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Fox News Called it for Bernie with 2% of Vote in! 2 Hours Later, Networks were Slothfully Slow; Bernie's Victory Speech

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CNN coverage of his victory speech:

Taking the stage in San Antonio, Sanders introduced his wife Jane as the next first lady of the United States. He touted the "multigenerational, multi-racial coalition" that his campaign built in Nevada, giving his campaign a fresh burst of momentum after his win in New Hampshire and his strong showing in Iowa.

"In Nevada, and 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. "That no campaign has a grassroots movement like we do, which is another reason why we're going to win this election."

"(President Donald) Trump and his friends think they are going to win this election," Sanders continued. "They think they're going to win this election by dividing our people up, based on the color of their skin, or where they were born, or their religion or their sexual orientation. We are going to win because we are doing exactly the opposite. We're bringing our people together."

Early entrance polls in Nevada showed Sanders winning Latino voters by 54%, some 40 percentage points ahead of the next candidate, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Sanders also won among white voters; Biden led among black voters in those early snapshots of the electorate.

The fervent support among younger voters for Sanders was evident in the Nevada results. Among the state's voters under the age of 30 -- who only made up 17% of the electorate -- some 66% of them favored the Vermont senator. Biden led among caucusgoers over 65, with around a quarter supporting the former vice president. Around 1 in 5 went for Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and 1 in 8 for Buttigieg, Sanders and businessman Tom Steyer each. Around 1 in 10 caucused for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Sanders also won 44% of non-white voters, according to entrance polls, a blow to Biden -- who had claimed that minority voters are the base that would power him to the Democratic nomination.

Some wondered whether Sanders would face headwinds among the considerable number of union members in Nevada after tensions flared between the powerful Culinary Union -- which represents 66,000 hotel and casino workers -- and Sanders supporters, because of the Culinary Union's opposition to Sanders' "Medicare for All" plan. The union decided not to endorse a candidate.

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