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NNadir

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5. The candidate selected in S. Carolina will be the choice

Reply to rurallib (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 04:59 PM

Mar 2023

...of one of our most important demographic groups, African Americans.

It's how we came by Joe Biden, exactly the right man for the right time.

That's not what we get in Iowa.

African American voters in South Carolina saved our country and I'm one old white dude who is grateful.

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Caucuses and delegates [View all] Bettie Mar 2023 OP

I am ok with it. bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #1

I don't like having a red state play a major role in choosing the Democratic nominee. NNadir Mar 2023 #2

Iowa up until about a decade ago was pretty much 50/50 rurallib Mar 2023 #3

The candidate selected in S. Carolina will be the choice NNadir Mar 2023 #5

I agree but you said Iowa was a really red state. So is South Carolina. rurallib Mar 2023 #7

Well, at the risk of sounding like a bigot, I'm not interested I'm the... NNadir Mar 2023 #8

I have been a caucus goer since the '80s rurallib Mar 2023 #4

Yeah, but what I meant by being cut out entirely Bettie Mar 2023 #6