Clinton is the choice of 51% of Democratic voters, while 49% of Republican voters say they would prefer Trump to be their nominee.
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As it stands, Sanders claimed the DNC’s process is “overtly partisan”, suggesting “it is not open to the millions of new people that our campaign has brought into the political process”.
Sanders wrote in a letter to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz that the makeup of the standing committees that consider the party’s platform and rules should reflect the level of support that he and Clinton have received during the 2016 primaries and caucuses.
Addressing a massive rally in Indiana, Trump exuded confidence that he will be the Republican presidential nominee. He also said he will work for campaign finance reform.
That means he will stay in the race “until the last vote is cast” after Washington, D.C.’s Democratic primary June 14.
In 20 of 23 contests for which we have exit poll data, white men have preferred Sanders to Clinton.
There are a total of 92 delegates up for grabs for the Democrats tonight, 83 of which are pledged delegates while the remaining nine delegates are superdelegates.
Sanders’ campaign did not say how much it had left at the end of April, but recent moves indicate the fundraising downturn is having a deleterious effect on his organization. Therefore, Hillary had use of all the state-run Democratic systems. But in some later states, it gets tougher. The letter came after Sanders spoke with the chairwoman by phone earlier this week.
He added that he wanted to debate Clinton in California later this month.
The 83 pledged delegates are awarded proportionally. That’s very hard to do because Democrats allocate their delegates proportionally.
Despite her overwhelming lead – a loss at this point would be unprecedented – Clinton has resisted calling for Sanders to drop out of the race, even as she has made unmistakeable shifts toward the general election.
But needing superdelegates to get a majority of all delegates is exactly what happened in 2008.
Steve Rabinowitz, a Democratic consultant who previously worked for Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, said that politically active American Jews have been reacting with a mixture of “shock and amusement” as Trump’s nomination becomes seemingly inevitable.
Instead she took to television Wednesday, telling CNN she’s been prepping for Mr. Trump and welcomes the general election.
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Sanders called Malloy and Frank “aggressive attack surrogates” for Clinton. Reince Priebus is breaking with House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said Thursday he’s not ready to back Trump.
