With 65 per cent of the precincts reporting, Clinton was leading with 52.2 per cent of the vote to Sanders’ 47.8 per cent. Television networks Fox News and MSNBC projected Clinton would win.
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“This is your win”, the former Secretary of State said in a tweet, thanking supporters.
On CBSN, CBS News director of elections Anthony Salvanto said “Trump has a steady, if not large lead, everywhere and that adds up to a win”.
Meanwhile, voters are casting their ballots in another key battleground state, South Carolina, where Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are neck and neck.
A vast influx of liberals is shaping the Democratic caucus turnout in Nevada – a boost for Bernie Sanders that’s countered by Hillary Clinton’s support among caucus-goers who favor continuing Barack Obama’s policies rather than more liberal ones.
In his concession speech, Sanders congratulated Clinton but noted what he described as an uphill battle against the Democratic “establishment”. “You turned out in every corner of the state”.
A week later, on 9 February, Sanders had a dominating win in the New Hampshire primary; he took 60.4% compared to Clinton’s 38%. Clinton was joined by her husband Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States. Fifty-six percent of nonwhite voters also supported her. Black voters in particular helped Clinton win: 76 percent backed her.
“Five weeks ago, we were 25 points behind in the polls; we have made some real progress”, Sanders said.
Mr Sanders highlighted his campaign’s work to bring working people and young voters into the process, and said he believes his campaign has “the wind at our backs” heading to the Super Tuesday contests on March 1.
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He predicted that when Democrats gather for their nominating convention in Philadelphia in July: “We are going to see the results of one of the great political upsets in the history of the United States”. Hillary is now polling ahead of Sanders in 10 of the 12 states voting for their Democratic nominee that day.
