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Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz are projected to win the Oklahoma primary, giving both their second win tonight. The Oklahoma result is the first so far to defy at least some of the polling, although it was predicted to be closer there than in most states.

Almost immediately after the polls there closed, CNN called the states of Georgia and Virgina for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders is projected to win his home state of Vermont. No surprises so far. Donald Trump currently has a 3-point lead over Marco Rubio in Virginia. UPDATE: CNN has called Georgia for Trump.

CNN reports: In the scenario that appears most likely to emerge from the primary contests, Clinton tops Trump 52% to 44% among registered voters. That result has tilted in Clinton’s favor since the last CNN/ORC Poll on the match-up in January. But when the former secretary of state faces off with either of the other two top Republicans, things are …

From a lengthy piece posted this morning by Politico: Bernie Sanders’ campaign is desperately fighting to prove that Super Tuesday isn’t his final stand. The outlook is grim: He likely needs comfortable wins in at least five states to realistically keep pace in the delegate hunt. Coming off a deflating loss in Nevada and a thorough pummeling in South Carolina, …

Reuters reports: Democratic National Committee vice-chair Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her post on Sunday to endorse Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. “I think it’s most important for us, as we look at our choices as to who our next commander in chief will be, is to recognize the necessity to have a commander in chief who has foresight, who exercises …

The New York Times reports: Drawing overwhelming support from the African-American voters who deserted her here eight years ago, Hillary Clinton won her first resounding victory of the 2016 campaign in South Carolina on Saturday, delivering a blow to Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont as their fight turns to the 11 states where Democrats vote on Tuesday. After supporting Barack …

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will face the voters tonight in a town hall meeting due to start at 8PM Eastern in Columbia, South Carolina. Hosting tonight is CNN, who will be live-streaming on their website with your local cable provider login. A bootleg live-stream from YouTube is embedded below. Watch along with us and weigh in.

Vox breaks it down: Clinton has won the Nevada Democratic caucus. That’s something that was expected for months — but it was suddenly thrown into doubt in the last couple of weeks, as Bernie Sanders appeared to surge in Nevada after a lopsided victory in the New Hampshire primary. Clinton’s victory sets her back on track before next week’s South …

At this writing Hillary Clinton has a slim lead over Bernie Sanders in the Nevada Democratic Caucus with about half of the results having come in so far. Embedded below is a bootleg live-stream of MSNBC’s coverage. Watch along with us and weigh in.

Smallish sample, margin of error, and Fox News – so huge grain of salt and all that. From The Hill: Bernie Sanders has passed Hillary Clinton at the top of a national poll for the first time in the 2016 race. A Fox News poll of the Democratic presidential race released Thursday shows Sanders with 47 percent support to Clinton’s …

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton has a double-digit edge over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in South Carolina before the state’s Democratic presidential primary later this month, according to a new poll. Clinton holds a 21-point advantage heading toward the contest on Feb. 27 in a Public Policy Polling survey released late Monday to The State newspaper. The former first lady …

Interesting piece on the superdelegates flap from Politico: Bernie Sanders lost by a hair in Iowa and won by a landslide in New Hampshire. Yet Hillary Clinton has amassed an enormous 350-delegate advantage over the Vermont senator after just two states. Outraged by that disconnect – which is fueled by Clinton’s huge advantage with Democratic superdelegates, who are not bound …

Tonight’s Democratic presidential debate begins at 9PM Eastern from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. The event will be aired on CNN and live-streamed via the PBS feed embedded below. Moderating will be PBS NewsHour hosts Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, the first all-female team to host a presidential debate. Watch below with us and weigh in.

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: “Obama is pure evil,” he said. “But he’s nothing compared to what Bernie Sanders would do.” Savage predicted that Sanders would impose “naked communism in this country” and “use the street gangs that burned down Baltimore, the street gangs that burned down Ferguson, they will use them as government enforcers as sure as …

From Sanders’ voiceover: “Our job is not to divide, our job is to bring people together. If we do not allow them to divide us up by race, by sexual orientation, by gender, by not allowing them to divide us up by whether or not we were born in America, or whether we’re immigrants, when we stand together, as white …

Bernie Sanders appealed for donations during last night’s victory speech after the New Hampshire primary and oh, how the money has poured in. The Hill reports: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign has raised more than $5.2 million in the 18 hours since the polls closed Tuesday night in New Hampshire. The campaign’s average donation in that time frame was …

Within minutes of the polls closing, all of the major networks tonight declared Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump the winners of the New Hampshire primary. The final margins won’t been known for a couple of hours, but polling appears to be been correct for both front-runners. Now all eyes turn to the four-way battle for second place on the GOP …

Most of New Hampshire’s polls closed at 7PM eastern and the rest close at 8PM. Heavy turnout is expected to favor Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, both of whom began the day with double-digit polling leads. Embedded below are live-streams which will begin reporting the results shortly. Watch along with us and weigh in below.

A young man wearing a rainbow-striped Bernie Sanders t-shirt stood outside a Trump rally with a sign that read “Hug A Bernie Supporter.” Watch below to see how that went.

Donald Trump’s biggest fan in Teabagistan has gone on a rant that must be seen to be believed, even by Alex Jones’ usual spittle-flecked standards. Brian Tashman recaps at Right Wing Watch: He said that Sanders’ campaign is catching on because “stupid, snot-nosed, crud” liberals adore Mao Zedong while they “live off the backs of everybody that fought Nazism and …