According to the latest counts, Clinton has 1,809 pledged delegates to Sanders’ 1,520 delegates. A candidate needs 2,383 total delegates to secure the Democratic nomination. They pushed superdelegates into making early commitments and held campaign appearances in areas where they could win the most pledged delegates.
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California’s primary is open to independent voters that give Sanders a boost; among registered Democrats, Clinton still leads Sanders by 4 points, while Sanders has 50 percent support from independents to Clinton’s 34 percent. Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have left the island to escape a dismal economy, with many resettling in the key electoral battleground of Florida. “With your help, I believe, we will come out with the nomination”.
She took specific aim at his condemnation of an Indiana-born judge of Mexican heritage. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on ABC’s This Week.
“I think Hillary is not a nice person”, she said.
Even if Democratic voters eventually rally around the party’s nominee – as prior elections and most experts suggest – the intensity of the primary underscored how deeply fractured elements of the dominant party in this state remain.
But he doubled down on the concept on Sunday. “That would be possible, absolutely”. “I’m talking about common sense, OK?”
Trump has also proposed building a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico. “But I say he’s got bias”.
The GOP pushback against Trump comes two days before presidential primaries in California, home to more Hispanics than whites.
In Santa Ana on Friday, Clinton criticized Sanders for his 2007 opposition to an immigration overhaul bill.
Polls indicate Bernie Sanders could win, but New Jersey could put Hillary Clinton over the top before California finishes voting. East Los Angeles has mobilized several times against Clinton over her record on war and immigration.
Sanders’ campaign appeared to burn through cash to get to the final nominating contests, ending April with just $5.8 million on hand, compared to Clinton’s $30 million.
The sea of blue “Bernie” T-shirts roared as Sanders’s unfurled a rapid-fire riff on his perceived foes in the political realm and beyond: “corporate” news organizations, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, the “oligarchy” of billionaires.
Clinton secured the endorsement on Tuesday of Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, who withheld her support until voting day.
Those superdelegates have overwhelmingly supported Clinton over Sanders, but could technically change their position. “I try to keep that private”.
“Tonight we close one chapter in history and we begin another”, Trump said.
Echoing the sentiments of California Gov. Jerry Brown, who overcame a decades-long rivalry with the Clinton family to endorse her last week, many superdelegates expressed a desire to close ranks around a nominee who could defeat Trump in November. She said, however, that the two have more in common than either has with Republicans.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday showed Clinton leading Trump by 10 percentage points nationally as they launch their general election battle, little changed from a week earlier. Clinton wrapped up with a rally in Sacramento Sunday night.
Though Obama has not expressed a preference for Clinton or Sanders publicly, the president said last week in IN that he expected “there’s going to be plenty of time for me to step in and campaign” ahead of the general election.
‘We all owe so much to who came before’.
Clinton also rejected an accusation by Trump, who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, that she wanted to abolish the Second Amendment.
Eight years ago in June 2008, Clinton did exactly that when she ended her bitter primary fight with Obama.
Over a dozen protesters shouted, “Your wife is a war criminal!” and “Bernie beats Trump in all the polls!” during Bill Clinton’s speech.
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Clinton then discussed the right to own a gun as a hypothetical.
