A recent news report from Reuters highlighted the challenge Bernie Sanders posed to the Democratic Party leaders.
After his landslide victory in winning the Democratic primaries in Alaska, Washington and Hawaii over the weekend, Bernie Sanders challenged the political kingpins and power brokers within the party for their support.
Bernie Sanders in the Media
Some media outlets have been reporting biased news about the winning edge of Hillary Clinton over Sanders.
Some reports say that, based on superdelegates’ commitments, Sanders has a very slim chance of surpassing Clinton. One estimate has asserted that the Vermont senator has to win the votes of all the remaining delegates just to be on par with the former state secretary.
The odds may seem to be stack against Sanders but there is still statistically realistic margin that he could win. He has just proven in the latest primaries that he still has the political momentum to be the Democratic standard bearer.
Just as what was pointed out in this Liberal America article, Sanders could actually be the next president of the United States. The prediction is based on last year’s results of a mock presidential election conducted by Western Illinois University, notable for being 100% correct since 1975.
Clinton still has the commanding lead in the race for party nomination but how exactly Sanders could close this gap and emerge as the winner?
Needed Votes
According to a recent article published on The Guardian website, any Democratic presidential hopeful has to secure the votes of at least 2,383 party delegates to win the party nomination.
So far, Clinton has won 1,712 votes, which include 469 superdelegates. Meanwhile, Sanders has managed to secure 1,004 votes, which include 29 superdelegates.
Possible Strategies
Democratic superdelegates are the unpledged delegates who could still vote for whomever they choose as the party standard bearer. One strategy in order for Sanders to win is to convince the superdelegates.
Another simpler strategy that Sanders’s camp could use is to simply bolster his share of votes. This has been partly achieved in the latest primaries. The senator knows this and he pointed out that momentum is with his side.
Sanders is a man of principle who has proven himself to be on the right side of history, from his pro-civil rights activism in his youth to his anti-war in Syria stance as a senator.
He practices what he preaches, having an impeccable moral fortitude. His campaign is supported by the common people and he refuses to be bought out by the greedy billionaires in Wall Street.
Bernie Sanders has regained the political momentum and hopefully it would continue. He needs to secure the votes of up to two-thirds of the remaining delegates for him to win the party nomination.
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