New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who had dedicated a significant amount of time to New Hampshire, lagged behind in the vote count, casting doubt on the future of his campaign. The businessman said that the audience was full of donors and special interests supporting other candidates.
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The stage was set for the vote on Tuesday, with NY billionaire Trump enjoying a big lead in opinion polls of the state’s Republican voters and a host of rivals jockeying to emerge as his chief challenger for the Republican presidential nomination in the November 8 election.
Sanders, a self-described Democratic socialist, tried to prevent Clinton from cutting into his lead in New Hampshire.
For the rest of the Republican field, Tuesday’s results will shed light on which of the more establishment-friendly candidates could advance to later contests, including Florida Sen.
Provided he does nail down second, Rubio would be pleased to see Kasich finish third, dealing a setback to Sen.
The primary is especially important for Trump, who hopes to bolster his narrative that he is one of America’s perpetual winners after finishing second in Iowa. Marco Rubio with 13 percent, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 13 percent and Texas Sen.
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Forty-nine percent of Republican respondents told pollsters they have completely decided on which candidate they will vote for in Tuesday’s election, while another 31 percent said they have a strong preference but could change their mind, 12 percent only have a slight preference and 9 percent are undecided.
For one thing, late-deciders are a real thing in this race. However, Christie’s support had been dwindling and he is well behind after falling another two points in the poll this week to just 5%. “He’s gone bankrupt four times”.
He also intensified his claims Monday that Rubio was not ready to lead.
“I don’t really care if you get hurt or not, but I want you to last until tomorrow”, he said of people driving home after the event.
CBS4’s David Sutta is in “The Granite State” and attended a Senator Marco Rubio event Monday morning to see his campaign’s final push. Rubio has some structural advantages after Super Tuesday and, therefore, needs to eliminate Christie, Kasich, and Bush before SC.
Rubio has the support of 17 percent of likely Republican voters in New Hampshire, putting him behind frontrunner Trump, who commands 30 percent of that group’s support, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll conducted after the Iowa caucuses.
Since the debate, Rubio has only doubled down on his original talking point.
Sanders pulled from a broad coalition of New Hampshire voters, gathering a majority of votes from men, independents and voters under 45, as well as a slim majority of women. “I’ve been to over five states already since April for Hillary”, West says. “I probably came in first in actuality”.
“Jeb is having some kind of a breakdown”, he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “He doesn’t have what it takes”. “He made the one statement – and I’m one with a good memory – so you know, I’m hearing the one statement and then a couple minutes later he made the same statement, nearly identical”. He doesn’t even use his last name in his ads. He’s a sad and a pathetic person. “He’s a nervous wreck”.
Democrat Hillary Clinton, facing an uphill campaign in the state against Bernie Sanders, took a trip to MI.
On Sunday, Bill Clinton slammed the Vermont senator’s supporters who he said subjected opponents to “vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane often – not to mention sexist – to repeat”.
“I know I’m behind”, Clinton said.
Michael Briggs, spokesman for the Sanders campaign, called the comments “disappointing” in a statement to CNN. This is a guy that if he came looking for a job, you’d say: “‘No thank you.’ And that’s the way it is”.
Kasich, who has prided himself on avoiding attacks on his rivals, said he hoped New Hampshire voters are “fed up with the negative”.
Behind Clinton’s upbeat demeanor, however, are growing concerns within her campaign about her standing with young people, who are flocking to Sanders.
Clinton was shouldering renewed troubles amid talk of a possible campaign reshuffling.
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