First Read: Nightmares Come True for Clinton, GOP Establishment
Brooklyn, we have a problem
Meanwhile, if Clinton supporters were hoping to reduce the final margin to single digits, they didn't come close. Bernie Sanders bested Clinton by 22 points (!!!) in a state she carried in the 2008 presidential contest. And the exit poll numbers seem even worse, even among the groups Clinton is supposedly strong with: Sanders beat her among women by 11 points (55%-44%), Democrats (52%-48%), and moderates (58%-39%). He crushed her among his core groups, winning young voters (83%-16%), independents (72%-25), and liberals (60%-39%). And then there are these terrible numbers: Clinton lost among Democrats caring the most about honest and trustworthiness by 86 points (91%-5%), and she even lost among the Dems who want their candidate to care about people like them by 65 points (82%-17%). Warning sign: Caring about people like them is the Bill Clinton brand, folks!!! The silver lining for Hillary: The map is about to get a lot better for her (see below). But as we wrote yesterday, it will get worse first -- Sanders is going to continue to outraise her, the Nevada caucuses (on Feb. 20) are going to be closer than anyone thought, and the outside forces are set to be unbearable (Bloomberg! Biden! Shakeup!). And now Sanders has the expectations on side in Nevada and South Carolina, while Clinton needs a big win or two in February to keep another billionaire (Bloomberg) from possibly getting into the race.
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Meanwhile, if Clinton supporters were hoping to reduce the final margin to single digits, they didn't come close. Bernie Sanders bested Clinton by 22 points (!!!) in a state she carried in the 2008 presidential contest. And the exit poll numbers seem even worse, even among the groups Clinton is supposedly strong with: Sanders beat her among women by 11 points (55%-44%), Democrats (52%-48%), and moderates (58%-39%). He crushed her among his core groups, winning young voters (83%-16%), independents (72%-25), and liberals (60%-39%). And then there are these terrible numbers: Clinton lost among Democrats caring the most about honest and trustworthiness by 86 points (91%-5%), and she even lost among the Dems who want their candidate to care about people like them by 65 points (82%-17%). Warning sign: Caring about people like them is the Bill Clinton brand, folks!!! The silver lining for Hillary: The map is about to get a lot better for her (see below). But as we wrote yesterday, it will get worse first -- Sanders is going to continue to outraise her, the Nevada caucuses (on Feb. 20) are going to be closer than anyone thought, and the outside forces are set to be unbearable (Bloomberg! Biden! Shakeup!). And now Sanders has the expectations on side in Nevada and South Carolina, while Clinton needs a big win or two in February to keep another billionaire (Bloomberg) from possibly getting into the race.
READ MORE: http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/firs...
Trump also won with independents, but I haven't heard the Trump/Sanders breakdown.