"If there’s a large voter turnout, we’re going to win," Bernie Sanders said. | AP Photo Sanders: 'If there’s a large voter turnout, we’re going to win'

Bernie Sanders predicted on Wednesday that if voter turnout in Iowa is high during next week's caucuses, he'll win the state.

In an excerpt released ahead of tonight's broadcast by “NBC Nightly News,” host Lester Holt asks the Vermont senator to set his bar for success in Iowa.


“Winning,” Sanders replies.

“Number one?” Holt asks.

“Yeah, I mean, I think that we have worked really hard," Sanders says. "We started off in Iowa later than Secretary Clinton did. She had a ground organization in place before we did. She has more money in the bank then we do. But in the last number of months, we have put together an incredible volunteer effort."

"We have some 15,000 volunteers, and let me be very clear about this, Lester," Sanders continues, "On caucus night in Iowa, you will be able to tell very early, I think, who wins and who loses. If there’s a large voter turnout, we’re going to win.”