Hillary Clinton has won the Nevada Democratic caucuses, pulling away from Bernie Sanders.
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Clinton prevailed in the third contest of the primary campaign with the backing of women, union workers, minorities, moderates and voters who are certain that the former secretary of state will have a better shot at winning in November, according to entrance polls.
Even in the face of a loss, however, Tsong said she thinks Sanders does have one major element to his campaign that she is sure will knock Clinton out of the race.
In her victory speech in Las Vegas on Saturday, Ms Clinton reiterated her recent critique of Mr Sanders as a single-issue candidate, focused only on new financial regulations for Wall Street.
This win is expected to ensure that Clinton is in a stronger position heading into SC, whose Democratic primary is next weekend. That could be good news for Sanders in states like Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Texas that vote in March.
“Thank you, Nevada! Thank you so much!” It’s been well-documented that he is struggling to win over enough Black and Hispanic Democrats, who tend to be more loyal towards the party machine than their white contemporaries. Sanders has cut into the Clinton’s advantage with Latino voters.
Clinton’s win in Nevada stops the momentum Sanders had gained following a dominating win in New Hampshire.
But exit polls suggest that Latino voters may now be feeling the Bern, with 53 percent reportedly percent backing Sanders in the Nevada selection.
Sanders lost Nevada by about five percentage points.
“No matter what racial background you have, no matter what preference you have for anything, Nevada has it”, said Terry Beringer, a Clinton volunteer from Reno.
Complete but unofficial returns in SC put Mr Trump way out ahead, with Mr Rubio squeaking past Mr Cruz for second.
With more than 80 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton held a 4-point lead.
Beyond gender and ethnicity, the other big division in the Nevada vote pitted experience and electability against empathy and trust.
Sanders congratulated Clinton on her victory during a speech to his supporters on Saturday night, but still remained confident that he will take home the nomination this Summer.
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In a statement, Sanders noted he would be gaining almost the same number of delegates as Clinton and said the result showed he could win anywhere. She spoke of “the voices of Flint and Ferguson”, references to the lead-contaminated water in majority-black Flint, Mich., and the fatal shooting in 2014 of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Mo., by a white police officer.
