US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic caucuses in Hawaii, trouncing his rival Hillary Clinton there.
The victory for Sanders on Saturday night came after the Vermont senator gained 71 percent support in Hawaii, where 25 delegates were in play, as opposed to 29 percent for Clinton, according to US major media outlets.
This comes on the heels of his wins in Washington and Alaska where he won 72 and 82 percent of the vote respectively on Saturday.
“We knew from day one that politically we were going to have a hard time in the Deep South,” Sanders told supporters at a rally in Madison, Wis., late Saturday afternoon. “But we knew things were going to improve when we headed west.”
Sanders has often pointed to contrast between himself and Clinton on the campaign trail, calling himself a “Democratic socialist.”
Despite his wins, Sanders is far behind Clinton in the quest for the 2,382 delegates needed to clinch…