Black Voters in South Carolina Are Searching for One Thing: A Winner
Joe Biden leads in the vast majority of polls in the state. But voters still have questions.
As the rain came down furiously on a Sunday in mid-February, Deborah Lankin-Egleton realized she was facing a choice. She could either continue to support former vice president Joe Biden, or she could jump ship less than two weeks before the state’s primary election. “Tom Steyer, he’s just been that underdog that’s been coming up and planting the seed,” the 54-year-old told GEN as she fumbled with her left earring while sitting in her church, New Nation Ministry, in Columbia, South Carolina. The desire to learn more about Steyer came after hearing a presentation about the billionaire businessman at an after-service lunch, where collard greens and banana pudding were passed around in generous portions. But the real reason she’s still undecided is currently sitting in the Oval Office. “The big thing I want to see,” Lankin-Egleton said, “is who can beat Donald Trump.”
That candidate may not be Biden, she conceded. Steyer, polling third in South Carolina but at just 2% nationally, might not be it either. Lankin-Egleton, who lives in the outskirts of Columbia, said her family and friends are paralyzed by making the wrong choice, a fear that has spread…
