Over Easter weekend, Sanders easily won in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington – each victory coming with at least a margin of 40 points over Clinton. “However, your campaign has consistently chosen to deny the people of NY the opportunity to see Senator Sanders and Secretary Clinton debate in the Empire State”.
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Bernie Sanders of Vermont, fresh off his sweep of three western states over the weekend, said Sunday that the Democratic presidential race was not over despite former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s lead in delegates.
Democrats award their delegates proportionally and Clinton has more support from the party leaders and elected officials who automatically attend the national convention as so-called “super-delegates”. He also won 82 percent of votes in Alaska and 69.8 percent in Hawaii’s caucus. As for super delegates, Sanders still only has 29 to 469 already pledged to Clinton. But even if Sanders has momentum, he doesn’t really have the math on his side. The next three Democratic nominating contests in Wisconsin (4/5), Wyoming (4/9), and the crucial NY primary on 4/19 will tell the tale if Democrats are going to ride with Hillary or not. The money should help the campaign as it gears up for advertising in upcoming primary states including NY.
“A national poll just came out that had us 1 point ahead of Secretary Clinton, when we started 60 points behind”, he added. “They haven’t yet…I haven’t seen anything that you guys have reported that says that they’ve been able to make a credible case for having a path to winning this thing because they don’t”.
Interviewed on Sunday by US broadcasters, Sanders said Democratic superdelegates, who can change their allegiance, might rally behind him because some polls suggest he has a better chance than Clinton of beating a Republican candidate.
To win the Democratic nomination at the July convention in Philadelphia, 2,383 delegates are needed. “I think some of them are beginning to understand that it’s Bernie Sanders”. “In my caucus, Bernie Sanders got 80 per cent of the vote”.
Will Sanders and Clinton team up? Ms Clinton countered with plans for campaign stops in the state Monday and Tuesday.
Most of his 15 primary-season wins have been in states with largely white populations and in the caucus contests, which tend to attract the most active liberal Democrats. In total, Sanders earned 55 delegates Saturday to Clinton’s 20, the AP reported.
The Wisconsin primary is on April 5, and NY is on April 19. That siren call will be tougher to resist when making a case against a Republican nominee like Donald Trump.
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“She has been vetted… and her strength is clear”, Benenson said.
