As Democrats Emphasize Diversity, South Carolina Is A Key Early Campaign Stop
The state's large share of African-American Democratic voters and a well-timed spot on the 2020 primary calendar make it a critical state for presidential candidates.
The Democratic Party is increasingly focused on and organized around diversity. It also has the most diverse field of candidates in the history of presidential politics. And voters in South Carolina, the first primary state with a predominantly African-American Democratic electorate, have been inundated with 2020 hopefuls in these early weeks of the campaign.
Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders spent the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with the South Carolina NAACP.
