Bernie Sanders won coks in Nevada

After counting 43% of the ballots, the senator from Vermont scored 46.2% of the vote, reports The New York Times. This makes him the main contender for candidates from the Democratic Party.

What's happened

The senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders became the winner of the coksov (the preliminary stage of voting, during which the unified candidate from the party is determined) in Nevada. In the second place after Sanders, a former US Vice-President Joe Biden with 20.7% of the vote turned out to be a wide margin.

The first coks took place on February 3 in Aiova, the first place on them from the Democratic Party was taken by the mayor of the city of Saut-Bend Pit Buttijich , Sanders was in the second. In the primaries (primary elections) in New Hampshire, Sanders won -so after the victory in Nevada Sanders becomes the leader of the pre-election race of the Democrats.

However, the main rival of Sanders - billionaire Michael Bloomberg - will enter the election race only in March (at the stage of preliminary voting at once in 14 states).

In the Republicans in both states, the majority received Trump.

What you need to know about Sanders

The senator is considered too radical inside the Democratic for his too socialist views (although he refuses to call himself a socialist): first of all, he promises voters a free healthcare system.

Sanders was reproached for the fact that his voters were white and privileged, but in Nevada he received at least half of the votes of Latin American.

The other day, according to The Washington Post, Sanders warned about Russia's plans to intervene in his election campaign. WP sources say that a specific form of Russian assistance is not clear this time. In 2016, when Sanders lost the Hillary Clinton nomination, Russian agents promoted Sanders in social mated to weaken Clinton, they say.

Sanders said that he was "indifferent to whom Putin wants to see the president." “I want Putin to clearly understand: stay away from the American elections now, and becoming the president, I will take care of it myself,” Sanders said.