WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders has cemented his status as the Democratic front-runner to take on Donald Trump in November’s US presidential election.
He has a decisive lead over his rivals in the Nevada caucus, with results from over half the precincts counted.
But there is a long way to go until a Democratic nominee is confirmed.
Results from Saturday’s vote also show former vice-president Joe Biden coming second, a better performance than in the two states which have voted so far.
He had underwhelming results in Iowa and New Hampshire. Those states kicked off the four-month long primaries process, in which candidates are jostling to convince voters why they are the best candidate to challenge Trump.
So far, with 60 percent of the ballots counted in Nevada, Sanders, the left-wing senator for Vermont, has 46 percent of the vote, ahead of Biden on 19.6 percent. The field is then split between a number of other moderates, with Pete Buttigieg on 15.3 percent and Elizabeth Warren on 10.1 percent.
Sanders won in 11 of Nevada’s 17 counties. (BBC)
