And the margin in NY is important, due to those proportional delegate allocation rules – a 10-point loss would be much worse for Sanders than a 1-point loss.
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“If Bernie wins, hopefully Secretary Clinton’s supporters will support him, and if she wins we hope our supporters will support her”, Jane Sanders told the website.
Sanders said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that she wouldn’t go as far as calling the Democratic nominating process a rigged system, but argued that there should be same-day registration as well as open primaries and caucuses.
In light of her past record and her cozy relationship with super-wealthy donors, it’s unreasonable to believe Clinton will seriously challenge the corruption, corporatist power and income inequality that negatively impact the lives of millions of working-class people and people of color. This late in the game, Sanders needs to make a case for his viability as a candidate, and to NY voters already deeply familiarized with their former senator. “But it looks like most Democrats – even those who backed Bernie Sanders in the March primary – would support Clinton”.
As part of a partnership with FactCheck.org, CNN’s Jake Tapper examines a Hillary Clinton claim made about guns traveling from Vermont – which Bernie Sanders represents in the Senate – to the streets of NY. Clinton’s had at least 55 percent support among older voters. He noted that primary turnout is usually low.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton poses for photographs with supporters Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in NY. I just don’t see that a lot of it’s going to turn out well.
In an op-ed piece in The New York Times, Merkley also cited Sanders’ positions on the dangers of global warming, and the “threats to our economy from high-risk strategies at our biggest banks”.
Clinton was heading to California on a fund raising swing for the weekend. He disagrees vehemently on some policy issues with Clinton, but in terms of variety of presidential-prep job experience, the former congressional Watergate panel staffer, first lady, and national legislator has got more lines on her résumé than he does.
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Clinton spent eight years as a NY senator. He said Sanders has fought hard for military veterans, and he conceded he has an uphill battle ahead to win the Democratic nomination.
