Clinton escapes Nevada with narrow victory

Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters after she won the Nevada Democratic caucuses, defeating Bernie Sanders.

With 82 percent reporting, Clinton collected 52.1 percent of the vote while Sanders got 47.8 percent.

The former secretary of state was expected to win Nevada in double digits several weeks ago, but the Vermont senator appears to have performed better than expected with the heavy minority population in the state.

“Some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other”, Clinton told her cheering supporters during a victory rally in Las Vegas.

“I want to be completely clear with you about what this result means: Nevada was supposed to be a state “tailor made” for the Clinton campaign, and a place she once led by nearly 40 points”, he said.

A vast influx of liberals is shaping the Democratic caucus turnout in Nevada – a boost for Bernie Sanders that’s countered by Hillary Clinton’s support among caucus-goers who favor continuing Barack Obama’s policies rather than more liberal ones.

Huerta, who has endorsed Clinton, called out Sanders in a post on Medium this week for voting for bills and deportation programs that he has since criticized. “Coming off a disastrous 22-point loss in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton fell far short of the resounding victory she needed to calm the nerves of the Democrat establishment”. An email from his campaign indicates that Sanders may already be looking past next weekend’s SC primary, focusing instead on a big showing in the Super Tuesday contests when 12 states will hold primaries. That is a worrying result for Clinton, who has staked her campaign on the promise of winning minority voters.

“It really makes me proud that I am supporting her”, Bacal said. The superdelegates can back any candidate at the Democratic convention.

The Clinton victory in Nevada underscored the challenge for Sanders as the campaign shifts to SC on February 27 and then the Super Tuesday states. “And we probably will leave Nevada with a solid share of the delegates”, he said.