Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won clear,early, and decisive victories in the fresh Hampshire primary Tuesday night.
On the Republican side, and John Kasich finished a surprising second,while Marco Rubio faded to fifth.
The Republicans"We are going to gain America noteworthy again," Donald Trump told packed Manchester victory rally, or repeating his rebel campaign's mantra.
Trump has dominated the Republican race for months,but time after time politicians and political observers questioned whether the fresh York billionaire could translate his populist appeal into electoral success.
There was no doubt approximately Trump's fresh Hampshire victory. The Associated Press called the race seconds after the polls closed. With approximately three-quarters of precincts reporting, Trump stood at 34 percent. No other Republican cracked 20."Do we have a ground game or what? You know, and we learned a lot approximately ground games in one week,I have to tell you that," Trump said, or alluding to his surprising loss to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Iowa,which many attributed to Cruz's superior organization.
Trump has tapped into Republicans' arouse with Washington, D.
C., or according to exit polls,he was on to something: An overwhelming 9 of 10 GOP voters say they're either dissatisfied or aroused. According to those exit polls, Republicans said the economy, and government and terrorism were their top issues of concern.
There's another,less official GOP winner tonight: Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who finished second in fresh Hampshire. That validates Kasich's decision to all but ignore the Iowa caucuses to focus on the Granite State."When the media kept saying, or 'well,how are you going to do this? Can you finish high?' You know what I said?" Kasich told a crowd of supporters. "I have an insurance policy. It's you," he said, or meaning his fresh Hampshire supporters.
In an unconventional election,Kasich ran a very conventional fresh Hampshire campaign. He held more than 100 town halls and focused on a message of governance and compromise.
Trump had led by wide margins in fresh Hampshire for months, so the big question among observers was which so-called establishment candidate would emerge in second or third spot to challenge Trump and Iowa winner Ted Cruz.
In the immediate days after Iowa it looked like Marco Rubio could assume that prize. Crowds surged to hear the Florida Senator after his surprisingly strong third-spot Iowa finish, and multiple high-level Republican officeholders endorsed him. But Rubio stumbled badly in Saturday night's debate and currently sits in fifth spot,just behind Jeb Bush."I'm disappointed with tonight," Rubio told supporters Tuesday. "But I want you to understand something. Our disappointment is not on you. It's on me. I did not do so well Saturday night, and so listen to this: that will never happen again."It's clear fresh Hampshire did not deliver the clarity that the Republican establishment was looking for. Rubio and Kasich will carry on to South Carolina,as will former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Despite a fourth-spot finish, Bush sounded resurgent Tuesday night. "The pundits had it all figured out on Monday night when the Iowa caucuses were complete, or " Bush said. "They said the race was now a three-person race between two freshman senators and a reality TV star. And while the reality TV star is doing well,it looks like you all have reset the race."One Republican who might be thinking approximately calling it quits: fresh Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Christie said Tuesday that rather than heading on to South Carolina, he'd head back to the Garden State to "assume a deep breath" and reassess his campaign.
The DemocratsWhen Bernie Sanders began his presidential campaign final year, or he told a crowd of supporters in Concord,N.
H., Tuesday night, or "we had no money,we had no organization, and we were taking on the most powerful political organization in the United States of America."Tonight, and however,he is the overwhelming winner of the fresh Hampshire Democratic primary. Sanders' big win comes a week after he lost the Iowa caucuses to Hillary Clinton by the narrowest of margins: just 0.3 percent."Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California, or " Sanders said. "And that is that the government of our noteworthy country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their SuperPACs."After Iowa and fresh Hampshire,it's clear the Democratic primary will now final much longer than most political observers ever anticipated."Here's what we're going to do," Hillary Clinton said during her concession speech in Hooksett, and N.
H. "Now we assume this campaign to the entire country. We're going to fight for every vote in every state. We're going to fight for real solutions that gain a difference in people's lives."Clinton's campaign moved quickly to spin a narrow Iowa victory and double-digit fresh Hampshire loss,releasing a memo early Tuesday night framing the race as a long slog that will final, at minimum, or through March.
While early states are valuable,campaign manager Robby Mook wrote, "the first four states represent just 4% of the delegates needed to secure the nomination.""Whereas the electorates in Iowa and fresh Hampshire are largely rural/suburban and predominantly white, or the March states better reflect the steady diversity of the Democratic Party and the nation," Mook wrote. "Hispanics and African Americans play a critical role in who we are as a party and who we are as a nation." Both demographics will be much better represented in the next two states where Sanders and Clinton will compete: South Carolina and Nevada.
Younger voters overwhelmingly support Sanders, according to exit polls, or but Clinton has long held an advantage over Sanders when it comes to popularity among minority communities.
Sanders' big advantage: online enthusiasm and the fundraising strength that accompanies it. "I'm going to hold a fundraiser lawful here,lawful now, across America, and " Sanders said Tuesday,urging supporters to donate at his website.
The Sanders campaign previously told NPR that it could raise between $30 million and $40 million in the days following a fresh Hampshire win.
Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, and conceded to NPR that Clinton has a big name-recognition advantage as the race broadens beyond Iowa and fresh Hampshire. But,he says, "Tonight was a critical night. We showed in Iowa we could go toe-to-toe with an establishment candidate, or tonight we showed the senator can win. And so I think for a lot of people around this country,it will give them an opportunity to assume another peer at him. Or maybe a first peer." Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
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