Core of white Democrats in SC voted for Obama

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - White voters accounted for the bulk of people casting ballots in South Carolina’s presidential contest, and three-quarters of them supported Republican John McCain.  But an Associated Press exit poll also shows a core of white Democrats voted for President-elect Barack Obama.

The poll shows a majority of white South Carolina voters who supported Obama were college-educated, higher-income Democrats who chose their candidate months ago. Three in five of them were women, and nearly all of them disapproved of the way President Bush has handled his job.

One in five white voters supporting Obama said race was a factor in their decision.  As expected, nearly all black voters in South Carolina chose Obama, the nation’s first black president.
   
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