Clinton has amassed at least 392 delegates and Sanders at least 42; the magic number to clinch the nomination is 2,382. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who almost beat the former secretary of state in Iowa and defeated her Tuesday in New Hampshire.
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With Trump now officially sporting a win under his belt, and large leads in every single upcoming primary on the calendar, the GOP now finally has to make a choice: pick an establishment challenger and have the other candidates drop out, or prepare to hand the nomination to Trump.
On the Republican side, Mr. Trump, who had come second in the Iowa caucuses on February 1, firmly established his dominance in the race. Cruz said he is the only candidate positioned to challenge Trump from the right. Neither of the next two Republicans, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, have any reason to leave the race now. The Republican’s second-place finish in New Hampshire has refocused attention on his presidential bid. Then, in 2012, they selected southern son Newt Gingrich in a hot potato contest when Mitt Romney eventually became the GOP nominee. The angrier you were with the federal government, the more you voted for Trump. The real estate mogul regularly draws thousands to rallies across the state. Sanders carried more than 80% of voters ages 18 to 29, far better than Obama fared eight years earlier.
A senior campaign strategist, meantime, described Kasich’s hoped-for path forward, which amounts to a last-man-standing strategy as others fall away, starting with Florida Sen.
“This should be natural territory for him”, Furman’s Vinson said.
“Obviously, we can’t let that happen again”, Rubio said. His campaign has bolstered its S.C. staff as part of a late push and won key endorsements from U.S. Sen.
A night of victory speeches from a reality TV tycoon and avowed democratic socialist was all-but unimaginable six months ago, before outsider fever gripped Democrats and Republicans alike, stoking deep anxieties for the establishment in both parties.
With more than 90 per cent of the vote counted in New Hampshire, Mr Sanders had 60 per cent to Mrs Clinton’s 38 per cent.
To bolster his credentials with black voters, Sanders was reportedly expected to meet rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton in NY on Wednesday. In Nevada, he will benefit from the positive coverage from his New Hampshire win. While Mr. Trump underscored the point that his campaign was self-financed, Mr Sanders reminded his ebullient supporters that his campaign was financed by 3.5 million contributions, each worth an average of Dollars 27.
Retired Maryland neurosurgeon Ben Carson has raised the most money in the Palmetto State among active candidates, but he has slid to fifth from second – mimicking his results nationally.
Trump won the Republican primary contest, taking nearly double the vote of his nearest rival in the Granite State, John Kasich. That’s according to a two people familiar with his plans, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
“South Carolina has the potential to provide clarity for Democrats”, Vinson said.
Sanders has shown great fundraising prowess in the face of Clinton’s nationwide political organization.
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“We live in troubled times with the military deployed around the world”, the former president says in the ad as dramatic music plays behind his voice. “That will cause him a lot of pain”.
