Clinton has early, commanding edge — AP delegate count
Clinton’s spokesman, Josh Schwerin responded, “It’s disappointing Sen”. Bernie Sanders with 8; former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley with 2; and another 210 uncommitted. She also focused on prominent services for women and homosexuals.
“We have to move away from coal”, she said in New Hampshire on Monday.
The Associated Press contacted all 712 superdelegates in the past two weeks, and heard back from more than 80 percent. They can support the candidate of their choice regardless of the outcome of Indiana’s May 3 primary. The same is true when Clinton voters are asked their opinion of Sanders.
Just 29 percent of Democratic primary voters say they would be more likely to support a candidate who supports legalizing marijuana.
Among other provisions, Clinton’s plan would put in place a federal backstop that ensures retirees get the benefits they have earned and deserve, and expand these protections to any power plant or transportation company retiree who loses his or her benefits due to a coal market-related bankruptcy.
The AP counted only public, on-the-record endorsements.
It’s the first time the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination has explained how she would create a safety net for the communities most affected by her party’s push for cleaner energy and tougher environmental regulation. As the only Democratic candidate without an affiliated super PAC, Sanders will highlight the need to “stop taking money” from financial institutions’ political organizations, Devine said. While he’s met with and usually voted with Democrats in the Senate, he calls himself a democratic socialist. Sanders has attracted large crowds that have included large numbers of young people. Almost two in three think he could win.
Thursday’s results come as the FBI is expanding its investigation into Clinton’s emails, according to Fox News.
The Vice President declined to challenge Clinton for the nomination. Her lead this year is 45 to 1. Turner has been an active supporter of Clinton in the past. While 58 per cent of Sanders’s backers said they hadn’t made a final decision, 54 per cent of Clinton’ supporters said they had made their minds to support her. Sanders has said he wants to run a positive campaign, and experts say going negative would be risky. Bernie Sanders of Vermont at the party’s convention next summer. “He has declared his standing as a Democratic candidate publicly, signed an affidavit, did so when he filed his declaration of candidacy”. He has long said an FBI investigation into her use of a private email server while she served as secretary of State should be allowed to play itself out. “She has been known to tell a few outright lies and I can’t tolerate that”.
U.S. Rep. Andre Carson is also supporting Clinton, while Rep. Pete Visclosky didn’t respond.
Despite her work for Ready for Hillary, Turner said she never formally endorsed Clinton. In other words, Clinton starts with a 15 percentage point head start over Sanders.