On Saturday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defeated Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the Nevada Democratic caucuses.
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As SC is victor takes all by Congressional District and statewide, Trump’s victory means he will take at least 47 of SC’s 50 delegates, and possibly all 50. She had to get that mojo back before she went on into SC, which is a week from today.
Entrance polls of Nevada voters found that a third said the economy was their major concern, while a quarter cited income inequality – the centerpiece of Sanders’ campaign. Clinton’s victory buoyed anxious supporters and gave her fresh momentum as she heads into the next contest in SC on February 27, where polls show her with a double-digit lead largely as a result of heavy support from black voters. While only 13 percent of Nevada caucus-goers in 2016 were black, their share in South Carolina will be much higher (55 percent of South Carolina Democratic primary voters were black in 2008).
Sanders has the ability to remain in the race for the distance, thanks to his fundraising abilities and to the Democrats’ system of allocating delegates proportionally rather than in a winner-take-all fashion. “And that is, you know, is she in it for us or is she in it for herself?”
“We’re studying that issue very closely, obviously, as to where we allocate our resources and allocate my time”, Sanders said.
I think they were focusing on SC and Nevada really isn’t that important to them. In Saturday’s contest, 28 percent of voters said that they or someone in their household belonged to a labor union. She’s expected to win by about four to six points by the time all of the votes are counted.
“I think that’s a question that people are trying to sort through”.
With big wins for both candidates across the nation, the SC primaries are the next hurdle that the candidates face. That strategy was partially successful at best, with an entrance poll suggesting Mr Sanders had in fact won 53 per cent of the Latino vote – a figure quickly disputed by Ms Clinton’s team. This may seem to put her in a strong position to rack up states during the March 1 Super Tuesday primaries. In Houston, Clinton said she respects Sanders “passion and commitment” but argued that he can’t deliver on his promises of single-payer health care and tuition-free public college. It proves that even if he can’t win the nomination from Clinton, people are listening his message and want change.
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The modest victory was crucial to Clinton after the former first lady suffered erosion of support nationwide in the wake of a near tie in Iowa and a stinging 22-point loss in New Hampshire.
