ist: joining us on the phone jamie lovegrove.n somet on the new numbers, courtesy of real clear politics that suozzi the state of the race in south

ist: joining us on the phone jamie lovegrove. screen somet on the new numbers, courtesy of real clear politics that suozzi the state of the race in south carolina. this is the summary of the most recent polls with former vice president joe biden at 32%. then it are bernie sanders at 15%, closely followed by senator elizabeth warren. thomas tyer at 8% and pete buttigieg at 6%. have been pretty consistent over the last couple of months. why? guest: the former vice president has had a very durable base of support in south carolina. he is by far the best known of the candidates. favorablyed particularly by black voters in south carolina who make up a majority of the democratic electorate in south carolina. about 61% in 2016. because of his association with president obama, probably because he has been coming to south carolina for many years and has a lot of lengthy relationships here. he has been very popular with that group of folks. it has been very hard for any other candidates to try to chip away at it. they have all been competi