president hasvice had a durable base of support in south carolina. the best-known of the candidates. by blackwed favorably voters in south carolina who make up a majority of the democratic electorate in south carolina, 61% in 2016. partly because of his association with obama, partly because of the fact he has been coming to south carolina for many years and has relationships year. he has been popular with that group of folks and it has been hard for the other candidates to chip away at it. they have been competing for second so far. his lead has not really diminished. it will be interesting to see whether the result in iowa, the result in a new hampshire will have any impact on that. that has been the state of the race for several months here. >> the voted to south carolina begins in iowa and then a new hampshire and the person the south primary of south carolina. for the joe biden campaign, is a if hecarolina a firewall fares poorly in the other states? they have tried to avoid using that word, but it is clear that is the case. i have spoken to fol