But the Clinton campaign questioned those numbers, saying that at one point she had won 60 percent of the delegates in 22 Latino-majority precincts.
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“Voter turnout was not as high as I had wanted”, Sanders allowed on NBC’s Meet the Press, “and what I’ve said over and over again, is we will do well when young people when working class people come out, we do not do well when voter turnout is not large”.
In a news release, the polling firm noted that Clinton benefited from “overwhelming African American support” in several states across the South. Clinton’s support among black voters ranges from 63-74 percent in those states, while Sanders gets just 12-23 percent among those voters. The slate of March 1 primaries is dominated by Southern states where Clinton is expected to do well, Mendez said.
Sen Sanders remained upbeat, telling supporters after he conceded to Mrs Clinton in Nevada, “five weeks ago, we were 25 points behind in the polls”.
Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters in Las Vegas after being projected to be the victor in the Nevada Democratic caucus on February 20, 2016.
Clinton’s controversy around her private server has been a running theme in recent interviews.
Clinton has won the Nevada Democratic caucus.
In a Fox News poll shortly before the Iowa caucus, Clinton only led by 12 points over Sanders.
Following Saturday’s events, Democrats will head to SC for that state’s Democratic primary.
But with roughly 70% of Republicans in national polls declining to back Mr Trump, Mr Cruz and Mr Rubio tried to cast themselves as the one candidate around whom what Mr Rubio calls the “alternative-to-Donald-Trump vote” can coalesce.
While the Vermont senator fared well in Nevada, his loss to Clinton only serves to cement the status quo. “I think as people become familiar with my ideas, we are going to do better and better”.
When reached for comment, Clinton’s campaign said that Ferrell has donated to her campaign and is co-hosting a fundraiser for the candidate in Los Angeles on Monday.
“South Carolina has the opportunity to make American history and I hope you will”, Sanders said.
“But I think that after SC, we have 11 states; we stand a good chance of winning a number of those states”, he said. More than three quarters of voters who wish to see more liberal policies also voted for Sanders.
Sanders referred to his massive gains in a statement.
Sanders downplayed Clinton’s weekend victory in Nevada, pointing out that the win only resulted in her picking up four additional delegates, out of the 2,383 needed to win the nomination. If the trend continues throughout the primary season, Bernie Sanders will likely lose the nomination to Hillary Clinton. “She’s been there, she’s done it. I think she is the person to vote for”.
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“Like any other poll, each campaign is going to try to pick out data that helps their cause”, said Joe Lenski, executive vice president of Edison Research.
