Voters supporting either Sen.
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In Washington, with 31 percent reporting, Sanders was declared the victor about 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, with 76 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 24 percent. Anderson, who now works at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Seattle, was deployed to Iraq as a sergeant in the Army. Clinton also drew thousands to a rally at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle on Tuesday.
W. Ron Allen, chairman of the Jamestown S’Kallam Tribe, said he is convinced Clinton will “honor the government-to-government relationship” between Washington and the 566 Indian nations.
Dixie Hood, 82, of Juneau, Alaska, says her decision to support Clinton was a clear choice. She said she was impressed by the energy of those pushing for his election.
He has always been a supporter of Clinton, including in her run against Barack Obama in 2008.
Hood, a marriage and family therapist, said she’s been an active Democrat her entire life.
That means Sanders must win 58 percent of the remaining delegates from primaries and caucuses to have a majority of those delegates by the end of June.
In Washington, he was projected to win 74.6 percent against 25.1 for Clinton. Nelson considers himself an independent and says only Sanders and Donald Trump don’t seem to be bought and paid for among the presidential candidates. “But I think that if you are on the fence, Hillary is a candidate who would have more appeal”. Maralyn Chase, D-Shoreline, caucused for Sanders at Edmonds-Woodway High School in Edmonds.
Another important date for both candidates has to be April 19 when NY will hold its primaries.
Washington and Hawaii are the other two states holding Democratic contests Saturday.
Sanders, who is very popular with “millennials” (- generally, people born from early 1980s to 2000 -) and first-time voters, has said “We need a political revolution”.
Bernie Sanders looks set for a great Saturday night as three states could help the senator from Vermont close a bit of the delegate gap in the Democratic race.
There’s little question that Sanders has tapped into a powerful frustration within the party.
A group needed to get support from at least 15 percent of the attendees in a given district or they had to disband.
Dennis McCarville, 63, was taking part in his first-ever caucus.
But the total number of donations reflects how many people in our state were inspired enough by a candidate to send any amount of money, sometimes repeatedly.
McCarville supports Hillary Clinton, saying she has the experience to be president.
“We agree with everything Bernie is for”, she said, citing his views on fighting climate change, offering free education and universal health care. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 caucuses.
“My friend is the only one I’ve seen with a Hilary sticker”, she said.
“Sanders, with his enthusiastic young supporters, has had an advantage in caucus states”, she tells our Newscast team. “Because nobody comes to Alaska”.
While she’d defeat Texas Senator Ted Cruz by a slightly narrower margin, 45-42, the Quinnipiac poll showed Clinton would lose to Ohio Governor John Kasich, 47-39.
Today’s voting is just for the Democratic nomination. “I don’t want to be around them”.
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Partial results are expected Saturday.
