The africanamerican vote. Night. Clinton and sanders competing for attention with a republican candidate. Our team has it covered. First to South Carolina carolina. Reporter Clinton Campaign officials feel confident. They are hoping to match or beat senator sanders win in new hampshire. That would give second clinton big momentum heading into super tuesday. Thank you so much, columbia. Reporter secretary clinton coasting to an expected win in the First Southern primary. For clinton, South Carolina is a key part of her southern firewall. Its a test for whether she can reclaim what was lost here in 2008. I want to congratulate senator obama. Reporter after her defeat here in barak obama that all but ended her white house bid. I think what happened, she wants here in South Carolina want redemption. There are thousands of voters here in South Carolina that were planning on voting for her. Then barak obama won iowa. They dont regret who they voted for, but now they are able to vote for who
In crowds both at the beginning and end of the day, but here that was not the case on a saturday. Now i spoke with chris whitmyer from the Election Committee and he said anecdotehe said anecdotally that most polling locations said the turnout seem to be pretty low and slow, but as far as absentee ballots go, there were 54,000 which was up 20,000 from eight years ago. And, of course, we will be watching now to see how the numbers turn out as the last of the votes are tallied and we find out whether todays turnout looks like last weeks did with the republican primary setting a new record. Live from columbia, allie spillyards, news 10 news. Dawndy alley, thank you. Two minutes after polls have closed at the 7 00 hour and we are learning that Hillary Clinton is the projected winner. This does not come a as major surprise as clinton has enjoyed a very large lead in the polls and this has been a long expected time to be a big night for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Clinton supporters have co