Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday insisted he has not given up on winning South Carolina.
“No, no, no,” he said when asked by reporters whether he is writing off the state.
{mosads}Sanders noted that last year he was polling in single digits in the Palmetto State.
“We have waged a very, very vigorous campaign. We have picked up a lot of support, and we have closed the gap very, very significantly,” he said during a press conference.
“But this … was going to be a very difficult state for us. We’re not writing off South Carolina, but you all know, that on March 1, there are a dozen states that are holding elections and the nature of the world is that we got to go out to other states.”
Sanders added that he thinks he has a good chance to win in several states voting on Super Tuesday.
“We are fighting here in South Carolina as hard as we can, but within the context, I think Secretary Clinton was in California the other day, doesn’t mean she’s writing off the state. That’s the real world that we’re living in,” he said.
“Iowa is one state, New Hampshire is another state, Nevada is another state, great state of South Carolina is another state, and you know what, there are dozens and dozens and dozens of states that follow.”
Sanders said that he will do well in some states and lose in others, but he will keep fighting in all of them.
“The race goes on and this is a race,” he said. “We are in this race to win it, and I think we are going to pull off one of the great political upsets.”