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The close finish in the Hoosier State means a almost even split of the state’s 83 pledged delegates, which leaves Clinton within 200 delegates of clinching the nomination if superdelegates are counted, and Sanders almost 1,000 delegates behind that number – but vowing to fight on.
But because Democrats award delegates proportionately, Sanders will only gain about a half-dozen delegates if that margin holds.
Despite the loss, Mrs. Clinton largely has moved past Mr. Sanders and is turning her fire on Mr. Trump. “They’re wrong”, he said.
“The Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over”, Sanders said in a statement.
There’s a simple reason for this: Clinton has received many millions more votes than Sanders has at this point in the race, and she therefore has many more of the “pledged” delegates who determine the nominee at the Democratic convention.
Party Chairman Reince Priebus declared the race over, saying on Twitter that Trump would be the GOP’s presumptive nominee.
Sanders still has a fight ahead of him and it’s not just against Hillary Clinton.
Even before the IN results were finalized, some conservative leaders were planning a Wednesday meeting to assess the viability of launching a third party candidacy to compete with him IN the fall.
Among all GOP voters, three-quarters say they would support Trump in November. Only about a quarter say they would not vote for Cruz and 2 in 10 say that about Trump.
Clinton spent time in Hammond and Mishawaka back on April 26th, meeting with supporters in manufacturing plants as well as a stop in Indianapolis over the weekend. “If I lose the nomination, he will not get that support”.
On the Republican side, 57 delegates are at stake in the in primary.
But California politicos could still salivate over the prospect of a no-holds-barred slugfest among Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, the three remaining Republican candidates.
In a rally in Kentucky on Tuesday night, Sanders continued to outline differences between himself and Clinton, criticizing her for her stances on campaign finance and the war in Iraq. Almost all Clinton voters think she will. Still, voters consider Sanders more inspirational and honest, while they see Clinton as more realistic and electable.
“I want to congratulate Ted Cruz”. Bernie Sanders is winning the Indiana Democratic primary election.
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But Democrats are largely satisfied with either of their top candidates, according to exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research. Among liberals in IN, 56 percent voted for Sanders.
