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Listening and watching candidates, voters, signs

By Melany Rochester, Eric Perless and Jonah Goldman • Videos by Melany Rochester COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Wash staff fanned out across greater Columbia the morning of Feb. 29 to talk to voters and listen to last-minute...

Young people aren’t sure their votes matter

By Lydia Calitri Young voters in presidential elections often come out in low numbers — usually posting historically low numbers in their voting demographic. The 2020 South Carolina primary was no exception. Voters...

Voters say they want Trump off the ticket

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Our staff was on the ground to interview voters about what South Carolinians think of the contenders in Saturday’s presidential ballot. Here’s what they found:  “I have people in my family...

Candidates court the selfie vote

By Brianna Crummy CHARLESTON, S.C. — Audience members lined up five deep for a chance at a selfie with Democratic presidential candidates during commercial breaks at the CNN Town Hall. As the moderators finished their...

Fans, and a lifelong friend, join the Pete tour

By Yazan Hanouneh COLUMBIA, S.C. — When Mike Schmuhl was an eighth-grader in South Bend, Indiana, ninth-grade student Pete Buttigieg gave him a personal tour of his future high school. Now Schmuhl is running...

Can Klobuchar reach black voters?

By Mallory Payne CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sen. Amy Klobuchar spent several days in South Carolina trying to woo black voters in the days before the state’s first-in-the-South Democratic presidential primary. At a CNN town...

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