LAS VEGAS, Feb 22 — From glitzy Las Vegas casinos to dusty desert crossroads, Nevada Democrats vote today for who should challenge President Donald Trump in November’s election, with leftist firebrand Bernie Sanders riding high in the saddle. The western state, home to three million people, is...
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders gather at a campaign rally for Sanders on February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP pic
Nevada’s vote may serve to entrench Senator Sanders’s status as frontrunner before the deluge of “Super Tuesday” on March 3, when people in 14 states troop to the ballot box. Sanders immediately rejected any help that might come from Vladimir Putin’s government or allies, instructing the Russian president to “stay out of American elections.”
Recently Sanders has been largely unchecked by his opponents, who have focused more on blunting the advance of campaign newcomer Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York who has poured more than US$360 million from his personal fortune into campaign advertising. Voting in Nevada begins at noon today, and officials are hoping to avoid the chaos that marred Iowa.
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