Democratic party rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders traded barbs in NY, where both candidates are trying to get as much support as they can with the upcoming Democratic Primary to be held next week. 2,383 delegates are needed to secure the Democratic nomination, so even a good showing in NY would likely only put Sanders at the halfway mark. Ted Cruz of Texas with 19 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds.
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“I would just say this, I think you’d have a hard time convincing Vermonters that New York’s crime problems are coming from Vermont”, said Shumlin on April 5.
Media reports frequently tout Clinton’s lead and include the superdelegates who have stated their public support for her, though recently The New York Times has separated the pledged delegates from the superdelegate tally. And that means sowing doubts about the effect that a Trump or Cruz nomination would have on the party.In other words, under the rules, Clinton’s total delegate support is 10 percent higher than her actual support among voters, while Sanders’ popular vote support is diminished through the delegate rules.
According to one national poll, Americans are not enthusiastic about the presidential candidates, with a majority reporting that none of the five now running represents their positions on issues they care about.
Among all registered voters, 63 per cent say they wouldn’t consider voting for Trump and half say the same about Clinton. This was well above Kasich’s 39 percent of enthusiastic or very enthusiastic voters. Meanwhile, 51 percent said they’d never vote for Hillary, and 63 percent said they’d never vote for Trump.
One of the names on the Democratic delegates line behind Hillary Clinton’s name is Judith Hope, a former East Hampton Town supervisor and former chair of the State Democratic Committee.
“To be a ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people, ‘ our political leaders and elected officials must uphold the will of the people, especially when it is expressed so decisively through the ballot box”, the letter said, in part.
If Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and businessman Trump went head to head, 65 percent of Maryland voters polled said they would pick Sanders. People selected for KnowledgePanel who didn’t otherwise have access to the Internet were provided access at no cost to them.
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Asked who their second choice for Republican presidential candidate would be, 35 percent of likely Republican primary voters polled said Kasich, 34 percent said Cruz and 17 percent said Trump. His unfavorability among women rose 16 points, to 28 percent, from October to April, while his unfavorability among men dropped 11 points to 26 percent.
