Among voters not affiliated with either major party, almost one-third say they would opt out: 21% would choose a candidate other than Trump or Clinton, and 10% would stay home.
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Speaking at a news conference in Washington DC on Sunday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders told a room full of reporters that he and his underdog campaign are taking their fight all the way to Philadelphia.
Trump leads in the delegate count with 996, followed by Cruz with 565 and Kasich with 153, with 1,237 needed to secure the nomination before the July convention.
Trump said on MSNBC on April 27 that Sanders “has a message that’s interesting”. The event will begin at 12:45 p.m. According to her campaign website, the stop is part of Clinton’s “Breaking Down Barriers” driving tour through Kentucky and West Virginia.
In Indianapolis Sunday, Clinton shook hands with patrons at local pancake restaurant and later told a rally she wants to create more opportunities for young people, expand technical education in high schools and boost apprentice programs.
Sanders argues that the superdelegates should back him because national polls show he would defeat Trump by a wider margin than Clinton would.
In the latest Republican primary, Mr Trump was poised for victory over Ted Cruz in IN today, which would put him on track to formally seal the party’s presidential nomination by the time primary voting ends next month.
Compared to Republican contestants, Democratic fight seems to be closer.
“Donald Trump clearly feels threatened by Secretary Clinton’s qualifications to be president so he’s attacking Hillary Clinton for being a woman”, she said.
Calling for reform of the Democratic Party’s nominating process, Sanders said he felt “entitled” to support from superdelegates in states whose nominating contests he won, such as Washington state and Minnesota. The campaign said it was downsizing its staff because about 80 percent of the primaries and caucuses had been completed and the changes would allow it to focus heavily on California. Cruz said he expected to do well in the state of Indiana.
Clinton has not yet released her April numbers, but Sanders had consistently out-raised Clinton for the previous three months because of his record-breaking grassroots support.
To date, according to the Clinton campaign, Hillary for America has raised $213.5 million in primary funds and more than $46 million for the DNC and state parties.
Still, it would be “an uphill climb” to win the nomination, Sanders said.
He spoke ahead of Tuesday’s IN primary, with 57 GOP delegates at stake. He has held seven events there in the past week while Clinton has held just three.
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Clinton’s campaign did not immediately report its fundraising totals in April. Clinton also is delivering a speech to the NAACP in Detroit.
