[cheers] the road to the white house for the president ial candidates continues in South Carolina not inner the republicans this week but for the democrats. And joining us from columbia, South Carolina is andy shain political reporter for the state newspaper. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you very having me. Looking at the schedule Hillary Clinton will be there tomorrow and wednesday. Senator sanders not back until friday. Give us a sense where this race is among these two democrats. Andy secretary lynnton is holding a large lead about 24 clinton is holding a large lead about 24 points. Shes held a very large lead over senator sanders really since hes entered the race. The main reason why its not been close is the africanamerican vote. South carolina more than half of our voters are africanamerican. Hillary clinton is very popular. She holds a 21 advantage over senator sanders among the africanamerican vote. This is a little bit of a residual from the 2008 primary when s