In Hillary Clinton's landslide S.C. win, an asterisk on gun control
Hillary Clinton’s 48-point victory over rival Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary here Saturday was categorical by a host of measures. On issues ranging from foreign policy to race relations, voters chose the former secretary of State by huge margins.
Within those exit polls, Mrs. Clinton also won big among another group: Those who favored reducing gun violence over gun rights chose her by a 50 point margin. And 81 percent of voters prioritized reducing gun violence.
In a state that saw two high-profile shootings last year – the killing of motorist Walter Scott by a policeman and the murder of nine churchgoers by a white supremacist in Charleston – the issue was emotionally resonant. Yet interviews with voters Saturday offer a more nuanced picture than the numbers themselves.
They suggest that South Carolina Democrats’ overwhelming desire to rein in gun violence is not all anti-Second Amendment crusading. South Carolina, after all, is steeped in the Southern hunting culture. Even Democrats carry.
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