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5 takeaways from the South Carolina primary after Biden wins big

Goodbye, up-close and personal campaigning. Hello, fly-by rallies.

Up to now, the Democratic presidential contest has been a series of discrete events held one after the other in a single - which is to say manageable - locale: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and, on Saturday, South Carolina, which gave Joe Biden the big victory he desperately needed.

Say what you will about how accurately, or not, those states reflect the rest of America. From here on, it's largely a nationwide contest, starting on Tuesday, when 14 states from California to Massachusetts vote.

But before the Democratic race scatters to all corners,

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