Bernie Sanders’s New Coalition Put to Test in South Carolina
- After heavy loss to Clinton in 2016, he’s worked to woo voters
- Big focus on state aims to win there or clip Biden’s victory
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Bernie Sanders is investing heavily in South Carolina, visiting often and building a solid organization. But the question remains whether his newfound front-runner status and momentum will be enough to attract the coalition of minority voters he needs to do well there.
Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary will show how well Sanders can deliver on his strategy to turn things around in the key first-in-the-South state. Sanders has made nearly twice as many visits there as he did in 2016. He has hired a large, diverse staff and tailored events that lay out how his “Medicare for All” and other plans can meet the needs of black voters there.