Clinton’s campaign and her supporters are hoping that a victory in the state will show that, despite Sanders’ near victory in Iowa and blowout in New Hampshire, her fortunes improve as the Democratic race for the nomination progresses.
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With around 66 percent of the total vote in, Clinton edged ahead of Sanders with roughly 52.3 per cent of the vote to his 47.7 percent.
In her victory speech following the Nevada Democratic caucus on Saturday, Hillary Clinton promised to break down barriers and build opportunities for Americans.
This win is expected to ensure that Clinton is in a stronger position heading into SC, whose Democratic primary is next weekend. However, Clinton maintained an overwhelming advantage among African American voters – her firewall. Hillary Clinton appears to have won the state’s Democratic caucus.
In her victory speech, Clinton mentioned Sanders only once – in the beginning, when she congratulated him on a hard-fought race.
Given the party’s superdelegates who have been committing to Clinton early, she now has a little more than one-fifth of the needed 2,383. The fact that Sanders couldn’t close the gap with black voters with a big advertising push is a very ominous sign for his campaign. Bernie Sanders had captured a small lead over Clinton however other polls have been unable to replicate the same results.
Despite her victory, the closeness of the race in the Nevada primary marks a significant step for the Sanders campaign. With more two-thirds of precincts reporting, Clinton held a four-point lead over Sanders.
Sanders had handily won the New Hampshire primary on February 9 with more than 60 percent of the vote to her 38 percent. “And we probably will leave Nevada with a solid share of the delegates”, he said.
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Days in advance of the notoriously unpredictable contest Saturday afternoon, the former secretary of state’s team had tried to downplay the significance of the Nevada results amid concerns that Sanders would pull off a win.
