Bernie Sanders hits jackpot with landslide win in Nevada Democratic caucus as Joe Biden fights to hang on to second place

Bernie Sanders hit the jackpot Saturday with a landslide win in the Nevada caucuses that gave him a commanding lead in the Democrats’ battle to take on President Trump.

With 43% of precincts reporting, the rumpled lefty was far ahead, winning 47% of the county convention delegates as he cemented his national front-runner status, with South Carolina voting next Saturday and delegate-rich Super Tuesday looming March 3.

Latinos joined the Sanders brigade in Nevada, the most diverse state to participate so far, giving him 51% of their votes, a vast tally in a seven-candidate race. Sanders fell off sharply among blacks, to 27% — yet that was good enough for second place to former Vice President Joe Biden’s 39% among blacks, Biden’s single best group. The Vermont senator won 29% of whites, easily first in this group,