Hillary Clinton Projected to Win Nevada Caucuses

ABC News projects Hillary Clinton will win the Nevada Democratic caucuses, based on vote analysis.

Female caucus-goers in the state are favoring Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Moreover, about 60 percent of Clinton supporters in Nevada are women. For Sanders, 46 percent of his supporters in the state are female.

Clinton is scoring higher among more educated and higher-income caucus-goers, while Sanders is prevailing among those with lower incomes and less schooling.

Sanders is winning 77 percent of independents -- his best showing in this group to date, according to entrance poll results. About 20 percent of caucus-goers in Nevada identify as independents.

About 54 percent of Hispanics are supporting Sanders. Nearly 20 percent of overall caucus-goers are Hispanic, according to the entrance polls.

Clinton won 64 percent of the Hispanic vote in Nevada in 2008, when she beat Barack Obama by 7 percentage points.

Fifty-seven perfect of caucus-goers supporting Clinton are white, while about 64 percent of Sanders supporters are white.

Nevada is the first state on the Democratic calendar with significant turnout among minorities. Non-whites account for more than a third of caucus-goers.

The state's younger caucus-goers are throwing their support behind Sanders, underscoring a nationwide trend. More than half of caucus-goers supporting Sanders are younger than 45 years old, while nearly 84 percent of those supporting Clinton are over 45.

About 71 percent of those caucusing for Sanders are participating in the state's caucuses for the first time.

Seventy-seven percent of caucus-goers said in an entrance poll that Clinton was the candidate that could win in November.

Sanders was chosen by 85 percent of caucus-goers as “honest and trustworthy” versus 15 percent for Clinton, based on entrance poll data.

Thirty-five delegates were up for grabs in Nevada.

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