Clinton said she was leading Sanders by 2.5 million popular votes and in pledged delegates. The Sanders campaign now lists 38 superdelegates in its column versus the AP’s estimate of 31.
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An inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server in her Chappaqua, New York, home for her work as US secretary of state continues to cast legal uncertainty over her campaign.
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.
Clinton though remains 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.
According to a story on Sunday by the Associated Press, this means “Sanders must win about 67 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates… through June to be able to clinch the Democratic nomination”.
While stumping in New York City Bernie Sanders notched a win in the Wyoming caucuses.
“I feel sorry sometimes for the young people who, you know, believe this”, Clinton told host Chuck Todd. “We believe that the polling is showing that we’re closing the gap”, Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week”. “And I’m glad that we now can point to reliable, independent analysis to say, ‘No, it’s just not true'”.
The democratic candidates are in a turf war over NY.
Sanders sidestepped questions on Sunday on whether he was prepared to take the nomination to a floor fight if Clinton did not win the magic number of pledged delegates, but he left the possibility open.
“No, I intend to have the number of delegates that are required to be nominated”, Clinton said in the interview, taped in Brooklyn, where Clinton is campaigning ahead of New York’s April 19 primary.
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“She hardly spoke about Sanders, but she highlighted the differences in their approach to healthcare reform” “It’s easier to get from 90 percent to 100 percent, and that’s why I’m going to stay on the Affordable Care Act”, Clinton said, referring to President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare bill. “We need a country and a president who is going to care about us, not about the corporations”, Sisco said.
