根据一项调查，伯尼·桑德斯在新罕布什尔州民主党2020年初选中击败了前南本德市长皮特·巴蒂吉格新闻周刊预测，这一胜利将给予这位佛蒙特州参议员动力，因为他将前往更南部的更强硬的州。

超过87%的选区在新罕布什尔州，桑德斯以26%的选票领先于巴蒂吉的24.4%。他的胜算很可能在4300点以内，比他2020年的温和对手低2个百分点。

参议员艾米·克罗布查以19.8分落后于第三，参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦以9.3%的得票率排在第四，前副总统乔·拜登以8.4%的得票率紧随其后。在代表制方面，桑德斯和巴蒂吉各以9票平了比分，而克洛布查尔获得了6票。

桑德斯在他的胜利派对上登台，并对他的草根运动的志愿者表示感谢。“让我借此机会感谢新罕布什尔州人民今晚取得的伟大胜利，”他说。“我们今晚赢了，我们上周在爱荷华赢了，是因为这么多志愿者的辛勤工作。”

“这场胜利是唐纳德·特朗普结束的开始，”桑德斯继续说道。“我们要去内华达州，我们要去南卡罗来纳州，我们也要赢得这些州。”

该州的一些选民表示，鉴于最近的民调数据以及桑德斯在2016年轻松击败希拉里·克林顿，他的胜利是意料之中的。新罕布什尔州也毗邻进步候选人的家乡佛蒙特州。

尽管桑德斯的胜利是预料之中的，但随着选举结果的逐渐揭晓，他的支持者们变得紧张起来，而巴蒂吉格开始缩小与参议员的早期领先优势的差距。他们的担心源于在爱荷华州代表大会上，巴特吉以0.15个百分点的微弱优势战胜桑德斯。

在新罕布什尔州纳舒厄对他的支持者发表演讲时，巴蒂吉重温了他在高中时对桑德斯的钦佩。“我高中的时候很崇拜桑德斯参议员。我非常尊敬他，直到今天，我祝贺他今晚的出色表现，”他说。

2020年2月8日，在新罕布什尔州的曼彻斯特，民主党总统候选人伯尼·桑德斯向人群挥手致意。

由于爱荷华州民主党(IDP)报告系统的灾难性崩溃，几天的延迟后，爱荷华州的选举结果于上周公布。桑德斯以2500票领先于该州的普选。根据这些数字，两位候选人都宣布自己在该州获胜。

随着新罕布什尔州初选的结束，前企业家杨安泽和科罗拉多州参议员麦克·班尼正式中止了他们2020年的竞选活动。

自2017年11月发起总统竞选以来，杨成功地将自己从一个完全匿名的外部候选人转变为竞争激烈的竞争对手。在爱荷华州预选会议和新罕布什尔州初选结果令人失望之后，他决定退出。尚未决定是否支持民主党候选人的杨本月早些时候表示，他的阵营与桑德斯的阵营最有交集。

去年五月加入竞选的班纳特，在为他的竞选努力了几个月之后，结束了他的总统竞选。尽管他在2019年6月和7月赢得了两次民主党辩论的席位，但他未能获得随后辩论的资格，最终他的竞选活动被台上的许多其他参议员所掩盖。

BERNIE SANDERS WINS OVER PETE BUTTIGIEG IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, NEWSWEEK PROJECTS

Bernie Sanders has won in the New Hampshire Democratic 2020 primary over former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, according to a Newsweek projection, a victory that will give the Vermont senator momentum as he heads for tougher states further south.

With more than 87 percent of precincts reporting in New Hampshire, Sanders lead with 26 percent of the vote to Buttigieg's 24.4 percent. His win is likely to be within a margin of 4,300, or under 2 percentage points over his moderate 2020 rival.

Senator Amy Klobuchar trailed behind in third with 19.8, Senator Elizabeth Warren came in fourth with 9.3 percent and former Vice President Joe Biden followed in fifth with 8.4 percent. In the delegates metric, Sanders and Buttigieg tied with nine each, while Klobuchar garnered six.

Sanders took the stage at his victory party and expressed gratitude to the volunteers of his grassroots campaign. "Let me take this opportunity to thank the people of New Hampshire for a great victory tonight," he said. "The reason that we won tonight, we won last week in Iowa, is because of the hard work of so many volunteers."

"This victory here is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump," Sanders continued. "We're going to Nevada, we're going to South Carolina and we're going to win those states as well."

Some voters in the state said Sanders' win was expected, given recent polling data and his easy 2016 win against Hillary Clinton. New Hampshire also neighbors the progressive candidate's home state of Vermont.

Although his victory was predicted, Sanders' supporters were on edge as the results trickled in and Buttigieg began narrowing in on the senator's early lead. Their fears stemmed from Buttigieg's narrow one-tenth-of-one-percentage-point victory over Sanders in the metric of delegates to the state convention in Iowa.

While speaking to his supporters in Nashua, New Hampshire, Buttigieg revisited his high school admiration for Sanders. "I admired Sen. Sanders when I was a high school student. I respect him greatly to this day, and I congratulate him on his strong showing tonight," he said.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) waves to the crowd during the 100 Club Dinner at SNHIU on February 08, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The Iowa state's results came in last week after days of delays due to disastrous meltdowns with the Iowa Democratic Party's (IDP) reporting system. Sanders lead the popular vote in the state by 2,500 votes. Both candidates declared themselves victorious in the state based on the figures.

As the New Hampshire primary polls closed, former entrepreneur Andrew Yang and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet formally suspended their 2020 campaigns.

Since launching his presidential campaign in November 2017, Yang managed to transform himself from a completely anonymous outside candidate to a rising competitor in the crowded field. His decision to drop out comes after a disappointing show in the Iowa caucuses and early New Hampshire primary results. Yang, who has not decided whether he will endorse a fellow Democratic candidate, indicated earlier this month that his base has the most crossover with Sanders' campaign.

Bennet, who joined the race last May, ended his bid for the presidency after struggling for months to get his campaign off the ground. Although he secured a spot for two Democratic debates, in June and July 2019, he failed to qualify for subsequent debates and eventually had his campaign overshadowed by the many other senators on stage.