African-American Support Leads Hillary Clinton to Victory in South Carolina

ROCK HILL, SC – Hillary Clinton’s victory in the South Carolina Democratic Primary was propelled by a strong African-American turnout.

“I wanted Hillary to be the first woman president,” explains Rock Hill resident Sandra Anderson.

She says it wasn’t difficult deciding who she was going to vote for.

“I like the things that she’s been saying. You know, as far as continuing on President Obama, what he started,” she says.

CNN exit polls show 86 percent of African-American women and 79 percent of African-American men voted for Hillary.

Overall, African-Americans made up 62 percent of voters Saturday – a larger black turnout than when Barack Obama won South Carolina in 2008.

“We listened to all the candidates and we listened to their platform and so forth. And then we narrowed it down to one. And we finally cast a vote for her,” says Rock Hill resident Dennis Taylor.

He says experience is what mattered to him.

“Our candidates, I want to know how our candidates do with foreign policy. And that’s important to get a good, diplomatic view and experience with them,” Taylor explains.

Bernie Sanders won with white voters, who made up only 34 percent of the electorate. CNN exit polls show 51 percent of white women voted for Bernie along with 68 percent of white men.

But no matter who they supported, voters told us they thought it was important show up to the polls today.

“It’s very important to me, now that I’m a mother, I just care about the community and being that she will be coming up in this world, it’s very important on how things are handled and how things are ran,” says Rock Hill resident Chelsea Brice.