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Trump, Sanders appear victorious in New Hampshire primary

Wednesday, 10 February 2016 1:10 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 10:55 AM ]

US media outlets announce Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders winners of the New Hampshire primary.

As polls had suggested ahead of the United States’ primary vote in the state of New Hampshire, real estate mogul Donald Trump and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders appear to have emerged victorious from the elections.

Trump and Sanders were announced at the vanguard of the Republican and Democratic parties respectively after the final polls closed at 8 pm ET in the key state on Tuesday.

In the GOP race, Trump won 35.1 percent of the vote and was followed by Ohio Governor John Kasich who got 15.9 percent.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz who had won the Iowa caucuses was in the third place with 11.6 percent of the votes ahead of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

In the Dem side, Sanders emerged victorious with 60 percent while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who had won the Vermont senator in the Iowa caucuses, got 38.4 percent of the vote.

*US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gestures on stage during a primary night rally in Concord, New Hampshire, on February 9, 2016. (AFP)*

"What the people here have said is that given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics and establishment economics," Sanders told supporters in his victory speech at his headquarters in Concord. "Together 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."

Clinton's campaign, however, argued that she would do better in the rest of the race with more racially diverse states, including Nevada and South Carolina as Clinton is more popular among minorities, including African Americans and Hispanics.

"A Democrat who is unable to inspire strong levels of support in minority communities will have no credible path to winning the presidency in the general election," Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in a memo.

Mook also predicted that Clinton would be the final Democratic nominee.

"The nomination will very likely be won in March, not February, and we believe that Hillary Clinton is well positioned to build a strong – potentially insurmountable – delegate lead next month."