared to catch up with Bill Clinton during an appearance in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday. The ex-president lost his temper when a former Marine interrupted Clinton’s speech and asked him to address what Hillary was going to do about the VA. Another woman in the audience also jumped up and began shouting, “Hillary lied over four coffins!”
Clinton snapped, “Shut up and listen to my answer,” but sheriff’s deputies removed both people and the former president never did address the accusations.
Clinton and Sanders are essentially tied in terms of earned delegates, the number they win at primaries and caucuses. Clinton has a big lead in "super delegates," who can change who they are supporting. There are 59 delegates up for grabs in South Carolina.
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