What South Carolinians are saying after the election

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Let's move forward to South Carolina closer to home.
Voters made history last night in that
state, electing its first woman senator
and sending the first Democrat to the U.S. Senate
in nearly 30 years for that state.
Fox's Chelsea Torres is live this morning in Charleston,
the Lowcountry there. Chelsea,
what are people saying about the Senate seat being flipped?
Good morning.
Yeah, good morning. You know,
a lot of voters I've been talking to say they are just shocked.
And that's because a lot of South Carolinians say
that throughout their entire life, they've never seen
a Democrat win a Senate seat here in the Lowcountry.
We go red, you know, every time.
So to see a Senate race turn out like this is just,
it's surreal.
The second I saw, I was saying to them,
half of South Carolina blue, also born and raised here.
I've never seen that in my life.
I've never seen anything like it.
So it was a beautiful thing to see.
The latest Fox News voter poll,
which surveyed South Carolina voters, found Andrews did well
with women, college graduates, and urban voters.
Their main issue? The economy, an issue Andrews
pushed during the campaign.
After the race was called, Andrews stepped on stage with her family,
telling voters she got a call from her opponent,
Republican Darlene Graham, who congratulated her.
She also told supporters about her plans
for when she gets to Washington,
vowing to be an independent voice who works with both parties.
I will be a brick wall between Washington, D.C. and South Carolina,
even when it means standing up to my own party.
Nobody in Washington recruited me to run.
Nobody handed me a seat in the United States Senate.
And nobody wrote me a script.
Meanwhile, Darlene Graham also addressed her supporters,
thanking her staff and President Trump.
She also talked about losing her brother
and how it made the Senate run difficult.
There were several other upsets across the country
with Democrats taking the House and Senate.
President Trump did say that he did feel bad about Darlene's loss,
but he also believed that
and he thought that the Republicans
that he had campaigned for would have done a better job.
Back to you.
All right, Chelsea, thanks
so much for joining us to talk about this widely watched race.
We hope you have a great rest of your day.
You know, you have to get back to work there.
So thanks so much for joining us.
