African American voters hold key to South Carolina's primary

South Carolina's primary is just days away, but Will Jackson still hasn't made up his mind which of the three Democratic candidates he has checked out in recent days has the best chance of beating Donald Trump in November.

The 73-year-old African American veteran knows his vote on Saturday could have a defining impact on the race for the White House.

"I think the African-American vote in South Carolina is very important," he told AFP. "Those that think that it's not are fooling themselves and fooling the party." 

The South Carolina primary is the first in the nation in which African Americans will have the largest say of any demographic group, accounting as they do for 60 percent of the southern state's Democratic voters.

The outcome here will offer the clearest indication yet which candidate has the backing nationally of the party's all-important black constituency, making South Carolina a key crossroad in the path to the nomination.

Jackson, wearing an army cap, has had a busy day.

He spoke with AFP at an afternoon campaign event with Joe Biden, in Georgetown on the state's central coast, before heading to a small rally in Myrtle Beach for Tom Steyer, a California billionaire...