AP: Trump, Sanders take New Hampshire primary

[onehandle]

Source: AP

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire primary winners are Donald Trump on the Republican side and Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race. Each took the top spot after second-place finishes in the Iowa caucuses.

Trump's first victory of the 2016 White House race means he's no longer a political rookie but the front-runner for his party's presidential nomination.

Read more: http://www.wdrb.com/story/31182332/ap-trump-sanders-take-new-hampshire-primary

[basselope]

1. K&R

[Hissyspit]

2. Link:

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-sanders-sweep-victory-new-hampshire-primaries-nbc-news-n515191

Trump, Sanders Sweep to Victory in New Hampshire Primaries: NBC News
by CARRIE DANN

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders will win the New Hampshire primaries, NBC News projects, outcomes that are certain to send further shockwaves through the anxious political establishments of both parties.

Since he began to dominate the race after his entry last summer, Trump has bewildered party regulars with his bombastic style and his appeal to GOP voters disaffected with more traditional candidates. His win Tuesday, following a second-place finish in Iowa last week, seals Trump's position as a legitimate candidate for the Republican nomination and all but ensures a more prolonged primary fight as the GOP candidates turn their attention to the South Carolina primary in less than two weeks.

Establishment-minded Republicans had hoped that the state's notoriously choosy voters would coalesce around one of their preferred candidates rather than affirming Trump, but no single challenger has emerged at the head of the pack. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush were in a fight for second place as the votes continue to come in Tuesday.

Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who hails from neighboring Vermont, had battled fiercely with consensus front-runner Hillary Clinton this week since losing by a razor-thin margin in last week's Iowa contest. Clinton cast Sanders as an unrealistic zealot for progressive purity without adequate experience to govern a divided country, and former President Bill Clinton suggested that some of Sanders' supporters used sexist language in opposing his wife's presidential bid.

For his part, Sanders hammered Clinton for her ties to Wall Street and big business, portraying her as beholden to callous and corrupt corporate interests who disdain the middle class. A contentious head-to-head debate last week on MSNBC in New Hampshire only fueled the race further.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. YESSSS!!

(pumps fist)

[snot]

4. At some point, it's best to call it, in hopes that everyone stops watching

. . . rather than dwell on how badly Bernie's crushing it!

[LiberalArkie]

5. Early for me considering hundreds are still in line. But it is a historic turnout in NH.

One polling place expecting a record of 5,000 people but at 7PM had 10,500 and hundreds still in line.
University of NH reported record number of students taking the shuttle to vote for the first time.
Record number of first time voters considering they implemented photo ID this year.

Hell of a day for New Hampshire. I am proud for them.

[retrowire]

6. nice work making sure to pair Bernie's win with Trumps.

Can't let Bernie have his own victory headline eh? lol

[TIME TO PANIC]

7. K & R!

[ericson00]

8. good job Bernie! its your backyard; a loss woulda been sad

n/t

[mpcamb]

23. The loss was HILARY"S

[840high]

9. Yes for Bernie.

[Little Tich]

10. Good news. (About Bernie, not Trump, duh). n/t

[forest444]

11. This, is YOOGE.

Can't wait.

[houston16revival]

12. Huffpost calling Trump a Sexist, Racist Xenophobe

Gov Paul LePage juiced that theme nicely these last few months, no?

[Hoppy]

14. The question wasn't if Bernie would win, it was about the margin.

Earlier N.P.R. said if he wins by more than 20%, St. Hillary, The Anointed, is in deep trouble.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. The only ones saying that were pundits for Hillary.

[Yo_Mama]

25. Well, with more than 70% reporting, it's 60/39

Certainly it cannot discourage the Sanders campaign and the Sanders supporters, especially because it was a virtual tie in Iowa.

[wendylaroux]

15. hilary %?

[sweetloukillbot]

19. Seems to be hovering around 56-41. n/t

[wendylaroux]

20. thank you :)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. Just got it in a text alert from the campaign.

[elmac]

18. Tonight , all the news taking heads are talking about Bernie

when a month ago he was barely mentioned. The political revolution has started.

[trillion]

21. +10000

And all these Hillary supporters are mad that they may not be able to keep the %.01 percent in power.
Wall Street weeps with them and doubles her Super Pacs, relax.

[mikeargo]

22. Can you say "landslide?"

Bernie is about to break 60 percent and the college towns of Durham, Hanover, and Plymouth haven't reported their numbers yet.

[calguy]

24. Can you say "pre-game"?

The primary season is just getting started. Iowa and NH are fairly insignificant when you look at the big picture. Bernie's going to find the rest of the states much more difficult to win, and some neatly impossible. Now we start playing in Hillary's space and Bernie knows it too.
Nice win for him tonight though.
I congratulate him for winning his home turf.

[NowSam]

26. Should read Sanders, Trump

Sanders victory was bigger.

[TekGryphon]

27. Not historically.

New Hampshire is not a good predictor of the national Democratic primary. Never has been, probably never will be. The demographics just don't match up. South Carolina, on the other hand, is a state where the Democratic primary voters look and think a lot more like the "average" national Democrat. It's considered one of the strongest predictors.

For Republicans, however, New Hampshire is a very strong predictor. New Hampshire Republican primary voters line up pretty strongly with your "average" national Republican.

This was a very important victory for Trump, and a great (but not important) victory for Bernie.

[NowSam]

28. I disagree.

His margin of victory was larger over Hillary Clinton than Trump's was over his competitors. It was in fact a landslide and across all demographics too, excepting the most affluential. This was I believe a social revolution. So, a bigger margin, a bigger story, in my opinion. Alphabetically, Sanders before Trump too, so I believe that the M$M is showing preferential treatment to those in their $ club. Like I said. My opinion.