Sanders and Trump Victory in New Hampshire Primary Elections

In the primary elections in the state of New Hampshire, USA, on Tuesday, February 9, Senator Bernie Sanders surpassed Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump defeated his Republican rivals to win. As the counting of votes began, CNN and the Associated Press predicted that Bernie Sanders from the Democratic Party and Donald Trump from the Republican Party would emerge victorious. In the Republican primary in New Hampshire, with nearly 40% of the votes counted, Donald Trump led with 34%, followed by John Kasich, the governor of Ohio, with 16%, and Ted Cruz with 12%. The elections in New Hampshire aimed to determine the candidates for both the Democratic and Republican parties for the presidential election in November 2016, concluding at 7 PM on Tuesday. American media described the turnout and participation of the people in this primary election as high. According to CNN, the initial count of Democratic votes shows that Bernie Sanders secured 59% and Hillary Clinton 39%. Following her defeat, Hillary Clinton stated that she would review the reasons for the outcome in the New Hampshire elections. This marks Donald Trump's first victory in the Republican Party's internal competition to determine the party's final candidate for the 2016 presidential election. Mr. Trump had previously placed second in the Iowa primary with 24% of the votes, where Senator Ted Cruz had won with 28%. The elections to determine the final candidate of each party are held in some states, including Iowa, as party caucuses, and in others, like New Hampshire, as primary elections with direct citizen voting. So far, primary elections have been held in two states in the USA, and the competition in this electoral marathon will peak in the summer of 2016 during the 'national conventions' to select the final candidate for each party.