Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump projected to win in New Hampshire after polls close

Now that most of the state’s polls have closed, Amer­i­ca’s cable and broad­cast net­works are pro­ject­ing that Bernie Sanders and Don­ald Trump — who each fin­ished sec­ond place in the Iowa cau­cus­es last week — have won the Demo­c­ra­t­ic and Repub­li­can 2016 pres­i­den­tial pri­maries in New Hampshire.

Ear­ly unof­fi­cial results show both Sanders and Trump ahead.

On the Demo­c­ra­t­ic side, this is where things stand as of 5:10 PM:

It looks like Bernie Sanders is going to have a great night. He’s com­fort­ably ahead of Clin­ton at the moment, and it’s not close. The Clin­tons have his­tor­i­cal­ly done well in New Hamp­shire… Bill Clin­ton placed sec­ond in a com­pet­i­tive, crowd­ed field in 1992, after hav­ing been far behind in Iowa, and Hillary won the 2008 New Hamp­shire pri­ma­ry, pre­vail­ing over Barack Obama.

But this time, New Hamp­shire goes to Sanders. He will be able to claim a major, con­vinc­ing vic­to­ry as the pres­i­den­tial race moves to Neva­da and South Car­oli­na, and his cam­paign should see a fundrais­ing boost as well, ensur­ing that the cam­paign will have the resources to com­pete in the many states that are hold­ing con­tests on Tues­day, March 1st (Super Tues­day) and beyond.

Exit polling indi­cates some 85% of mil­len­ni­al vot­ers vot­ed for Sanders. That is sim­ply remark­able. Sanders also found sup­port from gun own­ers and inde­pen­dents. Sanders is also win­ning among women with all age groups overall.

On the Repub­li­can side, this is where things stand as of 5:10 PM:

Mar­co Rubio is clear­ly not hav­ing a good night. His ter­ri­ble debate per­for­mance on Sat­ur­dayy night could well have hurt him. Rubio came in third in Iowa, but in New Hamp­shire, he’s slipped back to fifth place, behind John Kasich and Jeb Bush as well as Trump and Cruz. Chris Christie, Car­ly Fio­r­i­na, and Ben Car­son are all in the sin­gle dig­its, with Car­son polling the low­est of all. Don’t be sur­prised if Christie announces tonight or tomor­row that he is sus­pend­ing his campaign.