Both Hillary and Obama claim victory in Nevada vote

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The 60-year-old former First Lady won the popular vote in the gambling state by 51 per cent to 45 per cent on a tide of women voters hoping to help her become the U.S.'s first female president.

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Two winners: Barack Obama, who refuses to concede defeat in Nevada, and Hillary Clinton

But Mr Obama, 46, who hopes to be the first black president, refused to concede defeat. He insisted that he trumped her by securing more delegates to go to the Democrats' national nominating convention, which will decide the party's candidate for the White House. Mr Obama said he won 13 delegates to Mrs Clinton's 12.

With the Democrats down to a virtual two-horse race, the frontrunners headed to South Carolina for the next vote on Saturday.

Mr Obama is hoping to regain some momentum in South Carolina, the first state in the contest so far to have a substantial black population. Even though he won about 80 per cent of the African-American vote in Nevada, it wasn't enough to beat Mrs Clinton's support from women and older Democrats.

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Hitting the campaign trail: Hillary out at the hustings

But Mr Obama has a clear advantage in South Carolina, where more than half of Democrat voters are black.

In the next few weeks the Democrat frontrunners will be criss-crossing the U.S. to try to drum up support.

The potential clincher is "Super Tuesday" on February 5, when 22 states, including the big three of New York, New Jersey and California, go to the polls.

The Republican race also remains wide open, even though 71-year-old John McCain staked his claim as favourite for the nomination chalking up a second victory in South Carolina after his success in New Hampshire.