Bernie Sanders Intrigues South Carolina Town That Loves Hillary Clinton – The New York Times

Mrs. Clinton has long looked forward to the Feb. 27 Democratic contest in South Carolina, the first state where blacks will make up a dominant part of the primary vote. African-Americans accounted for more than half the voters in the 2008 Democratic primary, and she has been counting on them as a bulwark, not just in South Carolina but also in the so-called SEC primary in six Southern states March 1.

But a flurry of endorsements and appearances has made it clear that both candidates are avidly courting blacks and neither can assume their support.

From: Bernie Sanders Intrigues South Carolina Town That Loves Hillary Clinton – The New York Times