Sanders did win something in Nevada: The tele-caucus

After a devastating, double-digit loss to Sanders in New Hampshire, Clinton prevailed in Nevada with the backing of women, union workers, minorities, moderates and voters who are certain she will have a better shot at winning in November, according to entrance polls.

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.

With 87 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton was leading with 52.5 percent of the vote to Sanders’ 47.4 percent. He said her appeal to different demographics in the USA will help Clinton’s campaign.

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Bernie Sanders said that his campaign “did not do as good a job as I had wanted to bring out a large turnout” in Nevada. Clinton acknowledged people may question “is she in it for us or is she in it for herself?” Results from the latest week of polling show Clinton ahead of Sanders by just 3 points among Hispanics-46 percent to 43 percent.

South Carolinians surveyed after they voted expressed disenchantment with the GOP establishment and widespread support for temporarily banning Muslims who are not USA citizens from coming into the country – a Trump idea that roiled the race months ago. “I’m going to be here to put her in office – they’re going to hear my mouth”. She wanted to prove she could fight off the Sanders surge and give her campaign some sense of momentum before SC and the first multi-state “Super Tuesday” primary on March 1st.

Clinton is likely to win significantly fewer delegates on Super Tuesday than Sanders. Nevada, in other words, was a test. If Clinton lost, then it presaged a tighter race in SC and beyond, and possibly one that ended with a Sanders nomination. Hillary Clinton captured Nevada’s Democratic caucuses Saturday, overcoming an unexpectedly strong surge by Sanders.

Clinton was long thought to be the Democrats’ inevitable nominee, but her performance in the first two states to vote fell far short of what she might have hoped for.

Throughout the hectic evening for Clinton, she and her team remained as present as ever on Twitter where she sent out tweets of gratitude to her supporters. In Houston, Clinton said she respects Sanders “passion and commitment” but argued that he can’t deliver on his promises of single-payer health care and tuition-free public college.

Sanders has yet to prove he can consistently expand his base of support beyond white liberals and young voters.

“We saw so much great activity the last week and it turned out to be more than enough”, she said.