In a survey published by NBC News, Democratic voters in West Virginia were asked a series of questions upon leaving the polls Tuesday, and the results are alarming for Clinton.
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Clinton holds a big edge in support among New Jersey voters heading into the June 7 primary. And almost as many say she is not.
That makes an endorsement of Clinton from Sanders a tough path to walk.
Trump has good relations with construction unions and he is talking a lot about the need to revive USA manufacturing, so he has an opportunity with manufacturing unions to win their support, West said. As Clinton pivots to a general election campaign, and frequently ignores Sanders, he continues to win primaries – with his political television advertising unanswered by Clinton ads in some states.
For example, in Virginia, 80% of Democratic primary voters said they’d be satisfied if Clinton won the nomination versus just 44% of Republican primary voters saying the same for Trump.
However, Webb said she would be “more conflicted” about whether she would vote for Clinton if Sanders were her vice presidential nominee.
The 74-year-old Vermont senator, who defeated Clinton in IN, has mounted an unyielding come-from-behind challenge that has exposed weaknesses in the former secretary of state’s campaign.
Supporters of the Vermont senator are extremely divided; 18 percent said they plan on voting for a third-party candidate like Jill Stein of the Green Party, 15 percent would support the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, 9 percent were unsure, and 3 percent do not plan on voting at all.
Bernie Sanders added to his string of primary victories.
“The Trump camp certainly sees an opportunity to do well in swing states”, Zelizer said, referring to the coming Trump vs. Clinton race to the White House.
She thinks Sanders is “a wonderful person” who has “the best interests of the people in mind”.
Clinton, in favor of clean, renewable energy, told CNN she wants to help out-of-work coal miners transition to the new future of energy. While Clinton still has Sanders to worry about, Trump faces a rebellion within the Republican leadership over the insulting tone and shifting substance of his candidacy. That doesn’t mean they would vote for Trump. But it is months away from the general election, and much can change between now and then.
What Clinton does have – for both Democratic voters and the public overall – is the belief that she is qualified for the Presidency.
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Also, Trump said he had narrowed his potential vice presidential choices to five or six experienced politicians, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
