"Absolutely, I come from a very conservative, red state. And it went Democratic once in the past 50 years. And it wasn’t for one of the candidates who would’ve been considered the easiest sell in conservative territory. It wasn’t for Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, or John Kerry, it was for Barack Obama,” said the mayor. “Even traditionally red states can surprise you. I think that every state is on the table and there is no reason to believe that it is written in stone that South Carolina must vote Republican all the time.”