“It’s actually harmful because she can’t make that general-election pivot the way she should”, Clinton supporter Dianne Feinstein was quoted as saying about Clinton’s albatross.
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Clinton’s performance in West Virginia – a state she won by a wide margin in the 2008 primaries – could point to problems with a critical voting bloc that supported her husband during the more economically prosperous 1990s. On Saturday, Democratic voters chose among party members running either as Clinton delegates or as Sanders delegates. This means that Sanders needs to win the California contest with at least 65 percent of the vote to secure an overall majority of elected delegates.
Clinton’s protracted battle with Sanders, who pulled off a victory in Indiana’s Democratic primary last week despite polls showing him trailing Clinton in the state, has become a source of gloating for Trump.
The next Democratic primaries will be held in Kentucky and OR, where Sanders has a good chance of winning.
“We are going to fight for every last vote”.
Quinnipiac’s poll also found that Mr Sanders, a democratic socialist who commands an enthusiastic following on the left, would do better against Mr Trump than Ms Clinton in all three states if he were the Democratic nominee. “They’re sending a message that things have got to change and the one candidate that we think introduces change, particularly if you’re on the right, is Donald Trump”.
“Many of these will be disappointed when Clinton is awarded the nomination after Sanders won so many caucuses and primaries and has energized the base”, Campbell said. Or, as Noah puts it, “in West Virginia, the jobs”.
Clinton supporter Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, pointed to the results in West Virginia, where 4 in 10 voters said in exit polls that they considered themselves independents or Republicans.
“After about six-seven months of debating and watching, I think Hillary has a lot more to offer than Bernie internationally”, the 68-year-old retiree said. “I think they are excellent”, he added.
In a column entitled, “How Hillary Clinton could blow it”, Michael Brendan Dougherty outlines a number of faults that cold cause the former secretary of state to lose what now appears to be a lead over the GOP candidate.
Republicans support her in the likely presidential match-up, a new local poll has found.
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Several prominent local Republicans have said they can’t back Trump, although they also won’t vote for Clinton.
