The race turns now to Nevada, South Carolina and other more diverse states including Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. Most candidates from both parties were focusing on SC, whose primaries later this month begin the critical race for southern voters.
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“This isn’t surprising in any way, but Bernie Sanders is more of a purist and Hillary Clinton is more of a…pragmatist, maybe?” SAP is the sponsor of this content. It was independently created by Reuters’ editorial staff and funded in part by SAP, which otherwise has no role in this coverage. However, amongst the younger blacks who are between the ages of 18 and 29 the margin shrinks to just 46% in favor of Clinton and 33% in favor of Sanders.
Responded Sanders: “Well, one of us ran against Barack Obama”.
“The people aren’t dumb”, Mr. Sanders replied.
“Do senators have the right to disagree with the president?” “I don’t think (Obama) gets the credit he deserves for being a president”.
Even so, the restrained exchange on Thursday was unlikely to change the trajectory of a race that has intensified dramatically over two weeks. They are a group that doesn’t know Sanders well and favors Clinton by large margins. “That’s a promise that can not be kept”.
Mr Sanders said he was simply moving to provide what most industrialised countries have, healthcare coverage for all.
“She thinks she’s going to count on that as a firewall”, he said, “now it might be a firestorm”. He’s called him a disappointment.’ For emphasis, she later repeated the charge that Sanders had used the words ‘weak” and ‘disappointment.’ ” the website recited.
“We should level with the American people about what we can do”, said Hillary Clinton. “Why in God’s name does Wall Street make huge campaign contributions?”
“I listen to a wide variety of voices who have expertise in various areas”, she said.
Attempting Thursday night to boost his own support from minorities, Sanders peppered his typically economic-focused rhetoric with calls to reform a “broken criminal justice system” that incarcerates a disproportionate number of minorities. “People aren’t dumb”, Sanders said.
Foreign affairs also took on unusual prominence as Clinton sought to underscore her experience and Sanders excoriated her judgment on Libya and Iraq, as well as her previous praise of former secretary of state Henry A. Kissinger.
Much of the punditry class gave Clinton the style points for the strategic use of her time to hit points likely to resonate with voters in the upcoming primary states.
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“Rich get richer and poor get poorer…in America today whole lot of this poor people are African-American”, said Sanders. He is calling for a “political revolution” to end a “rigged” economy that benefits the wealth over the poor. Ted Cruz, who each came to the state with a burst of momentum after the first two nomination contests. I won’t say anything. But undecided caucusgoers and those who might change their mind say recent scandals involving Clinton make them significantly less likely to support her.
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Clinton was specifically asked during the debate what women were “missing” about her after Sanders carried 55 percent of women voters in the New Hampshire primary election this week.
