Bernie Sanders’ locked-in base of younger, Latino and more liberal voters was more than enough to propel him to a decisive victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses
Bernie Sanders locked in a base of voters — young, Latino and liberal — that was more than enough to propel him to a decisive victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses.
The profile of Sanders’ core support looked a lot like the voters who pushed him to a win in New Hampshire and a still-unresolved photo finish in Iowa, with one important distinction: Sanders drew the largest share of nonwhite voters in Nevada, who made up only a small part of the electorates in the two previous states.
Unlike the predominantly white states of Iowa and New Hampshire, roughly a third of the Nevada electorate was comprised of racial minorities, and Sanders won a majority of Latinos, who made up most of those non-white voters. The entrance poll shows Sanders well ahead of Biden , the second-place candidate, among Latinos.
Among the most progressive voters — the 3-in-10 caucus-goers who said they were “very liberal” — Sanders won roughly half, 49 percent. That was easily more than Warren, the second-place candidate, with 17 percent. For the also-rans, there wasn’t much good news buried inside the entrance poll. Yes, Biden won the African-American vote — but capturing just over a third is hardly locking down that voting bloc, and he’s counting on black voters to deliver his first victory next week in the South Carolina primary.
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