Bernie Sanders is banking on his strong base of progressive Oregonian supporters in the primary on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in his hopes of beating the odds and taking his campaign all the way to the Democratic National Convention. The agreement allows him to raise $449 400 (R7.1 million) from a single donor by splitting the funds between his campaign, the RNC and state Republican parties. That emboldens Mr. Sanders’s argument-that he is a better Democratic candidate against Mr. Trump.
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“The most important thing we learned here is that there is a significant number of voters who are not satisfied with these two choices [of Trump and Clinton], and that story has been way underreported”, said Searby.
The Sanders campaign has had a rough week after chaos at the Nevada Democratic Convention stemming from Sanders supporters feeling they were being treated unfairly. “I’m not anxious. There’s no fundamental split in the Democratic Party”, he said in Ohio Wednesday.
(CNN)Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is urging Bernie Sanders, amid escalating tensions within the Democratic Party, to keep his eye on the ball: Defeating Donald Trump in November.
One out of four Sanders supporters said they would not vote for Clinton. He has attacked Clinton, accusing her of playing the “women card” and being an “enabler” of her husband’s infidelities. The convention chairwoman, Roberta Lange, later reported death threats from Sanders supporters. Trump has also met with party luminaries like former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, while announcing a slate of conservative Supreme Court picks.
“I think the Bernie Sanders supporters will come home to Hillary Clinton”, said John Fortier of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
As the highest-ranking elected official backing Sanders, Merkley, 59, could provide a crucial link between the rival campaigns as the primary season comes to a close.
The state party disputed the Sanders campaign’s interpretation of the events.
West Virginia and Kentucky are linked to coal, as is much of Appalachia – the largely white, long-struggling eastern U.S. region where many feel they have been left behind in the lukewarm recovery from the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
In California on Tuesday, Sanders said Democrats must choose between welcoming voters “who are prepared to fight for real economic and social change”, or opting to maintain a structure “dependent on big money campaign contributions and be a party with limited participation and limited energy”. Barbara Boxer of California, who said she feared for her safety after being booed and shouted down at the Nevada convention. Public messages sent to her Twitter account included a barrage of derogatory statements.
“I actually think it matters what you say you are going to do if you are running for president”.
“You look at some of the people, the dishonesty”. The agreement will also allow Trump to repay himself the money he has loaned to his effort during the primary.
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Sanders’ continued presence in the race is prompting concerns among Clinton allies that he will damage her ability to take on Trump and hurt her in the fall.
