Democrats voting in South Carolina primary
African-Americans make up about 28 percent of South Carolina's nearly 3 million registered voters, while young people ages 18 to 24 account for 8 percent, according to the state Election Commission.
Elementary school teacher Alicia Newman said she was torn but ultimately voted for Clinton.
Substitute teacher Regina Duggins of Charleston said she voted for Clinton partly because she could become the first female president.
[...] I just think we need someone who is more familiar with the government and how the whole system works, Duggins, who is black, said after voting at a school in downtown Charleston.
Special education teacher Robert Bennett Terry of Mount Pleasant voted for Bernie Sanders, even though he says Clinton can beat Donald Trump and doesn't think Sanders can.
Markos Young, of suburban Columbia, said he recently went to hear Hillary Clinton at an event in Columbia and "felt more connected to her" on issues such as racial disparities, health care and tuition.
Young, a 40-year-old University of Georgia graduate who works in human resources, said he's considering going to medical school and would have to take out student loans.
Joking aside, the 45-year-old University of South Carolina professor said he supports Sanders' stance that college is a public good that should be funded by the government.
"There is no reason a student should leave school saddled with so much debt it follows them to the grave," Anderson, who is white, said after voting at the Martin Luther King Community Center in Columbia.
Raymond Glover, 58, of Columbia, said he voted for Clinton because of her knowledge and experience as the wife of a former president, a U.S. senator and serving under Obama as secretary of state.