Clinton on trustworthiness: ‘I understand voters have questions’

For Clinton, the pressure is on as Sanders has closed the poll gap in Nevada, a state once considered to be an easy win for Clinton. “Nevada put out the Bern”, said Ken Tietjen, a Clinton supporter who stood outside her Las Vegas victory rally at Caesar’s Palace.

Her win denied Sanders the breakthrough win he had sought in a state with a heavy minority population, but his ability to close a one-time double-digit polling lead for Clinton suggests the Democratic nominating race will be long and hard fought.

For Sanders, strong showings in March are more important because of Clinton’s lead with superdelegates — the party leaders who can support any candidates regardless of how their states vote.

Chelsea Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, actress America Ferrera and former President Bill Clinton during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday.

Trump’s victory comes after a week in which he threatened to sue one rival, accused former President George W. Bush of lying about the Iraq war and even tussled with Pope Francis on immigration.

This is most likely due to the fact that she has tackled a wider range of issues, whereas Bernie Sanders has focused mostly on income inequality and breaking up the big banks of Wall Street.

Sanders told his supporters he called Clinton to congratulate her. Despite his defeat, he vowed to take his campaign nationwide, notably looking past SC, where Clinton is leading the polls, to a clutch of primaries on March 1.

But he has also benefited from the crowded and fractured field beneath him, in particular with Mr Rubio, Ohio Governor John Kasich and – until last night – Mr Bush all battling to emerge as the establishment alternative to him and Mr Cruz and thus dividing the anti-Trump forces.

On foreign policy, many Trump supporters say they are exhausted of what they call the White House’s lackluster response to the terrorist threat facing the United States and the West.

Hillary Clinton wins the Nevada Democratic caucuses, rebounding after a second-place finish to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire.

In fact, 76 percent of voters said religious beliefs mattered in casting their vote – and a 31 percent plurality of those voters cast their ballot for the thrice-married, often foul-mouthed reality TV star who has maintained he’s a Christian, even though he still says he’s never asked God for forgiveness.

The caucuses will be an early tie-breaker: Clinton squeaked to victory in Iowa and Sanders routed her in New Hampshire. Cruz won the Iowa Republican caucuses, while Rubio edged out Cruz to clinch the second place in the primary in SC. 17 initially, they are only six in the race, surviving consultations of Iowa and New Hampshire in early.

Clinton’s win provides a jolt of momentum to the former secretary of state as she heads into the February 27 South Carolina Democratic primary and Super Tuesday. Then he went south and beat Cruz among evangelicals in SC.

Clinton’s win means she will pick up at least 18 of Nevada’s 35 delegates. Once that’s settled, look to see how SC sorts the muddled Republican race, where it’s always been Trump and some other guys.

At an MSNBC town hall in Las Vegas Thursday, Clinton criticized Sanders’ comments questioning President Obama.

“I need your help this morning – in the show room, 11 am”, she told employees at Harrah’s yesterday, less than an hour before caucus time. “I don’t think there’s a state right now that’s a knockout blow”.

But Clinton’s campaign has been downplaying expectations in Nevada in recent days.

Democratic candidates instead go out west to Nevada, where more non-white voters turn out to the polls and voters are more moderate than the first two contests.

If the history of party’s primary elections is taken into account, no candidate has ever won the presidential nomination without winning New Hampshire and SC.

Jason Sims – a teacher from Mount Pleasant – says he made a last-minute decision to vote for Marco Rubio, and that Gov. Nikki Haley’s endorsement was “a big deal”.

KEITH: I think the other major significance is the diversity of the electorate here in Nevada.

Back in SC, it was unquestionably Mr Trump’s night. ‘They don’t understand that as people drop out, I’m going to get a lot of those votes also.