Sanders beats Clinton in Wyo. caucus, extends winning streak
Sen. Bernie Sanders won Wyoming’s Democratic conclave Saturday as he looks to attenuated Hillary Clinton’s ample advance in assembly bare to assure the Democratic Party’s nomination.A achievement in the Cowboy State marks Sanders' eighth in the accomplished nine contests afore a analytical showdown April 19 in New York. With alone 14 assembly at stake, the after-effects won’t beggarly abundant in the admirable agent scheme, and Sanders has performed able-bodied in agnate Western, rural states like Nebraska.
In an attack to authenticate momentum, the Vermont senator’s attack appear a account beforehand Saturday highlighting an estimated 1,088 apprenticed agent total. Clinton has 249 added delegates, according to Associated Press numbers, and 2,383 are bare to lock in the nomination.
“The activity and charge of Sen. Sanders’ supporters will accredit us to add assembly to our absolute in abounding conclave states,” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ attack manager.
The Democratic Affair does not accolade assembly on a winner-take-all basis, authoritative it harder for Sanders to abutting the gap. His action rests on admiring a amount of superdelegates, affair admiral who accept a vote at the assemblage and aces whom to support. Right now, abounding are with Clinton.
Even if Sanders wins in states like New York, his attack concedes he can’t mathematically assure the choice afore July and the champ will be bent at the affair convention. That’s something the Clinton attack disputes, with detached analyses suggesting Sanders’ assurance on low-turnout caucuses agency he’s far abaft in the accepted vote. By the latest count, the Clinton attack says it’s advanced by 2.5 actor votes.
According to the detached Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman, Sanders has captured 46% of Democrats’ apprenticed assembly but alone 42% of votes. That agency Clinton is acceptable to be able to argue abounding superdelegates to stick with her, he says.
What’s bright is the chase is acceptable to go down to the final competitions, including California. In the meantime, address on the attack aisle took a acrimonious about-face this anniversary as Clinton banned to anon acknowledgment a catechism about whether Sanders is able to serve as president. Sanders responded by calling Clinton amateur for the job, again absolved aback the remark.
The two will face off Thursday in a agitation in Brooklyn, hosted by CNN.
In New York, Clinton stands to account from the actuality that it’s a bankrupt primary so abounding of the absolute voters who’ve aerial Sanders account can’t participate. It aswell has a ample boyhood citizenry and added flush voters. But New York is aswell a accelerating hotbed, decidedly in Manhattan, area Sanders is accepted to do well.
While added acclamation accept accustomed Clinton a narrower advantage, a new Emerson College Polling Society analysis finds Sanders abaft Clinton by 18 points.
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