Could Bernie Sanders become the next US president in 2020?

Veteran socialist firebrand wins influential New Hampshire primary

Bernie Sanders
Sanders at a forum on gun safety in Iowa last summer
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Bernie Sanders last night claimed “a great victory” in the New Hampshire Democratic primary after beating rival Pete Buttigieg.

Thanking his “unprecedented grassroots movement”, the Vermont senator said that the win was “the beginning of the end for Donald Trump”, adding: “We are going to unite together and defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country.”

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