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The parties are looking for leaders
Clinton and McCain came forward
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain won important victories on their way to the presidency . Former first lady and New York senator, Mrs. Clinton, 60, won Saturday's Nevada primary with 51 percent of the vote. Second place with 45% of the vote was taken by her main rival in the Democratic camp, 46-year-old black senator from Illinois Barack Obama.Among the Republican candidates in Nevada, the former Governor of Massachusetts, 60-year-old Mitt Romney, was leading with 52% of the vote. It helped him that about 7% of the state's residents, like him, are adherents of the Mormon religion. Two other Republican contenders, 72-year-old Texas Congressman Ron Paul and 71-year-old Arizona Senator and Vietnam War veteran John McCain, received 14 and 13% of the vote.
In the more important Republican primaries in South Carolina, McCain won with 33% of the vote. It so happens that since 1980, the Republican winner in this state becomes the official presidential candidate. His opponent Mike Huckabee was 3% behind. For McCain, success was revenge for losing the state to George W. Bush in 2000. According to McCain, a victory in South Carolina will help him prevail in the Florida primaries on January 29.
The primary elections in Nevada were held in the form of party meetings (caucuses), at which party activists openly elected delegates to national party congresses, which would determine a single candidate for the presidency. South Carolina had a primary in which party supporters vote for their presidential candidates through a secret ballot.
The next Republican primary is in North Carolina on January 26th. Democrats will hold primaries in South Carolina that same day. After Saturday's Republican primary, McCain and Romney each have three wins. Hillary Clinton won three of the Democrats. On Super Tuesday, February 5, Republican and Democratic primaries and caucuses will take place in 22 states.