Hillary Clinton is maintaining her double-digit lead over Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in ny ahead of the April 19 primary, according to a new poll. Thanks to the help of thousands of volunteers, Hillary is winning the popular vote by almost 2.4 million and has a nearly insurmountable lead in pledged delegates that will become harder and harder to overcome after each contest.
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But Sanders insisted that his campaign has “a path” to best Clinton in terms of pledged delegates, who are awarded proportionally based on victories in primaries and caucuses.
While Sanders has won seven contests in the last eight states – Idaho, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming – he still trails Clinton by more than 200 pledged delegates.
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s campaign released an ad Monday morning targeting Republican candidate Donald Trump, a sign that the former Secretary of State is attempting to pivot to a potential general election match-up.
Which is true. If Sanders were to win in NY, he would still need to make up for Clinton’s earlier lead in the primaries to cinch the nomination, which would mean wins in a majority of the mid-Atlantic states, according to The Los Angeles Times.
“The question is if this is putting pressure on the superdelegates to rethink their support for Clinton”, he added.
“I know we have work to do”.
Paul Manafort, the veteran political strategist Trump hired to oversee his delegate operation, accused the Cruz campaign of bullying delegates into backing the senator, something the Trump campaign planned to protest.
The New York primaries are scheduled for April 10 and Pennsylvania on April 26.
It’s the latest in a string of victories for Sanders in Western states that hold caucuses. For Republicans, the state offers 95 delegates. The bad news is, what the senator needs is to narrow his delegate deficit against Clinton, and his not-quite-as-big-as-expected win in Wyoming appears to have given him a net gain of zero.
During an interview that aired Sunday on CNN, Sanders said that while he believes that Clinton has the experience to be president, her initial support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and her previous support for various global trade agreements raised red flags.
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Clinton’s campaign did not specify how large of an ad buy it would be, but said it would start airing in New York City this week. “If Bernie ultimately wins, I’ll be the biggest Bernie supporter you ever see”, says Connolly. Sanders is also coming into NY on a wave of momentum, and while polls show him lagging behind Clinton, he’s not too far off.
