Bernie Sanders, according to the Real Clear Politics average of recent polls in the Midwestern states.
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With that history in mind, a campaign behind the Sanders campaign is starting to take shape, with the goal of turning his passionate army into something that doesn’t end after he delivers a barn-burning convention speech in Philadelphia – and then gets overshadowed by a general election in which he is unlikely to be on the ballot.
“We can get everything done that I am talking to you about if we work together”, Clinton concluded, “If we quit being on the Republican or the Democratic team or the red team or the blue team, lets get on the American team”.
During a news conference here, Sanders’ pitch was that superdelegates from states he carried, such as New Hampshire and Minnesota, should back him instead of Clinton, even if it wouldn’t be enough to close the gap with her. He also cast himself as more electable against Donald Trump, arguing that superdelegates should prioritize beating the GOP frontrunner over other concerns.
“I understand it’s a steep climb”. Sanders repeatedly faced sharp questions, including from Mrs Clinton, about whether the vision he outlined and the promises he made were realistic given the Republican Party’s ongoing control of the legislature. Barack Obama, the future president was able to persuade dozens of superdelegates to come to his side.
Clinton is ahead in the delegate count 2,165 to Sanders 1,357 delegates, but Sanders openly called on party leaders and elected officials – known as super delegates – to switch their allegiance to him in states in state where beat Clinton badly. Twenty-five percent (25%) of these voters like another candidate for now, and five percent (5%) are undecided. A race that appeared to be preordained as a Hillary Clinton coronation was, for a time, a political dogfight.
Sanders would need to win more than 82 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates through June if he hopes to clinch the nomination; now, Sanders has been winning just 39 percent.
Despite her lead, Sanders says he plans to compete through the remainder of the primary contests in May and June.
To listen to Hilary Clinton these days is to hear a candidate more and more turning to what she believes will be a fall campaign matchup against Donald Trump.
Clinton’s chief strategist Joel Benenson accused Sanders of issuing attacks that hurt the Democratic Party in an interview with CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday, the day of the NY primary. The campaign said it was downsizing its staff because about 80 percent of the primaries and caucuses had been completed and the changes would allow it to focus heavily on California. The Sanders campaign did not report how much cash it has on hand.
Clinton’s campaign, for the first time in 2016, out-raised rival Sander’s campaign last month, according to their self-reported fundraising numbers.
Clinton’s campaign said Monday that they brought in $26.4 million in primary funds in April.
“We also can do arithmetic”.
“Everybody stuck outside, we apologize”, she said immediately.
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“Hillary Clinton is going to be the nominee, and it’s not going to be a contested convention, so whatever he’s saying is more of a nuisance than something that will impact us in the long run”, that source tells The Hill.
