Viewer's Guide: What to watch on the day after New Hampshire

After Sen. Bernie Sanders and businessman Donald Trump cruised to victory in snowy New Hampshire, the presidential race sprints on to South Carolina and Nevada — perhaps with a smaller cast of characters.

Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Martin O'Malley had dropped out by midnight on caucus night, and Rand Paul and Rick Santorum weren't far behind.

Candidate Bill Clinton masterfully framed his second-place finish in New Hampshire in 1992 as a big victory for the "Comeback Kid."

Look for the 2016 runners-up in New Hampshire — notably Kasich — to use similar creative writing techniques to try to put a happy spin on lesser vote tallies.

Republican candidates were bound Wednesday for South Carolina, which holds its GOP primary Feb. 20, and Democrats to Nevada ahead of that state's Democratic caucus the same day.

The presidential hopefuls and their supporters already are planning to spend $35 million in South Carolina and $7 million in Nevada on TV and radio commercials, amounts that will rise significantly as voting approaches.

Big spenders in South Carolina so far are Rubio and his allies, Cruz and his supporters and a super PAC backing Bush, advertising tracker Kantar Media's CMAG shows.

The Congressional Black Caucus political action committee promised to make its endorsement after New Hampshire.