Martin: Half of S.C. voters are white, too
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Ever since we got into the thick of the presidential race, reporters, anchors, pundits, columnists and writers have spent a considerable amount of time on the fact that nearly 50 percent of the people who will vote in the South Carolina primary are black.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is limiting her time in South Carolina even though the presidential primary is just five days away, a recognition of rival Barack Obama's chances of winning the state and a reflection of her own long-term strategy.
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A disturbing trend has returned to South Carolinaâs secondary at the time the Gamecocks hate to see it the most. As happened so often in USCâs embarrassing, 63-17
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They are a diverse lot &#151; 23 percent of them Hispanic, 0.3 percent black. Forty-three percent of them are college graduates. And attorneys in the Kobe Bryant rape case would love to know what they are thinking right now.
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There are echoes of Jesse Jacksonâs candidacy as the battle for the Democratic nomination once again roars across the South, focused squarely on African Americans.
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As many as 90 percent of the electronic voting machines in one coastal South Carolina county did not work when polls opened in Saturday's Republican primary and officials also worried that snow forecast for the northern part of the state could impact voter turnout.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - South Carolina Democrats cast votes on Saturday in a bitter presidential nominating race, with Barack Obama leading rival Hillary Clinton in polls and counting on heavy black support to carry him to a needed victory.
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For the first time ever in the South, blacks are as well represented on college campuses as they are in the region's population as a whole &#151; something not yet true of the country overall.
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Voters in Nevada and  South Carolina make their choices on Saturday in a chaotic U.S.  presidential race, with polls showing tight struggles in both  states as nominating battles move to the South and West.
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When Steve Cohen, a white man, was elected last year to represent mostly black Memphis in Congress, it was seen as a sign that racial divisions were fading in this Southern city.
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The aftermath of the South Carolina primary brought some measure of clarity to the muddled Republican presidential race.
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Voters came out in record numbers in about half the states that have voted in presidential primaries so far, according to an analysis Wednesday.
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In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presidency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle &#151; wavering voters who are more likely than others to question President Bush's honesty and think the war in Iraq was a mistake.
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The candidate's failure to draw much support from the ethnic community has sparked an ugly debate over whether his race is the reason
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You can't turn on a 24-hour news channel or your nightly news this week without seeing a feature on African-American women voters. It makes sense, being that the South Carolina Democratic primary is only one day away and African-American women will make up approximately one-third of the voters.
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Barack Obama may find that for black voters in South Carolina, being black isn't everything. If there is a single state where being black holds the potential to boost Obama's chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination, South Carolina fits the bill.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama's big lead over rival Hillary Clinton has slipped but is still substantial two days before the presidential primary election in South Carolina, where candidates were competing vigorously to win support from black voters.