If we include the 500 super delegates that Clinton has over Sanders, the difference becomes quite large, but considering there are those changing their vote during convention, a swing is still possible-though a huge shift in those votes is very unlikely. With his caucus and primary wins with 43.4% of the popular vote Bernie Sanders has won 45.8% of the pledged delegates.
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About a third of Clinton and trump supporters said that the most important reason they supported their candidate was in opposition to the other party’s candidate, said the poll. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.
Trump has been hammering on both Clintons in recent weeks as polls show him gaining ground against the Democratic front runner.
“We have declined Fox News’ invitation to participate in a debate in California”, Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri said in a statement, adding that the former secretary of state would concentrate on campaigning against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump instead. The parties’ putative candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are unloved by most voters, consistently chalking up negative favourability ratings this year.
Forty-six percent of respondents want Trump to defeat Clinton versus 44 percent who prefer a Clinton presidency. Bernie Sanders isn’t going to overcome all that in the nine contests that remain. I guarantee you that Hillary and her crew will be using it. So if Donald Trump sits back and says, ‘I’m going to be a nice guy, ‘ it probably will work to his disadvantage. Bernie Sanders agreed a debate in California before the state’s June 7 primary.
“What little we know of his economic policies would be running up our debt, starting trade wars, letting Wall Street run wild”, said Hillary Clinton, Presidential Candidate. Clinton led by eight points in March, and by 12 points in January.
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“The Post, of course, went with the latter… which is a textbook example of burying the lede”, he continued.
