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US elections and the art of political spin

Tuesday night as the New Hampshire primary returns were still coming in, Jeb Bush’s aide told CNN the former Florida governor’s double-digit percentage showing amounted to “something of a win already.” Bush ended up fourth, more than 20 points behind the winner, Donald Trump.

When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was projected to lose her race against Senator Bernie Sanders, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, a Clinton supporter, pointed out that New Hampshire is 2 per cent African-American and 1 per cent Latino, unlike the key states ahead.

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