But whereas most candidates have had to introduce themselves to the American public in years past, a race between Trump and Clinton will be of an entirely different nature.
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Beyond the opposition of both political parties, a third-party challenger would also need to collect thousands of signatures in each state within a short amount of time to get on the ballot. Ted Cruz, his closest rival, out of the race, with Kasich following on Wednesday.
Prior to his IN primary win that secured his path to the nomination, only 15 governors, senators, and representatives had publicly backed his candidacy.
He said that while his campaign has won 45 percent of the pledged delegates, “we have won only seven percent of the superdelegates”.
Even though the former Secretary of State has a large lead over Sanders, the Vermont senator still hopes he can snag the democratic nomination.
A growing number said Wednesday as Ohio Gov. John Kasich was exiting the race that they plan to support the NY billionaire who will top the party’s fall ticket. But Clinton is generally popular within her own party, particularly with women and minority voters who are crucial to winning general election battleground states like Florida, Colorado and Nevada.
Sanders said in an interview Thursday with NPR it’s a good thing that he’s staying in the race. “We’ve had too many politicians”. Mexicans have been referred to as rapists and Muslims told that they are not welcome in the US. “Millions of people are now coming into the political process as the result of what our campaign is about”. I wash my hands of the GOP and can only pray that “we the people” can wrangle together a Constitutional Party we conservatives can get behind. He said that the OH governor might be helpful in the Buckeye State for the general election and that he would be interested in vetting Kasich as a possible vice presidential running mate. They’re afraid such a move would cause division among Democrats, making it harder to unite the party later on in the year.
Asked how he was handling Trump’s being the presumptive nominee, he joked: “With alcohol”.
“To me, this is the classic case of a blustering, bullying guy”, the all-but-certain Democratic nominee told CNN. But honestly? I don’t know. And I have a lot of empathy about this, Anderson.
“But I was very very surprised”, he continued.
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WASHINGTON, May 4 (Xinhua) – With Donald Trump now being the likely Republican Party (GOP) nominee, he will start to focus his attacks on likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, slinging mud in her direction in what is sure to be a knock-down, drag out fight for the White House. “So with that in mind, we are being careful to let the process play through and provide the space for there to be a unifying moment for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders”.
