It was an outstanding victory last night for Hillary Clinton in Nevada! There are several positives to be really excited about with this campaign going forward and despite what we’ve heard in the media, in many ways this campaign is very disciplined.
Let’s take a look at the good news going forward.
- Margin of victory and delegates.
Hillary is currently up by 5.5%. This margin has been slowly building and may end up closer to 6%, with 5% of the precincts still outstanding. Hillary beat Obama by 5.7% in 2008. She currently has a 19-15 delegate split.
This was very solid victory for Hillary all the way around.
- Clinton campaign managing its money wisely.
The Sanders campaign outspent the Clinton campaign last month 35 million to 21 million. The Clinton campaign’s cash on hand is 33 million. The Sanders campaign’s cash on hand is just 14 million.
The Sanders campaign is burning through their funds much more quickly and the Clinton campaign is managing their funds much more efficiently.
Definite advantage here for the Clinton campaign smartly managing its funds and having much more cash on hand.
Clark county has the largest Latino population in the state and Clinton won Clark by a 55% - 45% margin, which was a larger margin of victory for her than any other part of the state.
I know some folks are going by the early entrance and exit polls, but those polls were inaccurate. Early entrance polls actually showed Sanders leading handily among Whites and Latinos. Those very early results would have translated into a fairly easy victory for Sanders and as the final results proved, this wasn't the case.
www.vox.com/...
But what we do know of the official voting results — broken down by caucus site and by region — indicates that Hillary Clinton won the parts of Nevada that are most heavily Latino.
The most heavily Latino county in the state — Clark County — was Clinton's stronghold. With two-thirds of its precincts reporting, Clinton had a 10-point margin over Sanders — much wider than either candidates' margin of victory elsewhere in the state.
- South Carolina is Clinton country.
The African American vote could make up 50% or more of the votes in next week’s South Carolina Primary and in Nevada, Clinton garnered overwhelming support of African American voters.
South Carolina is looking very good for the Clinton campaign and this means they can spend more time elsewhere. This will put pressure on the Sanders campaign.
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- Victory speech in Nevada!
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- Let’s be happy! What a great victory! :-)
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