"The Democratic candidate in a South Carolina special election swept to a landslide victory Tuesday night, becoming the youngest person elected to the state legislature in nearly a decade.
"Keishan Scott, 24, was elected to the state House to represent South Carolina’s 50th district, which encompasses Lee County and parts of Kershaw and Sumter counties. He won just under 71 percent of the nearly 3,700 votes cast, beating his Republican opponent by about 41 percentage points. [...]
"Kamala Harris won the district by only about five points in the November election [...]"
That's a 36% gain. Here's what it tells us: voters in rural South Carolina are getting fed up with Trump and his policies.
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