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Democratic candidates respond to Nevada caucus

Democratic candidates remark on the Nevada caucaus and head to South Carolina.
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Nevada Democrats caucused on Saturday and gave Hillary Clinton a clear victory over Bernie Sanders Attention in South Carolina turns to those Democrats after Republican primary voters sent Donald Trump to his second straight election victory. South Carolina’s Democratic primary is Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016.

Clinton says she understands that independent voters in particular have questions about whether they can trust her.

She says on CNN’s “State of the Union” that voters have an “underlying question…is she in it for us or is she in it for herself?”

She adds: “That’s a question that people are trying to sort through…I know that I have to make my case.”

The FBI is investigating whether classified information passed through Clinton’s homebrew server while she was secretary of state.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says his loss to Hillary Clinton in Nevada probably was caused by lower voter turnout.

The Vermont senator says on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that “We will do well when young people, when working-class people come out” to vote. He adds: “We did not do as good a job as I had wanted to bring out a large turnout.”

The state party estimates that 80,000 Democrats caucused Saturday. That’s about 10,000 more than most expected but still well below the nearly 120,000 who showed up in 2008.

However, Sanders says he is pleased that the gap between he and Clinton in Nevada shrunk considerably.

“I am very proud of the campaign we ran. Five weeks ago we were 25 points behind and we ended up in a very close election,” said Sanders.

 

 

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