He heads into the Washington primary 48 delegates shy of the 1,237 he needs to clinch the GOP nomination. But they can only vote for a presidential candidate in one party’s contest – otherwise, their ballots won’t count.
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Clinton issued a statement Monday declining an invitation to participate in the Democratic debate with the Vermont senator before the state’s June 7 primary, instead looking ahead to the general election, the campaign said. Clinton was topping Sanders 48 percent to 41 percent in March. A recount would have re-checked how people voted on actual ballots. “As we have said previously, we plan to compete hard in the remaining primary states, particularly California, while turning our attention to the threat a Donald Trump presidency poses”.
Sanders, who ran in the Democratic primary after years of being an independent, put forward pro-Palestinian activist James Zogby, environmentalist Bill McKibben, Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison and two others, to be platform committee members.
DETROIT (AP) – Hillary Clinton said Monday that Donald Trump’s economic policies would lead to lower wages, fewer jobs and more debt – warning unionized workers that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee could “bankrupt America like he’s bankrupted his companies”.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., defends Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server in the wake of a State Department oversight report today that stated she broke federal rules, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
“If the Democrats come out of their convention united, it might not be because of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, but in spite of her efforts”, he told CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday.
Cruz and Kasich quit the GOP race as ballots were being printed, and Carson never officially notified the state that he was dropping out.
On Tuesday Reid had a different message, signaling to fellow Democrats that pressuring Sanders is not the way to go. She said she believes disquiet among Democrats largely stems from unhappiness with the party’s delegate selection process. He said that by the end of the state’s primary he will have spoken to more than 200,000 people at his rallies.
Clinton’s lead is even bigger when superdelegate endorsements are included.
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A recent Washington Post/ABC poll shows a majority of voters have an unfavourable impression of both candidates and they are likely to vote as much for whom they don’t like as by whom they do.
