While Sanders did mount a last minute comeback in Wisconsin’s latest polls, he had trailed Clinton by up to 40 points for months leading up to the April 5th primary.
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She raised at least $60,000 Tuesday night at a fundraiser hosted by Jack Benheim, the owner of a company that manufactures veterinary health products and nutritional supplements. But for Sanders, momentum, enthusiasm, and tens of millions of dollars in contributions were at stake in the Wisconsin outcome.
Still, he has a more complicated task than Cruz in slowing his party’s front-runner, since Democratic delegates are doled out on a proportional basis rather than the winner-take-most formula used in Wisconsin by Republicans.
When including superdelegates, or party officials who can back any candidate, Clinton has a wider lead – 1,740 to 1,055. Whether you are pro-Clinton or undecided, it is time to come together and use the power that has been bestowed upon you to support the presidential candidate that your state’s voters want to see make it to the White House.
A candidate needs to amass 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.
Clinton had 1,712 delegates headed into the Wisconsin contest. “He really needed to start winning a lot sooner than he did in a lot bigger states in order to have a reasonable chance here in the home stretch”. Yet Sanders’ continued presence in the race has become an irritant for the former secretary of state, keeping her from turning her attention to the general election.
“Hope is a hard thing to extinguish”, McMahon said.
“We know that the misleading spin will continue, but we wanted you to know the facts”, Mook wrote. “Coming off a string of losses, our commitment to fighting for every last vote and every last delegate is going to matter more than ever”.
The city council approved a measure Tuesday that tweaked ballot rules after the D.C. Democratic Party missed the deadline by a day to certify Sanders’ candidacy.
Sanders was beating Clinton among men, voters ages 18 to 44, and college educated voters.
Sanders would have to win by much greater margins going forward to catch Clinton, who opened the night ahead by more than 200.
Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, told Xinhua that Sanders has a good shot at winning Wisconsin.
The Sanders campaign countered Sunday by suggesting four other nights – one of them on a weekend, which it previously had said was unacceptable.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally in Cohoes, New York, April 4, 2016.
As for the Clinton campaign, both the candidate and her staff are showing signs of irritation. Sanders was born in Brooklyn. The state also has 10 super delegates, including congressional delegation members and Democratic National Committee members, who will go to the national convention unbound by Tuesday’s vote. Harry Reid aide. Manley cautioned both sides against escalating their rhetoric and “running into the gutter”.
Sanders said some banks are too big and could be broken up either by “having legislation passed, or giving the authority to the secretary of treasury to determine, under Dodd-Frank, that these banks are a danger to the economy over the problem of too-big-to-fail”.
Sanders spent nine days total in the state and jammed 17 events in during that time. Instead, she was spending her evening with top donors in New York City.
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She also slammed Trump while campaigning in NY on Tuesday, calling his rhetoric “offensive” and “dangerous”. A loss there would be a major political blow for Clinton, who represented the state for eight years in the Senate. He has stepped up his attacks on Clinton’s positions, but his parries, particularly compared with those in the Republican race, are gentle. She is expected to discuss her plans to raise incomes for all communities, according to her campaign.
