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Sanders South Carolina Visits

rationale, methodology and limitations | this page updated on Oct. 31, 2015

Through 3rd Quarter 2015

South Carolina: 6 visits, 9 days
2015
>Sen. Bernie Sanders visited SC on September 12, 2015.
He held a town hall meeting in the HRC Arena Benedict College gymnasium at Benedict College in Columbia; held an OTR leadership meeting in Florence, did a town hall meeting at the Civic Center Arena in Florence; and rallied in The West Center at Byrnes Auditorium at Winthrop University in Rock Hill.

>Sen. Bernie Sanders visited SC on August 21-22, 2015.
On August 21 he rallied at TD Convention Center in Greenville; met privately with about 40 elected officials and ministers at Springfield Baptist Church in Greenville; met privately with about 50 pastors and community leaders at Macedonia Baptist Church in Spartanburg; and held a town hall meeting at the Medallion Center in Columbia.
On August 22 he held a town hall meeting at the Sumter County Civic Center in Sumter; met privately with elected officials and community leaders at the Fairfield Inn in Orangeburg; and a rallied at the Charleston Convention Center in North Charleston (originally scheduled for Burke High School gymnasium, but venue changed to acommodate larger crowd).

>Sen. Bernie Sanders visited Columbia, SC on April 24-25, 2015. On April 24 he held a free lunch and town meeting at the Lourie Center; attended the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner at the Metropolitan Convention Center; and attended Rep. James Clyburn's World Famous Fish Fry at the Cannon Parking Garage. On April 25 at the Metropolitan Convention Center he attended the South Carolina Democratic Mayors breakfast; the Democratic Women's Council breakfast, and addressed the South Carolina Democratic Convention.

2014
>Sen. Bernie Sanders held a town hall meeting at The Lourie Center in Columbia, SC on the evening of August 28, 2014.

>Sen. Bernie Sanders visited Charleston, SC on April 25, 2014. He spoke at the College of Charleston's Wachovia Auditorium hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Equity Center and #FightForCofC; and campaigned for 7th CD congressional candidate Gloria Bromell Tinubu at a rally at the meeting hall of International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422; and at a fundraising reception at the home of chef and author Nathalie Dupree.

2013
>Sen. Bernie Sanders visited SC on October 18-19, 2013. On the evening of October 18 he spoke at a "Fight for Economic Justice" town hall meeting sponsored by South Forward at the Eau Claire Print Building in Columbia. On October 19 he spoke at the S.C. Progressive Network fall retreat at Penn Center on St. Helena Island.