By those numbers, Clinton won 74 percent of the support of voters 65 and older, as well as 61 percent among people 45 to 64. Clinton said during her victory speech Saturday night.
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The Clinton camp hoped that her disappointing showing in the predominantly white early nominating states would quickly be erased once the nomination process moved to states with an ethnic makeup more representative of the wider electorate. While Clinton received more votes in each bracket, Sanders was not far behind.
Hillary Clinton will win Nevada’s Democratic caucuses, NBC News projects, scoring a much-needed boost in the nomination race and depriving rival Bernie Sanders of a victory in a racially diverse state. Among that group, Clinton led with two-thirds of the vote.
Hillary Clinton was overwhelmingly supported by the African American community in Nevada, while Sanders “did better than expected” among Latinos.
She said Americans are “right to be angry”, but are also hungry for “real solutions”.
Instead, Saturday’s Democratic caucuses proved a close contest, as Brooklyn native Sanders continued to capitalize on anger towards Wall Street and income inequality. At the Paris casino, the caucusgoers were nearly exclusively Latino and black – and Clinton snagged more than twice the delegates Sanders received.
“Hillary Clinton’s surprising underperformance in a state she should have won handily is another blow for her struggling campaign”, Priebus said after Clinton defeated Sanders 52-48 percent. Meanwhile, the mother of Eric Garner and other mothers who lost their sons to gun violence or while in police custody are campaigning in SC for the former Secretary of State.
Sanders said, “What I think is happening is that as people hear our message, and it’s a tough message because it speaks to the truth of our society today that a lot of people just don’t want to address”.
Sanders remained upbeat, noting that five weeks ago he trailed in Nevada by 25 points. “It could well be that 10, 20, 30 years from now people will look back on what happens in Nevada and say this was the beginning of the political revolution”, Sanders said.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) conceded the Democratic Nevada caucus in a Saturday speech, noting that his presidential campaign has come a long way in the past few months.
