US President Elections - Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump win initial round

The US President elections is witnessing twists and turns. While Bernie Sanders has defeated Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump also scored his first victory. It was a triumph of two candidates who have seized on Americans' anger at the Washington political establishment.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 10 February 2016.

Both the results are unexpected and would have been nearly unthinkable not long ago.
Bernie Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist and he beat a former secretary of state and first lady who had, once, been seen as the all-but-certain Democratic nominee. Of course, she still remains the favorite in the national race for the Democratic nomination but, the win by the Vermont senator adds punch to the competition.
As far as Donald Trump goes - he is a real estate magnate and television personality and has never run for public office. His win was an important rebound after his loss to Texas Sen Ted Cruz in last week's Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest.
Trump has led national polls for months and the New Hampshire victory reinforces his position as front-runner, proving he can win votes and adding credibility to his upstart populist candidacy. Other Republicans in the field are Ohio Governor John Kasich, Florida Sen Marco Rubio and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush - all of them are locked in a tight race, along with Ted Cruz, behind Donald Trump.


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US President Election - Bernie Sanders giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money

#HillaryClinton #BernieSanders #WhiteHouse #IowaCaucus Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are both Democrat hopefuls for the race to the White House but, Hillary Clinton is locked in a dead heat with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the Iowa presidential nominating contest. While Hillary Clinton is a former Secretary of State and First Lady her lead is wafer-thin - it is 49.9% over 49.5% for her opponent Bernie Sanders who is a US Senator from Vermont - this result is based on 99% of precincts reporting.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 2 February 2016.

Of course, her campaign has issued a statement saying that she had won the Democratic Iowa caucus. But, the outcome in three precincts in the state - Davenport, Des Moines and Ames - was decided by a coin flip.
On the present situation, Mr Sanders feels that it would be a tight contest had it has given his campaign a "kick-start" - it showed that "this is a campaign that can win".
There is a third Democrat candidate in the fray - he is Martin O'Malley and he has suspended his campaign after trailing badly - he could manage to get just 0.6% of Iowa's votes.
The Hillary for America campaign was depending on its vaunted get-out-the-vote operation to deliver a clear victory and avoid a stinging rerun of her 2008 defeat to now-President Barack Obama. For Hillary Clinton, she has been dogged by an inquiry into her emails while she was the top US diplomat - she put up a brave face after the inconclusive result.
As for Bernie Sanders who is a self-described democratic socialist, he summed up the situation as 'what Iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution.' He talked about creating an economy that works for working families, not just the billionaire class.
Hillary Clinton is the party establishment favorite but Bernie Sanders has electrified youthful crowds with his impassioned rallying cry to reform an economy he says is rigged in favor of the super-rich.


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