Senator Obama won the votes in the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, January 26th. The high percent of votes earned by Obama was over double of what his rival Senator Clinton gained, 55 percent compared to only 27 percent. Sen. Obama also set a new turn out record of voters in the state; he claimed more votes than the entire primary candidacy of 04.
The win gave the Obama campaign a large comeback after barely loosing to Clinton in the New Hampshire and Nevada caucuses. Supports chanted, “we want change!” during his victory speech in South Carolina, enhancing the continuity of the Obama movement.
The Obama campaign continues its momentum and excitement as “Super Tuesday” approaches, when 22 states will hold either primaries or caucuses.
"After four great contests, in every corner of this country, we have the most votes the most delegates and the most diverse coalition of Americans that we've seen in a long, long time," Obama said. "You can see it in the faces here tonight, there are young and old, rich and poor, black and white, Latino, and Asian American."
“The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders," Obama said. "It's not about rich versus poor, young versus old and it is not about black versus white. This election is about the past versus the future." – Barack Obama, South Carolina Victory Speech.
Jocelyn Ettinger
Press Secretary
jbettinger@ucdavis.edu
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