BREAKING: Sanders Projected To Win Nevada


BREAKING: Sanders Projected To Win Nevada

Multiple news organizations are reporting that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is projected to win the Nevada caucus this evening.

According to the Associated Press, with 4% of precincts reporting, Sanders leads with a staggering 54.1%, former Vice President Joe Biden comes in second with 17.8%, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) comes in third with 10.1%, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg comes in fourth with 8.8%, and billionaire Tom Steyer comes in fifth 6.4%.

FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver wrote in the website’s live coverage that the race is now Sanders’ to lose:

The basic takeaway here is that it’s Sanders’s nomination to lose. Exactly how big his margin is, who finishes second, etc., may tell us something about precisely how likely he is to lose it and who is most likely to take it away from him. But it’s his nomination to lose.

This apparent victory, especially if the margins hold, could provide the Sanders campaign with incredible momentum heading into the South Carolina primary on February 29, and then into Super Tuesday on March 3, where 14 states, American Samoa, and Democrats Abroad cast their votes.

Just over two weeks ago, it appeared as though Sanders might take a hit following the unmitigated disaster that was the Iowa caucus in which Pete Buttigieg was able to claim victory and a larger share of delegates than Sanders, despite the agonizingly slow rollout of the vote totals, which now has them tied at 26.2% each. Sanders took the popular vote by just over 2,50o, according to Politico.

However, Sanders went on to win the first primary in New Hampshire with 25.7% compared to second place Buttigieg’s 24.4% and third place Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) 19.8%.

Prior to Saturday’s caucus, Sanders was polling well. The RealClearPolitics polling average had Sanders leading the pack with 32.5% support. A distant second place went to Buttigieg and Biden, who were tied at 16%.

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