Clinton wins Nevada Democratic caucuses

Sanders made an impromptu stop Saturday morning at a Las Vegas high school where he expressed confidence he could take a state once considered a lock for Clinton.

Hillary Clinton’s win in Nevada means she will pick up most of the state’s delegates. The Sanders campaign has said it believes it can win – if it can find enough new caucus goers. Clinton spent much of the run-up to the Nevada caucuses portraying Sanders as singularly focused on economic issues.

Hillary is delivering her victory speech. “She’s been there, she’s done it. I think she is the person to vote for”. Clinton was supported by almost 6 in 10 self-identified Democrats.

“This is your win”, Clinton said in a tweet, thanking supporters for her victory.

“There is nothing easy about running for president, I can tell you”, Trump told his victory party in Spartanburg. “That starts with appointing a new justice to the Supreme Court who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections”.

Sanders’ five-point (at this point) loss still represents a massive improvement for him in Nevada.

There are more than 1,400 delegates at stake in states such as South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana, and depending on the outcome and proportional allocation of delegates, Clinton could build a comfortable lead. “It’s not something she just turned to”.

Many fans talked about her fight for women’s rights, but said her gender alone is not the reason to back her. “It’s a tremendous and well deserved win”. “And we probably will leave Nevada with a solid share of the delegates”, Sanders said in the statement distributed by his campaign.

“If we listen to the heartaches of people around the country …” The state party said more than 31,000 registered online to participate. “The middle class needs a raise”.

As Hilliary Clinton spoke, her husband, Bill Clinton, stood to the side of the stage smiling.

Thousands of supporters gathered at TSU to hear Clinton on Saturday.

The numbers back her up in her second bid for the presidency.

Ms Clinton is attempting to reassert herself after a virtual tie in New Hampshire. But you have to have worked on or followed presidential campaign politics to understand the power of momentum. She knows what the country needs”, he said, adding “Bernie’s a cool guy. That’s something that was expected for months – but it was suddenly thrown into doubt in the last couple of weeks, as Bernie Sanders appeared to surge in Nevada after a lopsided victory in the New Hampshire primary.

During the MSNBC/Telemundo forum, Sanders also defended his 2007 vote against legislation that would have revamped the immigration system, stating that he objected to guest-worker provisions that were described by one legal advocacy group as being “akin to slavery”.

With a win in Nevada, Clinton now looks ahead to the February 27 SC primary with more steam behind her message on Sanders: That the Vermont senator’s appeal is limited to a relatively narrow swath of voters.