New Hampshire Primary: Another Tight Race
Senator Sanders took New Hampshire by a close margin – will his momentum last?
After a long, intense night for the candidates, the votes of the Tuesday, February 2020 New Hampshire democratic primaries have been announced, and Senator Bernie Sanders took the lead.
The night turned out to be less stressful than last Monday where it took days to count up the caucus votes from Iowa, resulting in a win in the name of former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, presidential candidate Pete Buttigeig by two votes against Senator of Vermont, Sanders, a well known and self proclaimed Democratic socialist.
Similar to the Iowa caucus, the vote came down to a very close margin between the two politicians. Senator Sanders ended up winning 25.8% to Mayor Pete Buttigeig’s 24.4%, a margin of a mere 1.4%. Senator Amy Klobuchar came in at a remarkable third place with 19.9%.
Yang suspended his run for the 2020 Democratic nomination.
This election meant for a significant loss for Andrew Yang, as his campaign was looking for a large boost to forward their run for office, and marked the end of the campaign of Yang. According to The New York Times, Yang confirmed that he dropped out of the race; the “Yang Gang” has been disbanded.
However, the same can’t be said for Senator Klobuchar, who did exceedingly well compared to expectations. This primary was a huge win for her, as she spent a significant amount of time in New Hampshire prior to the primary.
As for former front runner and former Vice President Joe Biden, he did poorly, with only 8.4% of the vote and not winning any delegates out of New Hampshire. He spent his night in South Carolina, where he plans a victory rather than the humiliating defeat he projected from New Hampshire.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, who was a front runner for the presidential nominee in previous months, did not fare much better, taking in only 9.2% of votes and also not gaining any delegates.
From here, the candidates move on to the states of Nevada, and to South Carolina this month, continuing to stack up delegates for the nomination.
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