A new poll of the Palmetto State.
BY MAX GREENWOOD
Joe Biden’s once-outsize lead in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary has narrowed to 5 points, according to a new Winthrop University poll, a sign of rising trouble for the former vice president in a state that his campaign has long considered a political firewall.
The poll still shows Biden leading the pack with 24 percent support among likely South Carolina primary voters. But that represents a significant decrease from a similar Winthrop University poll from September that showed the former vice president with a 20-point advantage in the state.
The latest poll also shows a surge for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has gained considerable momentum since notching top finishes in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary earlier this month.
Only one other candidate, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, registered double-digit support in the South Carolina poll. He trails Sanders at 15 percent.
In other news:
BY REBECCA KLAR
Youth gun violence prevention activists, including several March For Our Lives co-founders, on Thursday endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic presidential primary.
The activists touted Sanders as the best candidate to push for progressive change on gun reform.
“The truth is we need a President who can do it — who can build a populist movement, who can create structural change, and who can speak to the intersection of every American issue,” Delaney Tarr, co-founder of March For Our Lives, said in a statement. “Bernie has created a movement that I not only believe in, but I fight for. I am so excited to join in creating a campaign to be proud of — and an America to be proud of.”
Down the road, next door in North Carolina, and Texas...