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Clinton supporters were Democrats who said they first and foremost were drawn to her experience, according to national media entrance polls. Her supporters cited “the right experience,” confidence about winning in November and said they were centrists—caring more about healthcare and jobs than inequality, the polls said. More women than men supported her, the pollsters found, as did people older than 45 supported her.
From the bottom of my heart: Thank you, Iowa. -H pic.twitter.com/ptMgfAPFMJ
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 2, 2016
Sanders’ supporters, the same polls found, had opposing views and were often younger.
“When it is all said and done, we have to be united against a Republican vision,” Clinton said, addressing partisan opponents—not Sanders. “I followed their campaign very closely. I understand what they are appealing to and I intend to stand against it. I will not let their divisiveness, their efforts to rip away the progress that we’ve made be successful because we can’t afford that.”
Sanders called his stunning come-from-behind showing a major victory and said that it was the start of a political revolution. His closing speeches in Iowa emphasized that his campaign was part of a historic progressive legacy fighting for economic and social justice reforms and cannot be dismissed—as many in the Washington media have tried to do in recent days. His campaign planned to ask its more than 3.5 million donors for more small contributions to keep going. He undoubtedly will raise the funds it needs.
“Nine months months, ago we came to this beautiful state. We had no political organization. We had no money. We had no name recognition. And we were taking on the most powerful political organization in the United States of America,” he began his speech. “And tonight, while the results are still not known, it looks like we are in a virtual tie … We will have about half of the Iowa delegates.”
Sanders praised Clinton and O’Malley and then recited some of the strongest lines from his stump speeches, saying his movement for fundamental change would propel him to victory against Clinton and against Republicans in November.
We accomplished what the political establishment said was impossible. Don't underestimate us https://t.co/DeV0NhI2mi pic.twitter.com/CwH0mhkkT2
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 2, 2016
“The reason we have done so well in Iowa. The reason why I think we are going to do so well in New Hampshire and in the other states that follow—the reason is the American people are saying ‘no’ to a rigged economy,” he said. “They no longer want to see an economy in which the average American works longer hours for lower wages while almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent … What the American people understand is this country was based on fairness.”
But Sanders also had harsh words for the media, saying it was time for them to start taking his call for an economy and policies that worked for average Americans seriously. “For all of the my critics out there, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, corporate America and whereever you may be, let me tell you straight up, Let me tell you that health care is a right not a privilege,” he said, then explaining the appeal of his Medicare for all national health care plan.
“Let me conclude by saying what no other candidate will tell you,” he said. “No president can do what needs to be done alone. And that is why what Iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution … when young people and working people and seniors begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, ‘Enough is enough,’ that our government belongs to all of us, when that happens we will transform this country.”
The race now moves to New Hampshire, next to Sanders’ home state and where he has been leading in polls by double-digits for weeks. It is very unlikely that Clinton will win there next week—like she did against Obama in 2008—signaling that the Democratic race is heading into a weeks-long fight for not just for the presidential nomination, but for its identity and future.
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