– A ‘message’ to America –
Exit polls showed Sanders winning every demographic group – a stunning result for an independent lawmaker and a potential warning sign for Clinton as she turns the campaign toward the next states that vote, South Carolina and Nevada.
“I know I have some work to do, particularly with young people,” Clinton conceded, as she recognized the American electorate’s fury with establishment politics.
“People have every right to be angry,” she said. “But they’re also hungry, they’re hungry for solutions.”
Once every four years, the nation’s eyes focus turn to New Hampshire, the small northeastern state, home to just 1.3 million people, that holds the first state primaries after the Iowa caucuses kick off the US presidential nomination process.
Officials predicted a record turnout.
New Hampshire sets the tone for the primaries to come – and could whittle down a crowded Republican field as the arch-conservative Senator Ted Cruz, who won Iowa last week, and other mainstream candidates battle for second or third place.
Also in the fray for primary scraps were former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Senator Marco Rubio.
Rubio is hoping to match or better his third-place Iowa finish, despite taking a drubbing in Saturday’s debate when New Jersey Governor Chris Christie eviscerated the first-term Florida senator for robotically repeating the same talking points.
For the past 60 years or so, most of the candidates who ended up winning the White House won their party’s primary in the so-called Granite State.
But tellingly, the last three presidents – Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton – were all elected despite losing in New Hampshire.
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