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2016年美国总统候选人民主党人伯尼·桑德斯在竞选中大放异彩

On Tuesday, February 9, 2016, New Hampshire residents cast their votes for their choices for Republican and Democratic presidential nominees. Democratic candidate, Bernie Sanders, speaks to supporters after winning the New Hampshire Democratic Primary. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Democratic Primary with 60% of the vote. On the Republican side, businessman Donald Trump won with 35% of the vote. Voter turnout in the primary was unusually high this year.

Both the Democratic and Republican parties are in the process of selecting a presidential candidate leading up to this year’s general election on November 8，2016. Because he has served two terms, President Barack Obama is not eligible to run again.
New Hampshire was the second state to hold a primary or caucus. A caucus is a meeting where members of a political party select party delegates to support their favorite candidates. A primary is a statewide election in which voters choose their favorite candidate for a party. New Hampshire has held the nation’s first primary since 1920. A state law requires New Hampshire to hold its primary election a full week before any other similar contest.
Sanders had been expected to come in first in New Hampshire, and he won by a large margin. Clinton trailed Sanders with 38% of the vote. Exit polls showed that Sanders’s votes came from a wide range of people. Young voters, especially, helped drive Sanders to victory. “We have sent the message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California, and that is that the government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors,” Sanders said Tuesday after his win.

However, Trump achieved a strong victory in New Hampshire. He, too, appealed to a wide range of voters. “We are going to do something so good and so fast and so strong and the world is going to respect us again, believe me," Trump told supporters at a victory gathering.