Trump won with 35% of the vote, higher than nearly all of the last 10 polls in the state. He drew contrasts with Trump as he told a crowd of 500 in Myrtle Beach that Texans and South Carolinians are more alike than not.We love God, were gun owners, military veterans and were fed up with whats happening in Washington, Cruz said.
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a native son of Pittsburgh, poured all of his resources into New Hampshire and emerged with a life-sustaining second place.
Bernie Sanders, the self-styled Democratic-socialist, pulled off a significant victory:”We will need to come together in a few months and unite this party and this nation because the right-wing Republicans we oppose must not be allowed to gain the presidency”.
CNN projected on Tuesday that Sanders, a United States senator from Vermont, won the New Hampshire primary. As we move into Super Tuesday, the electoral terrain becomes much more favorable towards Clinton and Sanders will find his momentum blunted. A strong performance in New Hampshire was critical for Kasich, who all but skipped Iowa’s caucuses to grind out town hall after town hall in New Hampshire. Donald J. Trump, once risible, is officially viable as a candidate for the Republican nomination.
Ultimately, we won’t really know how Iowa voters’ choices fared until both parties’ nominees are decided.
Clinton’s campaign argues she will perform better as the race heads to more racially diverse, including Nevada and SC.
Bernie Sanders took a decisive victory over Clinton in New Hampshire and is now trading at 4/1 having previously hit a low of 3/1.
Clinton’s campaign said it’s focused on the 28 states that award 56 percent of the Democratic delegates in March.
He added: “I think that we’ll be revisiting this issue in SC”.
Getting things done is not something Cruz or, we suspect, Rubio is particularly interested in, although Rubio was briefly the darling of mainstream Republicans who are horrified by Trump and by Cruz’s brief but destructive service in the Senate, blocking any compromise.
People, of course, are not great at figuring out why they vote the way that they do, but the results suggest that candidates’ messages about their general election appeal aren’t resonating. In many other states, the party primaries are open only to registered Democrats or Republicans, and that is expected to benefit the former secretary of State.
For Trump, New Hampshire showed he has staying power and can take a punch after losing on February 1 to Texas Senator Ted Cruz in the first contest, the Iowa caucuses.
Far behind in New Hampshire voting, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Ms Fiorina dropped out, and a spokeswoman for New Jersey governor Christie said his race was over, too.
But, what’s to be said about the Democratic party? Marco Rubio vied for third place along with Cruz, ensuring all would press on to the next contest – the February 20 SC primary.
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The Cook Political Report estimated late last month that Clinton’s early advantage with superdelegates meant that she effectively started the race eight points above Sanders in the race to get enough delegates to secure the nomination. Bush’s campaign released a radio ad Wednesday in SC featuring his brother, former President George W. Bush.
