汤姆·施泰尔在周六晚上的南卡罗来纳州初选中展现了他在民主党总统竞选中的最佳表现。这位亿万富翁看了结果，说他的最好成绩不够好，因此退出了民主党总统竞选。
施泰尔一直是气候变化的活动家和倡导者，他在南卡罗来纳州的电视和社交媒体广告上花费了近2400万美元，在那里他排在乔·拜登和伯尼·桑德斯之后，位居第三。此外，施泰尔没有赢得南卡罗来纳州至少15%的选票，这是获得代表的门槛。
施泰尔此前曾表示，如果他看不到赢得民主党提名的途径，那么他将退出竞选。周六晚上，他正式宣布退出。
据美联社报道，斯特耶说:“老实说，我看不出有什么方法可以赢得总统大选。”。
施泰尔只赢得了南卡罗来纳州民主党的48000张选票，或者说不到12%。
施泰尔向南卡罗来纳州投入的不仅仅是钱，他希望这笔钱能成为他在竞选中脱颖而出的起点，他还花了很多时间去吸引帕尔梅托州的黑人选民，该州有56%的非裔美国人。
"我会继续处理这些问题中的每一个吗？"Steyer说周六晚上。“是的，我当然是。我从未停止过。”
2020年2月27日，南卡罗来纳州奥兰治堡，民主党总统候选人汤姆·施泰尔在关于农村医疗保健问题的市政厅会议上。2月29日星期六，南卡罗来纳州举行民主党总统初选。据美联社报道，斯泰尔的净资产为16亿美元。2019年，他推出了一系列名为“需要弹劾”的广告，这让许多民主党人相信，施泰尔可能是在2020年大选中挑战唐纳德·特朗普总统的合适人选。
BILLIONAIRE TOM STEYER DROPS OUT OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY
Tom Steyer had his best showing of the Democratic presidential race on Saturday night in the South Carolina primary. The billionaire looked at the results and said that his best was not good enough, and he dropped out of the Democratic presidential race.
Steyer has been an activist and a champion for climate change, and he spent nearly $24 million in TV and social media advertising in South Carolina, where he placed third behind Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Furthermore, Steyer did not win at least 15 percent of the South Carolina vote, which was the threshold to gain delegates.
Steyer previously said that if he did not see a path to winning the Democratic nomination, then he would step aside from the race. On Saturday night, he formally announced his withdrawal.
"Honestly, I can't see a path where I can win the presidency," Steyer said, according to the Associated Press.
Steyer won just 48,000 votes—or just less than 12 percent—of South Carolina Democrats.
It wasn't just money that Steyer dumped into South Carolina, hoping it would become his launching point to prominence in the campaign, he spent a lot of time appealing to the black voters in the Palmetto State, which is 56 percent African American.
"Am I going to continue to work on every single one of these issues?" Steyer said Saturday night. "Yes, of course I am. I've never stopped."
Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer at a town hall meeting on rural healthcare issues on February 27, 2020 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, February 29.
Steyer has a net worth of $1.6 billion, according to AP. In 2019, he launched a series of ads called "Need to Impeach," which led many Democrats to believe Steyer could be the right person who could potentially challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 General Election.
