A black Democrat candidate going up against a white Republican in the deep south, where party votes are polarized by race? Cunningham could have 10x Graham’s funding, and he’d still lose. Problem for Dems in SC is the black candidate will always have a huge leg up on the Dem nomination, since blacks are a super-majority of the Democrat primary vote.
Have to been to SC lately? There is no longer such as thing as the “Deep South.” That has been consigned to history due to a changing population. NC is a purple state now and SC will be soon.