Mr Trump has led national polls for months and the New Hampshire victory reinforces his position as front-runner, proving he can win votes, and giving credibility to his upstart populist candidacy.
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Kasich, the second-place Republican, noted that he resisted criticizing his rivals during the New Hampshire campaign, and added: “Tonight, the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning”.
With that runner-up finish, Kasich joined Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio on the list of Republicans seeking a one-on-one showdown with Trump for the GOP presidential nomination. And here’s what we’re going to do, now we take this campaign to the entire country.
The popularity of Bernie Sanders among young female voters has contributed to his victory in the New Hampshire primary, an exit poll has revealed.
With an estimated 82 percent of votes counted among Democrats, Sanders received 60 percent against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who managed 39 percent.
Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during her primary night gathering at Southern New Hampshire University on February 9, 2016 in Hooksett, New Hampshire. She has scheduled campaign stops in SC and Nevada in the next week, with an emphasis on criminal justice and gun control, issues on which she has attempted to get out ahead of Sanders or to his political left.
At a polling station in Manchester, Joan and Roland Martineau said they voted for the two candidates they believed they could trust to shake things up. According to America’s oh-so brilliant Thought Leaders, Rubio The Republican Savior wasn’t supposed to need to spend $508 per vote.
Of the voters in that demographic, Clinton earned 53 percent of their votes, while Sanders earned just 46 percent. Clinton has amassed at least 392 delegates and Sanders at least 42; the magic number to clinch the nomination is 2,382.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, for whom a strong New Hampshire showing was critical, signalled the end of the line might be near after he finished sixth.
Donald Trump opened his victory speech with a simple “Oh wow”.
The day was also a blow for Mr Rubio, who had appeared to be breaking away from the second-tier Republican pack after a stronger-than-expected third-place showing in Iowa.
“The people of New Hampshire have sent a profound message to the political establishment, to the economic establishment and, by the way, to the media establishment”, the 74-year-old Sanders said during his victory speech.
“I know we can’t just go through this like falling off the turnip truck and saying that everything is just going to be positive, because I’m going to have to respond to some of this stuff”, he acknowledged.
“People have every right to be angry but they’re also hungry, they’re hungry for solutions”, she said.
“We are going now to SC”.
US Senator Lindsey Graham of SC, who was a candidate in the race until he dropped out in January, predicted Bush would do well in the next primary, in his home state.
The north-eastern state was friendly territory for Mr Sanders, a senator from neighbouring Vermont, and was a must-win for him to stay competitive with Mrs Clinton as the race moves to more diverse states that are seen as more Clinton-friendly.
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In the week since her slim victory in the leadoff Iowa caucuses, Clinton’s campaign tried to lower expectations in New Hampshire, the site of her 2008 comeback.
