Bernie Sanders scores a commanding victory and other takeaways from the Nevada caucuses – By Rebecca Morin (USA Today) / Feb 22 2020
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders cemented his frontrunner status in the Democratic primary Saturday with his huge victory in the Nevada caucuses.
The Vermont senator, who has been leading in national polling and in several state polls, heads into South Carolina and Super Tuesday with a lead in pledged delegates to be the Democratic nominee. A candidate needs 1,991 pledged delegates to become the party’s nominee. He won New Hampshire and was in the top two in Iowa.
After news organizations projected a Nevada win for Sanders, he declared his movement “unstoppable.”
Sanders won despite concerns expressed about his Medicare for All plan by the Culinary Workers Union, the state’s largest labor union. The union, which did not endorse a presidential candidate, heavily criticized Medicare for All, warning that a government-run health plan would be inferior to the hard-fought coverage the union negotiated.
© BRIANA SANCHEZ/EL PASO TIMES Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visits El Paso for rally Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre in El Paso.
He went on to win Nevada’s most valuable precinct, a special caucus site set up at the Bellagio for Las Vegas casino workers, by a large margin.
The win showed that Sanders has a broad range of support not just among white voters, but also with Latino and black voters. According to entrance polls, 53% of Latinos said they supported Sanders. Although Biden held the lead with black voters at 36%, Sanders was in a close second at 27%, according to entrance polls.
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