Todd St Vrain, the chair of the Australian arm of Democrats Abroad, said the result could be significant if the race for the party’s nomination tightens as some pundits predict.
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But there’s another subset of the electorate that has been the story of the Democratic primary campaign: African-American women.
Another round of contests occurs Saturday, including the delegate-rich state of Washington, where Sanders attracted more than 35,000 in his three appearances Sunday. But Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver says that’s not going to happen.
With her recent primary victories, Hillary Clinton will secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in the next few weeks. So far, Clinton has 1,163 and Sanders has 844, according to the New York Times’ tally.
Superdelegates are party officials who are able to cast their own votes, which are separate from the primary and caucus results. Last week, the Clinton campaign issued a statement saying they expected him to win several upcoming contests, but said that wouldn’t substantially affect their lead.
There also has been talk among some Republicans of pushing a third-party contender should Trump win the nomination.
“Our progressive agenda has enormous support”, Sanders said in an interview. That makes black women-who are more likely to vote than black men-a key to any Democratic presidential primary hopeful’s success. Former President Bill Clinton will be in Vancouver on Monday to stump for his wife. Sanders picked up 9 pledged delegates to Clinton’s 4. Democratic voters overseas could be more progressive overall than their stateside counterparts, one could certainly speculate that they would be more wary of foreign entanglements or maybe they value their privacy. It is unlikely. However, the risk for the Clinton campaign is that they will choose not to vote in November.
The exit poll showed a sharp split between the two Democratic candidates in IL by voting age, similar to what was found in earlier states.
Sanders tends to do better among younger votes. Single Democrats sided with Sanders, 59 percent to 42 percent.
“When we hear a candidate for president call for rounding up 12 million immigrants, banning all Muslims from entering the United States”.
Despite the heavy spending, Clinton started March with $30.8 million in available cash and last week won five more states, extending her delegate lead over Sanders.
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Clinton gained huge percentages among the quarter of Democrats who rated experience as a top candidate quality as well as among the 13 percent who preferred electability. We know from exit poll data collected in Republican caucuses and primaries that Donald Trump, and to a lesser extent Ted Cruz, have captured a large percentage of this vote.
