As Convention Hits Charlotte, S.C. Dems Struggle for Relevance In 2008, traditionally conservative North Carolina turned blue when Barack Obama won the state by roughly 14,000 votes. But in South Carolina — despite his big win in the 2008 Democratic primary, which put him firmly on the road to the nomination — Obama has made little effort to compete here in the general election. Consider the Palmetto State a lost cause for Democrats in 2012. | 
