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TexasTowelie

(112,168 posts)
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 04:29 AM Jun 2019

As 2020 presidential candidates campaign in SC, Pee Dee has been mostly left out

They have come to Columbia countless times, Charleston regularly and the Upstate with increasing frequency.

But as 2020 presidential candidates campaign for Democratic primary votes in South Carolina, one key region of the state has generally been neglected so far: the Pee Dee.

The state’s northeast corner, including the Grand Strand, accounted for about 10 percent of the S.C. Democratic primary vote in 2016. But the area has hosted a fraction of 1 percent of S.C. campaign events so far this year.

The lack of early attention has not gone unnoticed.

“Every time you turn on the TV, they’re in Charleston, they’re in Columbia, they’re in Greenville,” said state Rep. Cezar McKnight, D-Lake City. “I’m like, what about Kingstree, what about Lake City, what about other places.”

Read more: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/as-presidential-candidates-campaign-in-sc-pee-dee-has-been/article_080b9ba6-977d-11e9-a1c6-db958458c901.html
(Charleston Post and Courier)

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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As 2020 presidential candidates campaign in SC, Pee Dee has been mostly left out (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
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corbettkroehler

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Wed Jun 26, 2019, 05:33 PM
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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