After Nevada, it’s hard to see how Hillary Clinton loses
Buoyed by the support of minority voters and workers in the city’s big casinos, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defeated Senator Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses yesterday, proving to an anxious Democratic Party that she can assemble a broad coalition to carry her to the general election.
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Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders heard something very familiar come out of Hillary Clinton’s mouth when she smacked around Wall Street during her Nevada victory speech yesterday afternoon.
Bill Clinton speaks at Colorado College on Sunday, with doors opening at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center at 12:30 p.m. But the high margin of error in the polls makes it impossible to say with confidence whether either candidate held a lead among the group.
Clinton has received the support of many Democrats in the state – all three of the state’s Democratic representatives have endorsed Clinton, as well as state House Democratic leader Larry Hall, who spoke at the opening of her headquarters. Now many volunteers for the Clinton and Sanders Campaign are reflecting on the race moving forward.
Underpinning Clinton’s strategy are the painful lessons of her 2008 primary loss to Barack Obama. “But at the end of the day, I think she gets 19 delegates, we get 15 delegates, we move onto the next state”. With the SC primary on Saturday, his populist pitch needs to reach more than just the 4,800 predominantly white progressives who filled Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Sunday. Among that group, Clinton led with two-thirds of the vote. “So that tells you that African American women are particularly the key demographic that both campaigns have to focus on”. His campaign cited progress with Latinos in Nevada, but his advisers are clear-eyed about the challenges on Super Tuesday.
But Sanders crushed Clinton among voters who were looking for a candidate who’s “honest and trustworthy” or who “cares about people like me”. ‘We all want to get secret unaccountable money out of politics that starts with appointing a new justice to the Supreme Court’.
Clinton herself disputed the loss of the Hispanic vote.
To everyone who turned out in every corner of Nevada with determination and heart: This is your win. “And we probably will leave Nevada with a solid share of the delegates”.
At a town hall in Elko Friday morning, Sanders stressed the importance of turnout among rural voters to his campaign, calling on them to show the world the desire for a “political revolution that transforms this country”.