Lost in all this talk of Barack Obama’s big victory in South Carolina is the surprising fact that John Edwards won his own sort of victory. Among non-black voters, according to CNN exit polls, John Edwards was the favorite pick.
Obama did win non-black voters under age 29, but they made up just 5% of the total electorate. Meanwhile Edwards won outright or tied Hillary Clinton for non-black voters in all other age categories.
Why did Edwards perform so poorly overall, winning about 18% in total? Well, he captured only about 3% of the total black vote. A pretty dismal showing that highlights just how poalized the Democratic party has become along racial lines.
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