The Democratic primary in Nevada came down to the wire, with Hillary Clinton winning by five percentage points. Nevada has 33 delegates, and 19 went to Clinton and 14 went to Sanders.
In Iowa, Mrs. Clinton’s first win, six delegates had to be coin-flipped. Remarkably, all six went to Mrs. Clinton, landing heads. Now, in Nevada, in this close race, Mrs. Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in a card draw for two extra delegates, causing minimal controversy.
The polls in January had Mrs. Clinton winning by a margin of over 20 points, but more recent polls gave Clinton just a two-point lead. Mrs. Clinton won 75% of the African-American electorate, while Sen. Sanders swept the white vote. But in Nevada, a state where 48.5% of the population is non-white, it wasn’t enough. Sen. Sanders, after Mrs. Clinton had been projected to win, said that “being this close in a state that Secretary Clinton once led by 40 points, it’s great, it really is, we have all of the momentum.”
As far as total delegates are concerned, Clinton has 51 and Sanders has 48. I can say this: We are all going to be looking forward to South Carolina and the final Democratic debate as these two events draw closer.