During his first run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won big in New Hampshire. Claiming 60 per cent of the vote, Sanders trounced establishment favourite (and eventual nominee) Hillary Clinton by 22 points. Bernie’s Granite State victory last night wasn’t as large, but it was a victory nonetheless.
By the end of the night, Sanders took 26 per cent, edging out mayor Pete Buttigieg by just over 4,000 votes. You may recall that both candidates also finished at the top of the polls in Iowa last week. But the most significant story of the night was not who won or who exceeded expectations (Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar raked in a respectable third-place showing), but rather who went to bed angry and upset.
Former vice president Joe Biden, the elder statesman of the Democratic party who has been at the top of the national polls since he jumped into the race last spring, flew out of New Hampshire almost immediately and never looked back.
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