Recent polling suggests the race between Clinton and Bernie Sanders in next week’s California primary has grown increasingly competitive, an uncomfortable reminder for Clinton that she has not yet managed to lock up the nomination, despite her lead in the delegate count.
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Sanders has been campaigning in California every day since May 21, hoping to build his vote total to bolster his argument to superdelegates ahead of the July nominating convention that he is the party’s stronger candidate.
The Democratic Socialist candidate has indicated that he has the campaign funds in order to continue past the California primary should Hillary Clinton not secure the required number of delegates to become the presumptive nominee. Voters also said 47 to 39 percent that they would rather invite the businessman to a backyard barbecue than Clinton. The split is even more pronounced in Clinton’s favor when it comes to handling nuclear weapons, at 55 to 33 percent. He said that his job was now to convince them of his electability against Donald Trump.
Voters who responded to the Morning Consult poll also said Clinton should release the transcripts of her paid speeches to Wall Street firms.
With both Trump and Clinton saddled with unprecedented unfavorability ratings approaching 60 percent, third-party candidacies that usually are ignored by the public during presidential campaigns suddenly are getting attention.
The keynote speaker at the convention on Friday night is U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez.
Clinton’s crowds are usually smaller, but she has earned the endorsement of California Governor Jerry Brown and most of the state’s congressional Democrats.
To win over Sanders supporters, he would likely choose as his running mate someone like Sen.
On Wednesday, Clinton retweeted a almost three-month-old tweet from the former MA governor, 2012 GOP presidential nominee and outspoken Trump critic.
“It’s just not the tone I think is right for the United States”, Weld said.
Without the huge super-delegate advantage, Clinton’s lead is far narrower, something Sanders has repeatedly stressed.
This choice takes on a particular significance considering the growing controversy around Clinton’s emails which could threaten to sink her campaign in a general election against Donald Trump.
Nationally Clinton’s lead over Trump has shrunk to just 1.5 percent, according to a RealClearPolitics poll average.
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“It’s a very small case…it’s not a big deal and I will win it in court”, Trump has said of the NY case.
