Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proved the race isn’t over yet, with a slim victory over highly favored rival Barack Obama in last night’s New Hampshire primary.
Clinton took home 39% of the vote, with Obama close behind with 37%. Senator John Edwards finished third with 17% in a primary that saw some precincts nearly run out of ballots.
With Super Tuesday—the day when more than 20 states hold their primary—just weeks away, Clinton highlighted her desire to connect with younger voters, inviting them to submit any questions and ideas they have about changing the country.
“We want young people to really give us their ideas,” she said during an interview with MTV. “We want young people to really give us their ideas. There were a lot of great thoughts up there, not only on politics but how we solve problems, what we want for our future. So I am excited, and I want to really invite all of your viewers to be part of what we are trying to do, because we intend to seize the future.”
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Clinton received more than 3,000 questions during a Facebook Q&A session.
Campaigning has proved to be a family affair for the Clinton’s, with husband and former president Bill and daughter Chelsea coming out to support as well.
“I really thank my daughter for that because Chelsea, she’s only been on the campaign for a couple of weeks, and she said, ‘Mom, hey, we can do so much more,’ so she and one of her really good friends have come onboard to come help us to do what we really should’ve been doing all along, but which we are determined we are going to do better than anyone else right now.”
On the other side, Senator Barack Obama is showing no signs of bowing out of the race, which could see the nominee not be decided until this summer’s Democratic convention.
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“I am still fired up and ready to go,” the junior senator told his supporters during his concession speech.
The GOP race also took another turn in New Hampshire with John McCain—whose campaign was thought to be dead due to lack of funding this summer—taking more than 37% of the vote and a first place finish.
“We showed this country what a real comeback looks like,” he told The Associated Press in an interview as he savored his triumph. “We’re going to move on to Michigan and South Carolina and win the nomination.”
McCain also talked of repairing a “broken government” and that his victory was just the “first step” in fixing things.
In an interesting piece of election news, a Huffington Post article reports that one third of New Hampshire voters would have voted for former president Bill Clinton if he were running.
