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Early projections suggest Barack Obama has won in South Carolina, where Democrats have been choosing who they want to run for US president. | |
US media projections based on exit polls indicate Hillary Clinton has beaten John Edwards into third place. | |
Early analysis suggests Mr Obama took a big share of the black vote, who made up about half the voters. | |
This is the Democrats' final test before Super Tuesday in 10 days' time, when more than 20 states will vote. | This is the Democrats' final test before Super Tuesday in 10 days' time, when more than 20 states will vote. |
Republicans have already held their poll in South Carolina, and are now campaigning for their next primary election in Florida on Tuesday. | Republicans have already held their poll in South Carolina, and are now campaigning for their next primary election in Florida on Tuesday. |
On Saturday morning long queues of Democratic Party supporters formed at polling stations in South Carolina, amid chilly, overcast weather. | |
Voting in the primary election was brisk, with some officicals predicting a record turn-out. | |
Psychological boost | Psychological boost |
It is the Democrats' first primary in the South of the US, where black voters are likely to play a big role. | It is the Democrats' first primary in the South of the US, where black voters are likely to play a big role. |
Some officials have predicted record turnout in South Carolina | |
Ahead of the vote, the BBC's Kevin Connolly said that if it proved the case that Mrs Clinton finished some way behind Mr Obama, it would hand him a psychological boost before Super Tuesday. | |
Mrs Clinton spent part of the week campaigning outside South Carolina, signalling that she was not expecting to win there. | |
The third candidate, John Edwards, is a native of the state, and won there in his failed run for the presidential nomination in 2004, but polls suggested he would struggle to make an impact this time. | |
All three candidates made last-minute appearances in the state as polling was under way. | All three candidates made last-minute appearances in the state as polling was under way. |
Mr Obama greeted potential voters at a Baptist church, a historically black college and a restaurant in Columbia, while Mrs Clinton and daughter Chelsea stopped by a diner elsewhere in the state capital. | Mr Obama greeted potential voters at a Baptist church, a historically black college and a restaurant in Columbia, while Mrs Clinton and daughter Chelsea stopped by a diner elsewhere in the state capital. |
The idea of the first African-American nominee of a major party also is exhilarating, and so is the prospect of the first woman nominee New York Times class="" href="/1/hi/world/americas/7208577.stm">Battle not black and white class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7210997.stm">In pictures: S Carolina votes Mr Edwards talked to voters at a restaurant in Mount Pleasant and called into a polling station. | |
He told reporters he would remain in the race no matter how he did in Saturday's vote, the Associated Press reports. | He told reporters he would remain in the race no matter how he did in Saturday's vote, the Associated Press reports. |
The battle between the two leading candidates has shown a touch of real nastiness, the BBC's Kevin Connolly adds. | The battle between the two leading candidates has shown a touch of real nastiness, the BBC's Kevin Connolly adds. |
Mr Obama accused Mrs Clinton of saying anything to get elected, after earlier accusing her husband Bill Clinton of making false statements about him. | Mr Obama accused Mrs Clinton of saying anything to get elected, after earlier accusing her husband Bill Clinton of making false statements about him. |
For her part, Mrs Clinton accused Mr Obama of never taking responsibility for any vote he cast. | For her part, Mrs Clinton accused Mr Obama of never taking responsibility for any vote he cast. |
Correspondents say both parties' contests for the presidential nomination are so close that they could continue for weeks after Super Tuesday this year. | Correspondents say both parties' contests for the presidential nomination are so close that they could continue for weeks after Super Tuesday this year. |
Once the candidate for each party has been selected, they will compete head-to-head to win the presidential election in November. | Once the candidate for each party has been selected, they will compete head-to-head to win the presidential election in November. |