Clinton also finished first in the Iowa caucuses and won by five percentage points in Nevada. They had it well organized, they did well and I congratulate them. If Clinton polls similar numbers in states like Texas and Georgia, she will open up such a large delegate lead over Sanders that the race of the nomination will be effectively over. “We are not taking anything, and we are not taking anyone, for granted”.
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With 99% of votes counted, Clinton led by a huge margin, 73.5% to 26%, and was ahead by a staggering 174,000 votes.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton headed into Saturday’s SC primary knowing the contest presented a significant test for both of them. For the SC primary victor, of course, the City of Clinton and for the second-place finisher, Sanders Middle School in Laurens.
Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a “Get Out The Vote” rally at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff on February 28, 2016 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
“They have not been broken or embittered, instead they have channeled their sorrow into strategy, and their mourning into a movement”.
“I think we do have a path to victory”, he said, adding that California and NY later in the primary season are also potential wins.
Clinton shot down Trump’s campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again“. “But we do need to make America whole again”.
During the rally here in Rochester that followed, Sanders made no mention of the SC primary during a almost hour-long stump speech to an enthusiastic crowd of about 2,600 people.
Additionally, 70 percent of those surveyed in Saturday’s exit polls said they hoped the next president would continue President Barack Obama’s policies – 19 percent said they wanted more liberal policies. She won a decisive victory in SC. “Let me be clear on one thing tonight”. She lost to Mr Sanders in New Hampshire. A day after defeating rival U.S. Sen.
As Clinton relished the most sweeping victory of her political career, her focus was already on Super Tuesday – and the general election. As Nate Cohn writes in The New York Times, if Sanders can’t then go on to win major victories outside the southern voting block, he’s virtually certain to lose.
Sanders said he and his campaign found his lack of support among older African-American voters in SC “pathetic”.
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The result was Clinton’s third victory in the first four Democratic contests, and raised more questions about whether Sanders, the democratic socialist USA senator from Vermont, will be able to expand his support beyond his base of predominantly white liberals. Hillary said as she dedicated her victory to parents, teachers and “the entrepreneur who told me more dreams die in the parking lots of banks than anywhere else”, particularly among women and minorities.
