CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina voters have nominated an Indian-American woman for governor and a black state lawmaker for Congress — developments which, on their face, suggest landmark racial progress in a state that still flies the Confederate flag near its statehouse.
Still, some are asking whether the victories by state representatives Nikki Haley and Tim Scott are a sign of real change or just an aberration of conservative politics.
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But David Bositis, a senior political analyst at the Washington-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, doesn't see a fundamental change in the racial politics of South Carolina.
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