Clinton Banking on Minority Support for Super Tuesday, Memo Says

After eking out a victory in Iowa before an anticipated loss in New Hampshire next week, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is banking on their minority support in the Super Tuesday states to help secure the nomination, according to a memo Clinton’s campaign manager sent to top donors Tuesday outlining the “path forward” after the Iowa caucuses.

“The voters of New Hampshire have a history of supporting candidates from New England. So it’s not surprising that Sanders maintains and double-digits lead in the polls there,” Robby Mook wrote in the memo obtained by ABC News, referring to the Vermont senator's double-digit lead in the Granite State.

“After New Hampshire, the races becomes considerably more challenging for Bernie Sanders as the contest moves to Nevada and South Carolina, states with electorates that strongly favor Hillary,” he added.

Mook noted that Clinton won a majority of the women, union members and minority voters in Iowa, demographics “critical towards winning the Democratic nomination."

He pointed out that seven of the 11 March 1 Super Tuesday states have large minority populations, specifically citing Alabama, Georgia and Texas as states that “are expected to see majority-minority turnouts.”

On a conference call with top donors Tuesday night, Clinton’s national political director, Amanda Renteria, reiterated the campaign’s confidence in attracting minority voters. Renteria said the campaign has created a “coalition of color” and has made the "biggest tent possible" to reach as diverse a group as possible, according to a source on the call.

To boost its Super Tuesday efforts, the campaign is drastically staffing up in Super Tuesday states “as we speak,” the person said.

The plan is for their Iowa staffers, who are well trained and organized, to fan out across those critical March states, and even beyond.

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