Trump, Sanders ride US anti-establishment tide to New Hampshire win

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Manchester, NH: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders rode a wave of angry voters to victory in New Hampshire’s presidential contest, upsetting traditional American politicians in a show of anti-establishment power.

The sweeping victories of Trump, a New York billionaire, and Sanders, a democratic socialist, on Tuesday testified to large swaths of American voters worried about the state of the US economy and ready to shock Washington in the Nov. 8 presidential election. are

The New Hampshire decision sets up tight contests for Republicans in South Carolina on February 20 and Democrats on February 27. The most memorable campaign battles in past elections have been fought in the state where the first primary is held. American South.

For Trump, New Hampshire showed he has staying power and could carry a punch after losing the first contest, the Iowa caucuses, to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Feb. 1. His victory showed that pundits were wrong to think that he would ultimately self-destruct based on his disdain for the presidency and ill-conceived plans.

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, a former US secretary of state and former US senator, now looks wounded, trailing Sanders 60 to 39 percent based on 86 percent of returns. Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, narrowly won Iowa and is now losing in New Hampshire, where young voters favor Sanders’ populist proposals to break up big banks and make the government pay for free college. Tuition

“People have every right to be angry, but they’re also hungry, they’re hungry for solutions,” Clinton, 68, said after congratulating Sanders, 74. “I will work harder than anyone to actually make changes that improve your lives.”

Clinton was flown to New York, her campaign headquarters, where she reunited with top aides and prepared for Thursday’s Democratic debate. Her campaign has denied reports that she is considering a change but acknowledged that it would be natural to add members to her team as the campaign progresses.

Sanders said his victory showed that “we sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, Maine, to California, and that is that our great country is governed by all people, not just a few.” It belongs to the rich.”

About 73 percent of voters say they think the U.S. is on the wrong track, and those pessimists make up the majority of Trump’s and Sanders’ support bases, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

They worry about the economy and distrust establishment politicians who they see as part of the problem.

Shadow boxing trumps

Trump, 69, who campaigned on deporting illegal immigrants and temporarily banning Muslims from entering the U.S., was in first place with 35 percent of the Republican vote based on 88 percent of returns. .

At his victory rally, Trump cheered. He congratulated the other candidates in the race but promised that he would soon return to his partisan ways.

“Tomorrow: boom, boom,” he said, shadowboxing as his supporters cheered.

The New Hampshire Republican race did little to dispel confusion over who would emerge as the Republican challenger to Trump’s establishment.

Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich won a tight second-place race in New Hampshire, with Cruz, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio battling for third. All four were on their way to South Carolina.

Bush, the son and brother of former presidents, lived to fight another day, returning after a strong debate performance and solid campaign weekend.

“While the reality TV star is doing well, it looks like you all reset the race,” Bush told supporters. This campaign is not over. We’re going to South Carolina.”

Rubio failed to dispatch Bush, seeing his support drop after Saturday’s debate in which he was criticized for repeating rehearsed lines from his stump speech.

“I didn’t do well Saturday night — listen to this: It’s never going to happen again,” Rubio told supporters.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who called out Rubio for his robotic debates, fell behind others in voting and canceled plans to visit South Carolina, a sign he may soon withdraw.

Frustrated voters

Independent voters have special influence in New Hampshire, the second largest state in the series of contests that lead to the parties’ formal presidential nominating conventions in July, because they can vote in either party’s primary. .

At a polling station in Manchester, John and Roland Martineau said they voted for the two candidates they believed they could trust to shake things up.

John, 68, went for Sanders. “I like the ideas, I like the way he talks, I feel like I can trust him,” she said.

Rowland, 73, a registered Republican, went for Trump, a man she said was “more honest” than the other candidates. But he said he would support Sanders over Trump in the November general election.

Clinton was the national frontrunner for several months. But a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Feb. 2-5 showed Clinton and Sanders now in a dead heat.

Clinton’s campaign manager, Robbie Mock, said in a memo that deciding the Democratic nomination “is very likely” the key to a victory in March with support from black and Hispanic voters. The next primary races are later this month in Nevada and South Carolina.

“It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for a Democrat to win the nomination without strong support from African-American and Hispanic voters,” Mock wrote.