Sanders did particularly well with the quarter of Democratic caucus voters who identify themselves as independents, getting 7 in 10 of their votes.
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The results in Nevada are particularly crucial, because it is the first state with a significant minority population to vote for a presidential nominee, and is expected to set the tone for how influential minorities will be in the race.
She said: “To all my supporters out there – some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other”. “It’s a very important state”, he said in Charleston. “They ran a very aggressive campaign, and I applaud them for their efforts”, Sanders said.
There is no such division among the Republicans on the issue of allowing Muslims into the country.
In South Carolina, Republican primary voters who wanted a candidate who can bring change or who “tells it like it is” handed a victory to businessman Donald Trump, according to exit polls conducted by Edison Research for the Associated Press and television networks.
Clinton won 57 percent of the women’s vote as well.
Hillary Clinton greets Harrah’s Las Vegas employees earlier today. “The Latino vote is, by and large, hanging with Hillary”.
Clinton and Sanders supporters, including many from Los Angeles, fanned out across the state in recent days, hoping to boost turnout. “This one’s for you”, Clinton said in Nevada Saturday after her victory was announced. She went on to say that Americans are “hungry for real solutions” and agrees that “the middle class needs a raise” and “more jobs”. He also reached out to the union to try to encourage the group to push their members to caucus, even without a formal endorsement, according to aides.
Looks like Nevada isn’t feeling the Bern.
After three contests, Clinton has a narrow win in Iowa, a double-digit loss in New Hampshire and now momentum from Nevada that should attract the support of numerous Democratic superdelegates. Clinton’s people said that the actor has donated money to her campaign and will co-host a fundraiser for her in Los Angeles on Monday.
Hillary Clinton is not “feeling the Bern:” the Democratic front-runner claimed victory over fellow presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucus on Saturday.
Clinton handily beat Obama among Latino attendees there in 2008, according to entrance polling from that contest.
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The Nevada caucuses award 23 delegates toward the Democratic nomination. However, then-Sen. John Edwards was still in the race when the Nevada caucuses were held, and he pulled in a sizable share of attendees between 30 and 44 years old.
