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Setting Expectations for Saturday’s Contests
Tomorrow will feature two contests in two states, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton facing off against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Nevada Democratic caucuses while the Republican field faces the voters in the South Carolina GOP primary. Polls show a potentially tight race in Nevada, and in South Carolina there appears to be significant movement that could produce a surprise or two – good or bad, depending on where one stands.
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Insiders predict Trump win in South Carolina, Clinton in Nevada
Donald Trump is poised for his second win of the Republican presidential primary season on Saturday in South Carolina. And Hillary Clinton looks as if she’ll eke out a victory in Nevada.
That’s according to the activists, strategists and operatives who make up The POLITICO Caucus in both states.
Read More >>How Bernie Sanders surged in Nevada
In the fall of 2014, two years before the next presidential election, Tick Segerblom was already hunting for a liberal alternative to Hillary Clinton.
Segerblom – a former Nevada Democratic party chairman active in presidential politics since working for Jimmy Carter in 1975 — liked the sound of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, but wasn’t convinced she would run.
Read More >>Clinton Strong in South Carolina But Warning Signs Ahead, Bloomberg Poll Shows
Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina thanks to a 3-to-1 advantage among African-American voters, according to a Bloomberg Politics poll that shows the Democrats’ fourth nominating contest still can be a Clinton firewall to blunt her rival’s momentum.
Read More >>Presidential Contests Down to the Wire in Nevada, South Carolina
Two key presidential contests on opposite ends of the nation come down to their final full day Friday, ahead of weekend elections that will shape the tone and duration of the Republican and Democratic races.
Read More >>Fox News Poll: Clinton ‘feels the Bern,’ trails Sanders by three points nationally
Bernie Sanders now tops Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination.
The latest Fox News national poll finds 47 percent of Democratic primary voters now back the Vermont senator, up from 37 percent in January. Clinton gets 44 percent, down from 49 percent a month ago.
Read More >>Virginia is supposed to be Clinton country. Just don’t tell that to Sanders.
With Hillary Clinton’s once-overwhelming lead in Virginia shrinking, it seems that every prominent Democrat in the commonwealth has been deployed to boost her quest for the White House.
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