Democratic South Carolina Primary results thread (polls close @7pm ET)

[Lyin' Steve]

Guys my friend is at a university and went along a ballot line, there wasn't a single person over 23 and none of them were voting for Clinton!
Sanders landslide imminent!!!!

Someone else sent me this picture from a polling center.  Where are all the black people???  This is going to be a rough night for Hillary!

[Lyin' Steve]

I wonder what Sanders is going to say tonight, since he can't use that "it's basically a draw" line when he loses by 30 points.

He'll say that there are more states than just SC, same thing he was saying before today.

"A year ago, I was projected to lose this state by seventy points.  Today I lost it by just twenty.  That says a lot about our supporters and the strength of this campaign.  We are leading a revolution here, people are inspired and I think we can really make a difference."

After all, back before Sanders was even a candidate he had 3% and Hillary had like 75%.

[Lyin' Steve]

Wolf Blitzer:  "CNN Is about to be prepared to possibly make a MAJOR PREDICTION"
I wonder what it could be?  So suspensful.  I can't take this, Wolf!!!

[Lyin' Steve]

CNN says Clinton may be attacking Trump as part of her victory speech.

Good, the more she can frame the media narrative as Clinton v. Trump, as though the general election has already begun, the more Sanders starts to fade into irrelevancy.
Heaven knows everyone in the media is sick of the Sanders shtick and ready to write about a Clinton vs. Trump smackdown.

[Lyin' Steve]

Here we go!!!

[Lyin' Steve]

Haha "Clinton HQ is about to hear the word" I'm sure they've all been sitting on the edge of their seats.

lol they were all counting down like the NYE ball drop cause they knew it would be called immediately.

[Lyin' Steve]

Hillary 88 - Sanders 12
what a blowout.  Hillary over 90 by the end of the night?

[Lyin' Steve]

Oh christ, is this really going to be 70-30 or more?  These numbers are holding.  Talk about running up the score, this is insane.
Poor decision by Sanders to not compete here.  He's turned a rough loss into an catastrophic implosion.

[Lyin' Steve]

So how the hell did this happen?  We all thought it would be somewhere around 60-40, the margin is thirty points wider than anyone thought.  How did she swing that many people under everyone's nose?  If she'd won by 25-30 we would all have said she overperformed.  How is it even possible to surprise by winning by 50?  How did none of the polls catch this?  How did nobody see this coming?

Honestly this is one of the most impressive political performances I've ever seen.  Hillary beat her polling gap by thirty points.  When has that ever happened in an election?

[Lyin' Steve]

Even though I'm happy Hillary absolutely destroyed him, on some level I kind of feel bad for the guy too. I mean, not to sound like a Berniebro, but this is a guy that marched with MLK and got arrested while fighting for civil rights and yet posted numbers among blacks that would make you think he was David Duke. I hope he doesn't take it too personally, they just love Hillary.

At least he got his moment in the sun after NH.

Meh, he was just a college student getting involved in the college protests of the day, it wasn't exactly bold to be a student protester in the 60s.  He hasn't accomplished jack in the fifty years since.  The Clintons, meanwhile, are the duo of politicians that have accomplished the most for civil rights and empowerment of the african american community since LBJ.  We're comparing a meager activist to a titan of political achievement here.

[Lyin' Steve]

Even though I'm happy Hillary absolutely destroyed him, on some level I kind of feel bad for the guy too. I mean, not to sound like a Berniebro, but this is a guy that marched with MLK and got arrested while fighting for civil rights and yet posted numbers among blacks that would make you think he was David Duke. I hope he doesn't take it too personally, they just love Hillary.

At least he got his moment in the sun after NH.

Meh, he was just a college student getting involved in the college protests of the day, it wasn't exactly bold to be a student protester in the 60s.  He hasn't accomplished jack in the fifty years since.  The Clintons, meanwhile, are the duo of politicians that have accomplished the most for civil rights and empowerment of the african american community since LBJ.  We're comparing a meager activist to a titan of political achievement here.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to compare records or anything. I'm just saying it must be painful to be so thoroughly crushed among a group you fought for since you were young. Like I said, as a Hillary supporter in 08, I felt that same sting, and I'm sure she did too.

Yeah, I feel that.