Hillary Clinton admitted she has work to do to convince voters she has their best interests at heart, even as she celebrated her weekend win over rival Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Nevada. And yes, her numbers among Latino voters in the state will furrow some brows at Clinton headquarters in the next few days.
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With 84 percent of the precincts reporting, Clinton has 52.5 percent of the vote, compared to Sen.
Mrs Clinton had been far ahead in the polls until recently, when Mr Sanders became better known here and struck fear into the Clinton campaign that he might prevail in Nevada and deal her a serious setback.
When reached for comment, Clinton’s campaign said that Ferrell has donated to her campaign and is co-hosting a fundraiser for the candidate in Los Angeles on Monday.
Sanders echoed those sentiments again at his speech Saturday afternoon, saying that when the campaign first set out in Nevada “we were way behind”, but that his surge of support, bolstered by more than 4 million unique campaign contributions, has carried him to this point.
“At the end of the day, I think she gets 19 delegates, we get 15 delegates, we move on to the next states”, he added. “I see a lot of states where Hillary Clinton will probably win by a lot and that equals real delegate yield”, said David Plouffe, the architect of Obama’s 2008 campaign and a Clinton supporter.
After three contests, Clinton has a narrow win in Iowa, a double-digit loss in New Hampshire and now momentum from Nevada that should attract the support of numerous Democratic superdelegates.
Bernie Sanders is continuing his campaign as well.
Clinton seemed to know low-wage casino workers were likely to vote in her favor. Clinton won big among voters who valued electability and experience. Some two-thirds of Nevada caucus-goers were age 45 or older, and Clinton won two-thirds of that cohort.
“But I think that after SC, we have 11 states; we stand a good chance of winning a number of those states”, he said.
This is the first state I’ve lived in with a caucus system. “It’s time that we need”.
Nelsen told News 13 Clinton has more than double Sanders’ support from the African-American community.
“What we learned today is Hillary Clinton’s firewall with Latino voters is a myth”, said Arturo Carmona, Sanders’ deputy political director.
KEITH: I think that you can learn the ground game is important.
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Lack of support from African-American voters will be a concern for Sanders heading into next Saturday’s SC primary where black voters make a up a large percentage of the Democratic electorate. “And I believe that on Super Tuesday we have got an excellent chance to win many of those states”.
