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How much trouble will Hillary Clinton be in if she loses in Nevada, where Democrats will caucus on Saturday? How close does Bernie Sanders need to come in South Carolina, which votes a week later? And which states are really “must-wins” for Sanders in March, April and beyond?

In 2008, in a strategic blunder that reflected a combination of miscalculation and complacency, Hillary Clinton effectively conceded the nation’s caucus states to Barack Obama. This year, Clinton cast the tragic hero of that failure in a starring role: campaign manager Robby Mook oversaw her 2008 campaign in Nevada, the only caucus state where Clinton won more votes than Obama, even though he cleared more delegates.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would fare better than rival Democrat Hillary Clinton against Republican White House contenders in general election matchups, a Quinnipiac national poll shows.

Tightening race rattles ClintonWorld’s nerves

Allies of Hillary Clinton are growing nervous as the Democratic primary race with Bernie Sanders tightens ahead of contests in Nevada and South Carolina.

A new CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday found Clinton with a narrow one-point lead in Nevada, which hosts its caucuses on Saturday. That’s a huge change from the 23-point lead Clinton enjoyed in a late December poll by Gravis.

National poll: Sanders tied with Clinton, Trump up 8 points

Donald Trump’s lead among Republicans nationally has soared back to double digits, according to the results of the latest Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, while on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked in a virtual tie.

Why Bernie Sanders Wins Even If He Loses

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ trouncing of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire was an enormous psychological victory, but what about under the hood? If you look at the delegates right now, it’s a little less dramatic: Sanders picked up 15 of New Hampshire’s delegates. Clinton got nine. Including the haul from the Iowa caucuses, Sanders has 36 and Clinton 32—a lead, yes, but just a drop in the bucket in the total number needed for victory: 2,382.

In South Carolina, Clinton and Sanders compete for black votes

The call-bank headquarters of Hillary Clinton’s campaign in this suddenly must-have state is in a small house on a tree-lined street not far from the Capitol. And, in a straight-from-central-casting display of Clinton’s core demographic of support, the first two volunteers inside the door are Eva Miller and Gloria Major, African American women who remember well the civil rights struggle.