Supporters for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., celebrate his win in the South Carolina primary in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.
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Supporter Evelyn Golden of Atlanta, Georgia waits for Democratic presidential candidate US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at his South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, January 26, 2008. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008
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Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., celebrate his South Carolina primary victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. and former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. during a rally in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.
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By DAVID ESPO and CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writers
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.
"The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders," Obama said at a boisterous victory rally. "It's not about rich versus poor, young versus old and it's not about black versus white. It's about the past versus the future."The audience chanted "Race doesn't matter" as it awaited Obama to make his appearance after rolling up 55 percent of the vote in a three-way race.
But it did, in a primary that shattered turnout records.
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