Trump, Sanders Face Challenges After Commanding Primary Wins

“We will need to come together in a few months and unite this party and this nation, because the right-wing Republicans we oppose must not be allowed to gain the presidency”.

On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders performed well in line with what polls were predicting and placed a resounding victory over Hillary Clinton.

Thirty-eight percent of those who feel betrayed, and 52 percent of those who don’t, voted for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich or Sen. “Because I know. I know I’ve had a blessed life but I also know what it’s like to stumble and fall”.

“We are going to make America so great again”, Trump told a raucous crowd.

Part of that is Clinton’s weakness: Even Democrats don’t trust her. A third of those voting in the party primary Tuesday said honesty was a key issue – and those voters broke for Bernie by 18 to 1.

Rubio, the candidate who had been widely viewed as Trump’s biggest threat, suffered deep wounds in New Hampshire after a strong showing in Iowa that some pundits believed would propel him to the top ranks of the establishment Republicans.

But New Hampshire highlighted a problem Clinton had among women, particularly younger ones. On Wednesday, his campaign unveiled a radio ad in SC featuring Bush’s famous presidential brother, George W. Bush.

“The victory by Trump here has the makings of a major disaster for the establishment”, said Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist.

65% of New Hampshire Republican Primary voters voted for someone other than @realDonaldTrump. When polling first began in New Hampshire over a year ago, Clinton was projected to win by as much as 50 percent, but Sanders has steadily chipped away at her support. Many were speculating that either Texas Senator Ted Cruz, fresh off a win in the Iowa caucus or Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who had a surprisingly good performance the week before, would be the state’s second place victor.

Sanders won 64 percent of the vote in seven non-metropolitan counties and took just over 57 percent of the vote in the state’s three metropolitan counties. “I want you to understand – but I want you to understand something”, he said.

Mr Kasich, who surged from relative obscurity in New Hampshire, has a poorly funded campaign that will struggle to keep up momentum in SC and beyond.

Should Bush drop, Rubio could likely leapfrog back ahead of Kasich and solidify himself as the alternative to Bush.

Trump said that, standing on stage and watching Rubio’s doll-with-a-pull-string moment was “a little bit strange” but that “Marco understands that and he’ll be able to fix it, I hope”.

How did female Democratic voters feel about those comments and did they think they had a special responsibility to vote for Mrs Clinton?