U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won Saturday’s Democratic caucus in the Western state of Wyoming, but even in victory he failed to gain ground on his rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the race to become U.S. president. Sanders has 1,068.
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Going into Wyoming, Clinton had more than half of the 2383 delegates needed to win the nomination.
The next big prize for both parties is the NY primaries on 19 April: 291 delegates are at stake for the Democrats and 95 for Republicans.
Awaiting results from the Wyoming Democratic caucus voting, state Democratic Party Executive Director Aimee Van Cleave says she’s gotten reports of a “really good” turnout Saturday across the state.
The state also has four so-called “superdelegates”, party leaders or elected officials who can vote for anyone they please at the convention. Photo caption: Democratic presidential candidate, Sen.
“A more traditional approach is needed and Donald Trump recognizes that”, Paul Manafort, Mr Trump’s new delegate chief, said yesterday on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.
On the Republican side, Mr Trump continued to try to catch up to Mr Cruz’s ground operation, which is months ahead and trying to eat into Mr Trump’s home state support in pockets of NY.
In New York, Clinton leads Sanders 53% to 37%; and in Pennsylvania, she tops him 49% to 38%.
Clinton is still the clear frontrunner for the Democratic party presidential ticket for November’s general election, but Sanders has the momentum and has enjoyed a string of successes at the polls in recent weeks.
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Bernie Sanders said his opponent’s team has changed its tone and went on the offensive after he won seven of the last eight primary contests. Trump holds a 743 to 532 delegate lead nationally over Cruz, but there seems to be a real chance no one will claim a majority of Republican delegates before the convention. Barack Obama didn’t actually have enough pledged delegates to clinch the nomination, but when superdelegates were added, it put him over the top. Losing the state would be blow to morale for either campaign, as Clinton represented NY in the Senate and Sanders was born and raised in Brooklyn.
