Sanders and his supporters have often voiced their disapproval of the Democratic primary process, calling it a “rigged” system that favors the establishment candidate.
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Clinton holds a substantial lead among delegates and is 91 percent of the way to clinching the nomination when including superdelegates, the Democratic elected officials and leaders who can support the candidate of their choice. Sanders has a slim chance of defeating Clinton and voters in IN gave his campaign a much-needed boost.
Pryor says that him and the Sanders camp believe that the great state of California and its almost 500 delegates is prime territory for him to catch up to Clinton. Unlike other candidates, Sanders has identified the key needs of our families and communities and advocates specific policies that will help.
Sanders rallied huge support of both men and women while Clinton favored well with black voters who make up 17 percent of the Democratic vote in Indiana. In terms of net differences, the only ones that matter in primary races, Sanders only won six extra delegates – and that simply isn’t enough given that Clinton is ahead by 321 pledged delegates and by 481 superdelegates.
If he still hopes to win the nomination, Sanders would need to win more than 84 percent of the remaining delegates and superdelegates.
Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that his primary bid against Hillary Clinton was far from over, pointing to his victory in IN and strength in upcoming races as a sign of his durability in the presidential campaign. However, it would include a “strong suggestion” that this year’s delegates vote according to the will of voters.
Asked about this hurdle Wednesday, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver dismissed it.
There’s one more reason for Bernie Sanders focus his energy on winning over super delegates – it’s now mathematically impossible for him to reach the magic number for the Democratic nomination by winning the remaining pledged delegates alone. The proposed change will be brought to a vote at this weekend’s state Democratic Party convention in Portland.
The results among all those voting in each contest have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points for the Democratic primary and plus or minus 4 percentage points for the Republican primary. His win came after a series of grueling losses in the Northeast and the layoff of more than 200 staffers.
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Republican primary voters were more likely to say Cruz ran the most unfair campaign. Shortly after results from the primary were revealed, Cruz – who had recently announced former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his would-be vice presidential pick as a running mate – revealed in his concession speech that he was suspending his campaign for president, leaving Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee.
