Aaron Gould Sheinin, Myrtle Beach Sun News
Black South Carolinians are Democrats.
But they’re far from liberal.
Blacks in South Carolina have nuanced, sometimes seemingly conflicting opinions that reflect, at times, the state’s conservatism, a groundbreaking Winthrop/ETV poll found.
For example, according to the poll: Two-thirds say they are Democrats, and four in five plan to vote in the state’s January Democratic presidential primary. But almost six in 10 describe their political beliefs as conservative or moderate.
Despite that conservatism, more than half say government “definitely” should ensure that every American has a “decent standard of living,” a liberal belief at odds with free-market capitalism.
