Trump, Sanders record first victory in New Hampshire

Donald Trump, American billionaire and Republican party candidate, and Bernie Sanders, Hilary Clinton’s main opposition in the Democratic party, won their party’s presidential primary election in New Hampshire.

Trump had 35.1 percent of the votes cast for the Republican party in the state, while Sanders had 60 percent of votes cast for the Democratic side.

Trump was trailed by John Kasich, Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush, who had 15.9 percent, 11.6 percent and 11.1 percent respectively.

Speaking on his victory, Trump said winning “every single category was, perhaps, the greatest honour of all”.

“Wow, wow, wow. We are going to make America great again,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

“I was so happy, I just looked at your report and it was right across the board … with men, with women, with young, with old, with, you know, everything.”

Sanders, who was trailed by 39-percent Clinton, became the first Jewish candidate to win a US presidential primary.

Both Trump and Sanders came second in their party’s primaries in the first state of Iowa.

According to CNN, the victories reflect deep bipartisan anger at professional politicians and suggest that both the Democratic and Republican races will now be long, acrimonious struggles.

The loss was especially rough for Clinton, who said before the polls that New Hampshire had long been kind to the Clintons.

It’s the state that made Bill Clinton the “comeback kid” in 1992. And Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama there in 2008, salvaging her campaign after a third-place showing in Iowa.

Speaking on his victory, 74-year-old Sanders said his victory had sent a message to the moneybags on Wall street

“Tonight, we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California,” he said.

“They are throwing everything at me except the kitchen sink and I have the feeling that the kitchen sink is coming pretty soon as well.”

Clinton, who conceded the election, said she now had to fight for every vote in every state of the entire country.

“People have every right to be angry. But they are also hungry. They are hungry for solutions,” she said before adding that she knew how to deliver solutions.