Sanders trailing Clinton but more honest: SC poll

While he may have benefited from New Hampshire sharing a border with Vermont, this early upset in Ms. Clinton’s presumed-unassailable lead has thrust Mr. Sanders’s campaign into fourth gear and energized his supporters across the U.S. Importantly, his victory has put the Democratic Party establishment, which until now has thrown its weight behind Ms. Clinton, on notice.

Clinton’s next challenge will be in the Nevada primaries, which could settle the question about whether Democratic rival Bernie Sanders will lose the steam he built from a narrow loss in Iowa and a almost 22-point victory in New Hampshire.

Sanders accused Clinton and other candidates of receiving donations from big corporations who are seeking to influence the government, a criticism she firmly rejected.

“I am not a single-issue candidate and this is not a single-issue country”, Clinton said, echoing a line from the debate.

The voters of New Hampshire have fired the political shot that will be heard around the world, creating fear and loathing throughout the Democratic and Republican establishments after the powerful primary victories of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. “But for Senator Sanders, it’s part of his answer for everything”.

Clinton and Sanders are both fighting to win support among African-American voters ahead of the SC primary on February 27.

And on foreign policy, he said, “I do get a little bit exhausted of being lectured by the Clinton people”. I am the only candidate that has a record of taking on those barriers. But he also stressed that Sanders respects Obama and was not suggesting that race relations have gotten worse since 2009.

More than half of South Carolina’s primary voters were black in the 2008 contest pitting Clinton against Barack Obama, the first black candidate for president. “I think the Clintons have taken the African American votes for granted”. “That is why I need you, my friends, more than ever”. Sanders said the problem wasn’t confined to race but investments in poor communities were “long overdue”. She said that the president “has shown incredible leadership” and that she believes “millions of Americans are better off because of his presidency”.