Hillary scooted by for the win at 49.9 percent of the vote compared to Sander’s 49.5 percent; the race was so close in some precincts that a good old fashion coin toss was used to determine the victor.
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“We have two signs on our lawn, one for Clinton and one for Sanders”, said Marynia Page.
Sanders’ campaign wanted one of the debates to be held in California and another in Brooklyn, New York, and questioned why Clinton, a former New York senator, might be reluctant to debate in her adopted home state. Secretary Clinton said, hey, that’s great, that’s fine. “I think she’s smart”.
Sanders pushed back on the suggestion that Clinton is a better general-election candidate than he would be. A record turnout, with many first-time voters, was expected to benefit Trump.
There is simply more enthusiasm fueling his campaign than Clinton’s, he said: “An objective assessment would say there is more excitement and energy in our campaign”. “I think, frankly, it is very hard to be a real progressive and to take on the establishment in a way that I think it has to be taken on when you become as dependent as she has, through her super PAC and other ways, on Wall Street or drug company money”.
The campaign raised the massive haul after Sanders gave his speech Monday night, campaign spokesman Michael Briggs said.
He also took a shot at Trump, calling him a candidate who doesn’t support working Americans.
Speaking at a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire earlier in the day, the former secretary of state called Sanders attacks on her ideology a “low blow”, before listing a series of liberal accomplishments that she described as progressive, including her work on expanding access to children’s health insurance, advocating for women and gay people and pushing for gun control measures.
Campaigning in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Clinton largely stuck to the message she used during the last days in Iowa, casting herself as a liberal who can accomplish change – an implicit suggestion that Sanders’ proposals are unrealistic.
New Hampshire’s sizable contingent of independent voters – who are allowed to vote in either the Democratic or Republican primaries – will wield considerable power in the 2016 race.
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In a state where only months before Clinton had a almost 50-point poll lead over Sanders, she won just four more state delegate equivalents than Sanders out of the almost 1,400 up for grabs. For some reason, she’s not interested in debating in NY.
