John Kasich And The Long Road To Super Tuesday

Donald Trump nailed down a decisive first victory in New Hampshire’s presidential primary Tuesday, proving his unorthodox campaign can translate the large crowds at his rambunctious rallies into the votes that determine delegates.

Tuesday’s outcomes would have been almost unthinkable not long ago.

Exit polls showed that in the Democratic primary, 74-year-old socialist Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in every demographic group except voters older than 65, nonwhites and those with family incomes over $200,000.

The latest poll numbers in SC were tabulated before Mr Sanders won New Hampshire, and he is sure to narrow the gap. “We are going to make America so great again”.

Fresh off of Donald Trump’s New Hampshire primary rout, arch-conservative rival Ted Cruz launched a sharp offensive Wednesday against the billionaire frontrunner, heralding a brutal battle for the next Republican contest in SC.

John Kasich: The Ohio Governor’s second place in New Hampshire was fuelled by support from independents.

Rubio also targeted former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s foreign policy credentials. The next test will be on February 20, when Nevada chooses who they prefer and Republicans vote in SC.

Clinton had a razor-thin victory in Iowa followed up by a crushing defeat in New Hampshire, putting her pledged delegated of 32 behind Sanders’s 36.

The real question is, how will New Hampshire influence the next two primaries in Nevada and SC?

On the Republican side, Trump’s visceral assault on United States politics galvanized voters who brought him his debut victory in the fledgling race, keeping him in pole position despite his second-place showing in last week’s Iowa caucuses.

Meanwhile, Christie said he’s heading home to New Jersey to “take a deep breath” and take stock of his struggling presidential bid.

“I can change the game because I really have a chance of NY”, he told CBS on Wednesday morning.

In the past week, there have been vitriolic exchanges between Mr Trump and another Republican rival Jeb Bush, and between Mr Sanders and Mrs Clinton’s camps, with feelings running high over allegations of sexism between supporters of the two Democratic candidates. “Of course I think I can compete”, Kasich said. But voters ages 45 to 64 gave him 35 percent of their votes, matching his unofficial share of the total vote.

Marco Rubio is also traveling to SC, looking to recover from what looks like a disappointing fifth-place finish in New Hampshire.

Even when Hillary Clinton loses, she still manages to find a way to win.

The challenge for Kasich – and for that matter, Rubio and Bush – is whether they can make it past March 1 without winning a single state and still be viewed as viable candidates for the nomination.

By a margin of 4 to 1, voters said they trusted Sanders more than Clinton to deal with income inequality.