Hillary News & Views 2.21: Victory in Nevada! Full Speed Ahead to SC and Super Tuesday!

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By Lysis



Today’s Hillary News & Views begins with Clinton’s victory in Nevada.

Vox has the entire victory speech:

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And here’s some post-caucus coverage.

The Boston Globe reports:

Hillary Clinton fought off a surge by Bernie Sanders and won the Nevada caucuses Saturday, a display of organizational muscle and support from a racially diverse electorate that put her candidacy back on solid footing as she looks forward in coming days to campaigning in friendlier Southern states.

Clinton secured 53 percent of the vote to 47 percent for Sanders, with nearly 90 percent of precincts reporting. As news spread that Clinton was the projected winner, the crowd gathered at her victory party in a ballroom at the Caesars Palace hotel began chanting “I’m with her! I’m with her!”

The definitive victory in a state where Sanders’ support grew rapidly in recent weeks should reassure Democrats that Clinton’s campaign is capable of adjusting to adverse conditions and grinding out a victory. It was a crucial rebound for the former secretary of state after Sanders nearly beat her in Iowa and trounced her in New Hampshire earlier in the month.

For Sanders, the loss renews questions about whether he can expand his base of support beyond the mostly white liberals who have fueled his candidacy so far. He will continue to compete in the nomination contest because of his prodigious fund-raising and the strength of his anti-Wall Street message, but a failure to attract minority voters could limit how far his campaign can go.

Mashable reports:

Though polling is notoriously difficult in Nevada, Clinton's significant lead in the ethnically diverse state had all but vanished in the days leading up to the caucuses.

Still, Clark County — which includes the iconic Las Vegas Strip — came in strong for Clinton, helping her pull out a victory.

At Caesar’s Palace, where workers could take time off work to caucus, Clinton won with 190 votes to Sanders’ 81 — largely thanks to Latina women who skewed older.

Other areas in the strip provided Clinton with equally strong margins.

"She wants to be equal for the women, which is good," said Abby Taclibon, a 32-year-old first-time caucus-goer and Filipino immigrant who chose Clinton in the caucus.

That was the sentiment of a number of immigrant women Mashable spoke with outside the Caesar's Palace caucus location.

"I think Hillary stands up for us, I need it," said Ophelia Sanchez, a Latina immigrant who took time off her shift at the Bellagio to caucus for Clinton.

Nevada was an important win for Clinton, suggesting that ultimately Sanders was unable to siphon support from her among minority voters.

And now with two primary wins under her belt, the delegate math is squarely in her favor as the nominating contest heads to the south — where African-American voters, who overwhelmingly favor Clinton's bid, make up a large portion of the electorate.

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