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Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary, edging out his less experienced and more moderate rival Pete Buttigieg, AP reported. The Vermont senator’s clear win in the Granite State followed a bungled Iowa caucus, in which Sanders and the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, both claimed victory.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar placed third in the primary, “shocking” pollsters, pundits and reporters who have been impressed with her debate performances in spite of less-than-stellar support among voters.
Sanders and Buttigieg finished within one percent of each other in New Hampshire, with AP allocating nine delegates each to Sanders and Buttigieg and six to Klobuchar.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden, both of whom were projected to do better in New Hampshire, finished in disappointing fourth and fifth places, respectively. Each is on track to finish with zero delegates.
Andrew Yang, a businessman with no prior experience in politics, suspended his campaign before polling stations closed in New Hampshire. Yang championed a universal basic income proposal to give American citizens $1,000 a month as a candidate, which earned him a devoted online following that came to be known as the Yang Gang.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet also dropped out of the race after poor finishes in the primary.
As the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight moves from the New Hampshire primary on to a string of state-by-state contests in the next few weeks, AP reported the Granite State results offered “new clarity” to a candidate race shaping up to be a battle between two men separated by four decades in age and clashing political ideologies.
