It’s also important to note that Sanders and Trump held much stronger leads in the New Hampshire pre-primary polls than Trump and Clinton did in the Iowa polls. Some networks are reporting with results with around 2 percent of the vote in. Among registered Democrats, Sanders and Clinton spit the vote, 49 percent to 49 percent. Sanders’s campaign manager fired back, contesting that calculation, and charging that the Clinton campaign was in “disarray”.
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“New Hampshire, I want to thank you”. Clinton is well positioned to build a “strong – potentially insurmountable – delegate lead next month”, it added. But those independents, who made up 40 percent of voters in the Democratic primary, also accounted for Sanders’ sizable margin of victory.
John Kasich: He didn’t win, but the more moderate OH governor who fancies himself a likeable guy proved to be very likeable to New Hampshire voters.
The continuing crowding of the establishment lane could play into the hands of Trump, the top anti-establishment candidate and Cruz, who proved his social conservative bona fides by winning the Iowa caucuses. The AP called the New Hampshire primary for both men just moments after the polls closed at 8 p.m.
Iowa Caucuses victor Ted Cruz and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush were separated by fractions of a point for third place.
The former Secretary of State congratulated Mr Sanders on his victory, but promised supporters she would continue to “fight for every vote in every state”. “We are going to make America so great again”.
As Sanders announced his victory on Twitter, Donald Trump was projected to be the victor of the Republican primary. “He has a real message and he is bringing real change to the rest of America”. New Hampshire proved a disappointment for Rubio.
Despite her loss, Mrs Clinton remains the favourite in the race for the Democratic nomination, but some have hailed this victory for Sanders a mark of a new competitive, drawn-out primary campaign.
“I have no idea what they’re talking about or who they are talking to”, Clinton said of the Politico report.
Kasich, Bush and Christie all poured enormous resources into New Hampshire in hope of jumpstarting their White House bids in a state that has been friendly to moderate Republicans. Trump carried a majority of those who said they wanted an outsider to win.
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Half of Democratic voters said they’re dissatisfied with the way government is working, with another 1 in 10 saying they’re angry.
