多家媒体预计，在2020年民主党总统候选人的激烈竞争中，伯尼·桑德斯将在周六晚上的内华达州民主党核心会议上赢得普选，并最终赢得36名关键代表。内华达州是继爱荷华州和新罕布什尔州之后第三个在初选中投票支持总统的州。
根据美联社和美国有线电视新闻网周六的报道，桑德斯赢得了44.6%的普选。内华达州有36名代表岌岌可危。现在，争夺白宫的竞赛又回到了东卡罗莱纳州，那里的棕榈州将在一周后举行初选。
周六晚上，当选举结果开始如潮水般涌来时，桑德斯领先一步，他被宣布为获胜者，只有4%的选区报告说:
44.6%伯尼·桑德斯
19.5%乔·拜登
15.6%皮特·巴特吉格
11.8%伊丽莎白·沃伦
4.3%艾米·克洛布查尔
3.7%汤姆·施泰尔
桑德斯赢得了克拉克县和瓦肖县，这两个县分别是拉斯维加斯和里诺的所在地。
周六晚上，桑德斯在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥对一群支持者说:“让我感谢内华达州人民的支持。”。“在内华达州，我们刚刚组建了一个多代、多种族的联盟，这不仅会在内华达州获胜，还会席卷整个国家。”
皮特·巴蒂吉和伯尼·桑德斯在2月3日举行的爱荷华州预选中不分胜负——尽管结果需要几天才能揭晓。据美联社报道，巴蒂吉和桑德斯各赢得了该州26.2%的选票，但巴蒂吉获得了13个代表，而桑德斯获得了12个。
桑德斯说，他在已经投票的三个州的成功是他相信随着越来越多的初选即将到来，他的势头会继续增强的一个原因。
桑德斯说:“在内华达州、新罕布什尔州和爱荷华州，我们展示的是，我们的志愿者准备敲成百上千的门。”。“没有哪场竞选像我们这样有草根运动，这也是我们赢得这场选举的另一个原因。”
2020年2月21日，内华达州拉斯维加斯，民主党总统候选人伯尼·桑德斯向支持者挥手致意。
桑德斯随后赢得了新罕布什尔州的初选，赢得了25.7%的选票和9名代表，击败了巴特吉。
争夺白宫的竞赛现在转移到南卡罗来纳州，该州将于2020年2月29日举行初选。
超级星期二将在三天后的2020年3月3日举行，届时以下各州将在初选中投票:阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州、加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、缅因州、马萨诸塞州、明尼苏达州、北卡罗来纳州、俄克拉荷马州、田纳西州、德克萨斯州、犹他州、佛蒙特州和弗吉尼亚州。美属萨摩亚领土也将在那天举行公开的核心会议，任何居住在国外的美国公民，只要是海外民主党的成员，都可以在那天投票，该团体将授予17名代表。
根据内华达州国务卿的说法，共和党选择不在内华达州举行党团会议网站.
BERNIE SANDERS PROJECTED AS NEVADA CAUCUSES WINNER
Multiple media outlets projected Bernie Sanders to win the popular vote in the Nevada Democratic caucuses on Saturday night, and ultimately the 36 delegates at stake, in the contentious race for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidacy. Nevada was the third state to cast votes for the president in a primary, following Iowa and New Hampshire.
Sanders won 44.6 percent of the popular vote, as called by the Associated Press and CNN on Saturday. There were 36 delegates at stake in Nevada. Now, the race for the White House moves back east to South Carolina, where the Palmetto State will hold its primary in a week.
Sanders took an early lead when results began pouring in Saturday night, and he was declared the winner with just four percent of precincts reporting:
44.6% Bernie Sanders
19.5% Joe Biden
15.6% Pete Buttigieg
11.8% Elizabeth Warren
4.3% Amy Klobuchar
3.7% Tom Steyer
Sanders won the Clark and Washoe counties, which are home to Las Vegas and Reno, respectively.
"Let me thank the people of Nevada for their support," Sanders told a crowd of supporters in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday night. "In Nevada we have just put together a multi-generational, multi-racial coalition, which is not only going to win in Nevada, it's going to sweep this country."
Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders tied in the Iowa caucuses that was held on February 3—even though the results took a few days to be known. Buttiegieg and Sanders each won 26.2 percent of that state's votes, but Buttiegieg took 13 delegates, compared to 12 by Sanders, according to the Associated Press.
Sanders said his success in the three states that have cast votes are a reason why he believes his momentum will continue to ramp up as more and more primaries are on the horizon.
"In Nevada, in New Hampshire and in Iowa, what we showed is that our volunteers are prepared to knock on hundreds and hundreds of thousands of doors," Sanders said. "No campaign has a grassroots movement like we do, which is another reason why we're going to win this election."
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) waves to supporters at a campaign rally for Sanders on February 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sanders then took the New Hampshire primary by winning 25.7 percent of the vote—and nine delegates—edging Buttigieg.
The race for the White House now moves to South Carolina, which will hold its primary a week from now on February 29, 2020.
Super Tuesday will be three days later on March 3, 2020,when the following states will vote in their primary elections: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. The territory of American Samoa will also hold an open caucus that day, and any U.S. citizen living abroad who is part of Democrats Abroad can vote that day, with 17 delegates awarded from that group.
The Republican party opted to not hold a caucus in Nevada, per the Nevada Secretary of State website.
