Clinton not convinced she lost Hispanic vote in Nevada

Shortly after Sanders delivered his concession speech, his campaign sent an email to reporters claiming that the senator had also won the Latino vote by some 8 points.

Hillary Clinton’s narrow victory in Nevada’s caucus was not what she expected just weeks ago when the polls indicated she would storm to victory.

“Campaigns are and should be about the future, and I believe that the future of the Democratic Party and the United States of America will be best served with the experience and know-how of Hillary Clinton as our 45th president”, Clyburn said at a news conference in SC.

How closely to stick to Obama’s policies has been a point of contention in the Democratic debates, with Clinton tying herself firmly to Obama and Sanders offering some criticisms of the president.

Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post oozed “Hillary Clinton deserves a massive amount of credit for winning Nevada”.

The same poll, however, suggested Ms Clinton’s support among African-Americans remains staunch, accounting for three-quarters of Nevada’s black voters. “It’s frontloaded for her, but we have the ability to stay in the long game”.

Entrance polls of Nevada voters found that a third said the economy was their major concern, while a quarter cited income inequality – the centerpiece of Sanders’ campaign. According to the poll, Mr Sanders won Hispanic caucus-voters ages 17 to 29 by 83 to 12 per cent, and Mrs Clinton won those ages 30 and above by 65 to 34 per cent.

Clinton Sunday admitted she must prove her trustworthiness to voters. While only 13 percent of Nevada caucus-goers in 2016 were black, their share in South Carolina will be much higher (55 percent of South Carolina Democratic primary voters were black in 2008).

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders at an unannounced stop at a cafeteria at Harrah’s in Las Vegas, on the day of the democratic caucus in Nevada.

Sanders went on to discussing campaign finance reform and wage inequality. She’ll take home 19 delegates while Sanders gets 15. Including superdelegates, who can choose whichever candidate they want regardless of the primary or caucus results, Clinton holds a 502-70 lead over Sanders, according to the Associated Press.

He needed “another Iowa” in Nevada, a surprising dead heat to cause a wobble in the Clinton camp, but couldn’t muster the same support outside of the diehards on college campuses.

Women made up more than half the electorate Saturday, and more than 6 in 10 of them supported Clinton.

The wait is over in SC and Nevada.

“This was a state that Bernie Sanders was surging in and he had the ability to pull off an upset in the first diverse primary state, frankly”, former Arizona State legislator Chris Herstam said.