A smiling Bernie Sanders put a positive spin on a narrow loss in Nevada on Saturday, declaring that the results of the caucuses showed that the campaign had momentum and had an “excellent chance” to win numerous 11 states holding primary contests on Super Tuesday.
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“I just spoke to Secretary Clinton and congratulated her on her victory here in Nevada. Some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other”, said Clinton at her victory speech in Las Vegas.
Before the vote counting ended, Sanders conceded to Clinton but stressed that he remained a competitive candidate. Sanders said in his statement that he congratulated Clinton, he’s proud of his campaign, and he’s expecting to leave Nevada with a “solid share” of the delegates available there.
On Saturday, Clinton narrowly defeated Sanders in the Nevada caucuses.
Underscoring the close race, women, college-educated, nonwhites and those living in union households favored Clinton while Sanders fared best with men, voters under 45 and those less affluent.
The former secretary of state tweeted out a video Saturday morning that shows the comedian urging people to vote in the Democratic caucuses. “It tells you something about the depth of the organization of her campaign, which is certainly deeper and wider than the Bernie campaign and most of the Republican campaigns in terms of organization”.
“Back then, it was a state-by-state determination, and I’m happy that most states have moved in the right direction, but what we have to do now is get to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship”, Clinton said.
“[In South Carolina] there’s a large black population and she does very well among African-Americans”, Dr. Brent Nelsen, a political science professor at Furman University, said.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign event in Sparks, Nevada, on February 19, 2016. Conditions may yet change, but she’s favored to do well in South Carolina’s primary next week, and there’s some polling that suggests she’s well positioned to win most of the March 1 primaries soon after. A majority of older voters appeared to support Clinton, however.
She adds: “That’s a question that people are trying to sort through…I know that I have to make my case”.
“This is at the top of the list”, Clinton said during an MSNBC/Telemundo town hall, two days before Nevada’s Democratic caucus.
Both candidates, for instance, vowed to make immigration reform a priority as president and support a pathway to citizenship for millions of people who came to the country illegally but have been law-abiding residents since.
“It has to do with a little bit of cooperation from the Congress”, Sanders said.
“We did not do as good a job as I had wanted to bring out a large turnout”, said the Senator.
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Trump says on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that he still faces some tough competition, so “I don’t want to say it’s mine”.
