By: Annika Singh, Nandini Krishnan
The New Hampshire Primary on Tuesday, February 11th ended with a Bernie Sanders win, with 25.7% of the vote. The primaries and caucuses in Iowa and New Hampshire - followed soon by the Nevada caucuses (February 22) and the South Carolina primary (February 29) - are part of the electoral polling process that each party uses to determine their primary candidate. Caucuses and primaries are held in all 50 states, and the Democratic Party selects almost 4,000 delegates to elect the Democratic primary at the Democratic National Convention in July. Following Sanders were centrist candidates Pete Buttigieg (24.4% of the vote) and Amy Klobuchar (19.8%). Klobuchar’s rise in popularity from Iowa (where she came in fifth) makes her formidable competition for Buttigieg (despite his consistent standing as a leading candidate). Andrew Yang, coming last place with 2.8%, and being the only Asian-American candidate in the presidential race, dropped out after the New Hampshire primaries. After the mishap in Iowa (read here), and the fall of what many considered leaders of the primary race (Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden), Democrats are hoping for a calmer primary election ahead.
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