Economy key to South Carolina primaries

Saturday's presidential primary in South Carolina opens the Republican balloting in the South, in one of the nation’s most Republican-friendly region, Channel 4's Matt Frei reports.

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Published 20 January 2012 6:05pm

Updated 26 August 2013 9:20am

Source: SBS, Channel 4

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Saturday's presidential primary in South Carolina opens the Republican balloting in the South, in one of the nation's most Republican-friendly region.

America's Bible Belt is the home of so-called values voters: evangelical Christians swayed by social issues like abortion and gay rights.

But in Charleston, it seems, fears about the economy are over-riding the Southern fear of God.

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