South Carolina
South Carolina Dems wanted to prove they should be first. The turnout was underwhelming.
South Carolina beat New Hampshire’s primary turnout by just 7,000 votes — and Biden wasn’t even on the ballot in the Northeastern state.
Biden had lobbied the national party to give South Carolina, the state that gave him his key first victory in the 2020 primary, the first-in-the-nation primary status that New Hampshire used to hold. And the state made the status central to its turno... [5025 chars]