Joe Biden’s front-running presidential bid will live or die by the black vote. His campaign finally acknowledged it this week.
South Carolina, the campaign expects, will function as a firewall within the early state gauntlet and as a springboard to Super Tuesday, where anywhere from two-thirds to 28 percent of the electorate is black, depending on the state.“South Carolina is key because it’s the first state with a substantial African American population.
“It’s a delegate game,” Sanders said, repeatedly mentioning that any Democratic nominee must build a “broad, diverse coalition” that primarily includes blacks, whites and Hispanics. “Do I think we have to win Iowa? No,” one senior adviser said, adding that the first caucus state is nevertheless “critical.” Later, turning to the first primary state of New Hampshire, the adviser noted that “as you all know, historically, there’s an incredible home field advantage for a Massachusetts candidate or a New Englander” — a not-so-subtle reference to Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
Still, Biden’s strategy for the South could come apart depending on what happens up North. If he loses Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden could see his South Carolina advantage evaporate because he could no longer make a compelling electability Biden’s advisers say they’re well aware of recent primary history — especially in light of the candidacies of California Sen. Kamala Harris and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, both of whom are black. But neither has, at this point in the 2020 race, come anywhere close to drawingAs a result, a Biden win in South Carolina wouldn’t just give him momentum heading into the rest of the South, but it would also seriously damage the candidacies of Harris and Booker, said the Rev.
Biden, whose campaign co-chair is a former head of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, began ramping up hisLate last month, the campaign began stumping in select hair salons and barbershops to spread the word. Last week, he traveled to South Carolina for four rallies, including an event at historically black Clinton College in Rock Hill.
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