Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the Town of Greece Community Center gymnasium in Greece, N.Y.
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“If she were to lose, or if it were very close in NY – a state that she represented in the Senate – that would be very devastating”, Campbell said.
Sanders believes he could pull off a win in the Empire State. “That dramatic gain leaves us only 214 delegates behind – a margin we can and fully intend to surpass by the conclusion of voting on June 14”.
“Bernie started out with really low numbers and because of us he’s going to be our president”, she said.
The contest in Wyoming is the final Democratic vote ahead of New York’s April 19 primary, where the candidates will be vying for 247 delegates.
“I learned early on not to eat in front of all of you”, she said.
Speaking later, Sanders – who locked horns with his rival Clinton over trade and the “Panama Papers” scandal this week – said he continued to confound the doubters.
On the Republican side, Texas Sen.
They spoke after Cruz completed his sweep of Colorado’s 34 delegates by locking up the remaining 13 at the party’s state convention in Colorado Springs.
But Sanders said future contests in the West and on the East Coast looked favourable to him, including New York, Pennsylvania, California and Oregon.
Meanwhile, stumping in Brooklyn, Hillary Clinton was also shopping around for NY delegates.
Trump repeatedly brought up the Democratic contest over the weekend.
But while Cruz and Sanders have been performing well, Public Policy Polling director Tom Jensen says he expects the momentum to shift back to the frontrunners for at least the rest of this month.
Last week, the primaries in Wisconsin dealt a setback to the frontrunners of both the Republican and Democratic parties, Donald Trump and Clinton, with Senator Ted Cruz and Sanders emerging victorious.
With a total of 291 delegates on the cards, it’s more than 10 percent of the tally needed to win the party’s nomination, according to Reuters. So far, he’s winning about 45 percent.
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Clinton and Sanders are each expected to leave the state with seven pledged delegates. Marco Rubio, who suspended his campaign, has 171 delegates.
