Showing posts with label NEVADA CAUCUS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NEVADA CAUCUS. Show all posts

February 23, 2020

Sanders wins the Nevada caucuses and gets congratulated by Trump


Candidates address supporters 2:08
(Video: Joyce Koh, Blair Guild/The Post; photo: Reuters)
County convention delegates are the current number of county delegates each candidate will get at the state convention, which determines the number of pledged national delegates each candidate receives.

Victory boosts senator’s insurgent campaign

Sen. Bernie Sanders set down a marker in the first state with a significant share of nonwhite voters. Incomplete results suggested a distant second-place finish for Joe Biden.

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As Sanders’s momentum builds, down-ballot Democrats move to distance themselves

With the senator from Vermont at the top of the ticket, Democrats fear their chances of winning the Senate would evaporate and their House majority would be at risk.
  • The Vermont senator not only won among self-described liberal voters, but also made inroads with moderates for the first time, entrance polls showed.