South Carolina's black voters are a powerful bloc. And some just want Trump gone
GREENVILLE, S.C. — White men dominated campaign staffs for presidential candidates in 1988 when Jonathan Metcalf got his first job in politics with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who made a serious bid for the White House.Metcalf joined political directors for seven other campaigns during a panel discussion at the Greenville Convention Center in December, and each of the panelists was black.
"We will be the springboard into Super Tuesday, and the majority of those Super Tuesday states have significant populations of color and diverse communities much like we do," said South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson. "I'm 70-plus and I've been through the good, the bad and the ugly," the community activist said. "This is the ugliest other than segregation. If segregation wasn't enough, this was the straw that broke the camel's back.""I think that group is particularly looking at electability," said Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and international affairs at Furman University in Greenville.
"He has experience and I feel like he is the best one to beat Trump," Nixon said."I feel like on day one he can come with an entourage of people who can help straighten out the mess that we've gone through the past three years." For USC-Upstate student and 25-year-old black voter Ciera Edwards, the challenge is finding a stand-out candidate in a crowded field.
Steyer trailing Biden, SandersA Fox News poll conducted in early January showed Steyer running a distant second in South Carolina among all Democratic voters and black voters. He is now sitting in third place, according to the RealClearPolitics rolling average of South Carolina polls. Steyer's wife, Kat Taylor, stumped for him at four predominantly black churches in the Greenville area earlier in January. His son Sam Steyer also campaigned for him in South Carolina.Pointing out Steyer's creation of a progressive nonprofit called NextGen America and the bank that he and his wife founded to help low-income communities, Robertson said"people have underestimated the fact that he's had relationships prior to him running for president.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was among the top finishers in Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire and came in third in Nevada, which all come before South Carolina on the Democratic calendar. But he has failed to gain traction thus far among black voters in South Carolina, and he's acknowledged as much.
Buttigieg also picked up an endorsement from Anderson's first-ever black mayor, Terence Roberts, on Jan. 27. "I want a president that cares about me. That means he cares about the community," Houston said."And I want a compassionate president like Pete Buttigieg, and that is why I joined the campaign."
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