This report and accompanying interactive is based on a longitudinal analysis of the primary and general election preferences of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters in Pew Research Center’s nationally representative American Trends Panel.
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More than 5,000 delegates are among the 50,000 people set to attend the four-day convention, which is expected to culminate with Clinton being named the party’s official nominee for president.
They will try to overcome party disunity that seems certain to also be a factor in Philadelphia, given Wasserman Schultz’s departure and the general unhappiness among many Sanders supporters intensified by both the emails and by Clinton’s decision to pick Sen.
Sanders won 108 delegates in NY and almost 2,000 overall. “This vision of violence and chaos everywhere doesn’t really jibe with the experience of most people”.
“I was asked weeks ago”. The DNC announced that veteran political operative and commentator Donna Brazile would take her place; an email has also emerged from Brazile in the WikiLeaks dump in which she appears to say she wanted to “cuss” out Sanders’ supporters.
“We don’t have information right now about that, but what we have is a kind of bromance going on between Vladimir Putin and Trump which is distinct from this leak”, Clinton adviser John Podesta said in an MSNBC interview.
The DNC first announced that Wasserman Schultz would not play a role at the convention, and that Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge would take her place with the gavel.
He added later in a statement: “The party leadership must also always remain impartial in the presidential nominating process, something which did not occur in the 2016 race”. Their ability to do so will depend largely on how die-hard Sanders delegates approach the convention, and whether they protest or raise issues on the floor. Ahead of her speech to the VFW, Clinton secured the endorsement of retired Gen. John Allen, former Deputy Commander of U. S. Central Command and a former Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, overseeing North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops in Afghanistan “I have no doubt that she is the leader we need at this time to keep our country safe, and I trust her with that most sacred responsibility of commander in chief”.
Some aren’t willing to give up the fight yet to get Sanders the party’s nomination. Hillary Clinton has a whole chorus of democratic luminaries singing her praises.
Sanders is due to deliver Monday’s closing address at the convention, where Hillary Clinton will receive the formal nomination for president.
Some New York Democrats, though, said they are hopeful that Sanders’ supporters will join Clinton delegates in the common goal of defeating Trump in November.
Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) says he would not let Debbie Wasserman Schultz speak at the Democratic National Convention. I think it bodes well for the future of the party.
Sanders’ delegates from NY said superdelegate changes are important because the current system benefits the powerful.
Efforts to promote party togetherness were not helped by the publication last week of thousands of hacked emails, some of which suggested the DNC was favoring Clinton during the primary season. Tim Kaine. He said most viewed Kaine as not progressive enough and that there had been discussion about a variety of protest actions at the convention, including walking out.
Sanders had already pledged to back Clinton and made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows to emphasize his support.
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“I want to keep the political revolution moving forward past 2016”, he said.
