Three reasons that made victory possible for Biden in Black-heavy SC primary

Conservative South Carolinians

Although polls suggest Sanders is the favorite of blacks nationally, Biden’s support in the south among African-Americans dwarfs any other candidate’s.

South Carolinian African-Americans are ideologically different than African-Americans in California or New York. South Carolinian blacks remember the party that fought for civil rights but it does not mean the people share the Democratic party’s social liberalism.

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For blacks down south, Biden’s incrementalist politics is easily contrastable with and preferable to Sanders’ fiery revolutionary politics.