The move means Sanders can compete against Hillary Clinton for Washington’s 20 pledged delegates and 26 superdelegates on June 14 – the last contest on the Democratic nominating calendar.
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Although Shapiro said Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have the most ties to voters with their NY connections, John Kasich and Ted Cruz could pick up the momentum with active campaigning.
Cruz argued that his campaign was now responsible for “the full spectrum of the Republican Party coming together and uniting” and said he – not Trump – is most likely general election candidate.
Wisconsin’s relative lack of diversity also worked to the advantage of Sanders, the exit poll indicated, as the Vermont senator performed much better with white voters than with blacks and Latinos, who have propelled Clinton to her lead nationally.
To win a prolonged convention fight, a candidate would need support from the individuals selected as delegates. “I am more and more convinced that our campaign is going to win the 1,237 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination”.
Clinton and Sanders have been beefing up their campaigns in New York City by playing to their strengths, according to Shapiro.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the April 19 NY primary. “And yet it would seal the deal even more for Hillary Clinton” because she would expand her delegate lead, he said. Clinton now has a lead of between 240 to 260 delegates, which widens if one counts superdelegates, or the party and elected officials who do not have to vote for whomever won their state’s primary.
Clinton said Trump’s call to block Muslims from entering the United States temporarily was “dangerous” because it threatened America’s ties with Arab state allies. Today he received a raft of negative press for an interview he gave with the editorial board of the Daily News, a New York City newspaper, that critics say exposes his thin grasp on the issues – and foreign policy in particular.
Trump’s defeat came amid one of his worst periods of his campaign, a brutal stretch that highlighted his weaknesses with women and raised questions about his policy depth. While Tuesday’s results may do little to winnow Clinton’s delegate lead, they strengthen the case Sanders needs to make to “super delegates”, who are able make up their minds about whom to support, regardless of how their states vote.
Sanders was also confident of his chances in NY, the state where he was born and that Clinton represented in the Senate.
The survey was conducted via cellphone and landline interviews March 21-23 with a random sample of 1,358 registered voters (635 Republicans and independents who lean Republican, and 610 Democrats and those who lean Democratic). Jason Kausalik, a 27-year-old graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, went for Cruz, calling him “a conservative who has a chance to win” in November. Clinton is expected to win the state.
With 86 delegates at stake, Sanders will pick up at least 44. Campaign manager Robby Mook on Monday provided supporters a “facts on where the race stands” posting on Medium.
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The election capped an intense 10 days in which all five candidates, with no other national elections at hand, traveled the state at town hall meetings, rallies and speeches.
