Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd or almost 2,000 people at the Julian Carroll Convention Center in Paducah on Sunday, May 15.
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Though Clinton held only a marginal lead over Trump, 38 percent to 36 percent, in the March poll, Sanders, a self-titled socialist, held a sizable lead over the NY real estate developer, 48 percent to 37 percent. Youths have identified with his stance on equality, promise of a debt-free and a tuition-free education, and criticism of corporate America.
He also talked about jobs and the unemployment rate, describing the federal unemployment rate as actually being higher than what most people believe. Perhaps even more troublesome for Trump was the fact that, according to that same survey, 16 percent of voters said they would stay home if Trump and Clinton were on the ballot and 9 percent said they would skip the election if it was a Trump-Sanders matchup.
“Why? Why is it happening?” “I hold his people accountable, and I’m sure if Bernie found out about it, he would not accept what happened there”. Well, I got news for them! “Let’s go make the future we deserve to have”.
Turnout would have to double by 8 p.m. Tuesday to equal the 75 percent who voted in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary between Clinton and Barack Obama. “I guess, if you were to evaluate our position, I think I came out on the better side of that”.
Tick Segerblom, a Nevada state senator and Sanders backer, said in an interview Monday that he didn’t think the state party did anything improper but that it needed to reach out to the Sanders’ supporters.
He also touched on the rising rate of drug abuse and addiction in the country.
When Democrats assess Clinton, they tend to zero in on her communication skills: She is scripted and thin-skinned, they say. “I’ll tell you this: I’m not going to give up on Kentucky in November”.
“Possession of marijuana should not be a federal crime!”
LAS VEGAS (AP) As Oregon and Kentucky queue up to vote in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, the pall of a divisive state party convention in Nevada hangs over the race. Employees at the restaurant knew to prepare for a large crowd. However, Sanders supporters packed the county conventions in April, and Clinton’s delegate lead over Sanders temporarily dropped from 20-15 to 18-17.
But he still has a mathematical chance of winning more pledged delegates than Clinton, which would help him persuade enough of the 700-plus superdelegates to put him over the top.
At a campaign rally for Clinton on Wednesday in New Jersey, some supporters said they were concerned about the damage Trump could do.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton campaigned across Kentucky on the eve of the state’s primary today, desperate to improve her standing among working-class white men and painting sharp contrasts with her likely election adversary Donald Trump.
Primaries in OR and Kentucky, which vote on Tuesday, could extend her losses after the Vermont senator carried in and West Virginia earlier this month.
“On the other hand”, he said, “we have very little data about where this state is going to go, so Sanders could certainly see it as an opportunity to pull an upset”. Clinton won the state’s caucuses, but some Sanders backers hoped they could win more delegates at the convention.
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At this point, Sanders can not clinch the nomination based on the amount of pledged delegates remaining alone – he would need to win 102% of the remaining pledged delegates available to reach the magic number of 2,383, according to CNN estimates.
