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 competing for second so far. and his lead has not really diminished. it will be interesting to see whether the results are whether the results in new hampshire will have an impact on that. at that has been the state of the race for several months here. host: the road to south carolina begins in iowa, then in new hampshire, then the first