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Related: About this forumPolitico: Clinton Camp Marginalizes Wisconsin Democrats
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/clinton-delegates-sanders-wisconsin-221537Clinton camp: Wisconsin win won't help Sanders much
Regardless of Tuesday night's primary results in Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton's campaign is adamant that Bernie Sanders will not be able to close the gap in pledged delegates even if he scores an expected victory.
I dont think he can narrow the gap materially in pledged delegates in Wisconsin," Clinton chief pollster and strategist Joel Benenson told MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" on Monday afternoon.
Benenson then explained that Wisconsin favors Sanders because it "is much less diverse than most of the states we compete in in Democratic primaries."
"Its got a lower population of African-Americans, a very small population of Latinos. Weve done very well in building a diverse coalition, which is why weve won far more primary elections than Sen. Sanders has and compiled a bigger net delegate lead in those primaries by a lot, than he has," Benenson said. "The key here in Wisconsin is to, you know, compete hard, try to win this state. But in either way this state comes out, I think its close enough there isnt going to be a big shift in the 230 or plus pledged delegate advantage that Hillary Clinton has right now.
Wisconsin allocates its 86 pledged delegates on a proportional basis.
A Fox Business poll released late last week showed Sanders with a five-point advantage over Clinton, though the spread is about two points smaller in the Real Clear Politics polling average since March 24, at 47.8 percent to 44.7 percent.
I dont think he can narrow the gap materially in pledged delegates in Wisconsin," Clinton chief pollster and strategist Joel Benenson told MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" on Monday afternoon.
Benenson then explained that Wisconsin favors Sanders because it "is much less diverse than most of the states we compete in in Democratic primaries."
"Its got a lower population of African-Americans, a very small population of Latinos. Weve done very well in building a diverse coalition, which is why weve won far more primary elections than Sen. Sanders has and compiled a bigger net delegate lead in those primaries by a lot, than he has," Benenson said. "The key here in Wisconsin is to, you know, compete hard, try to win this state. But in either way this state comes out, I think its close enough there isnt going to be a big shift in the 230 or plus pledged delegate advantage that Hillary Clinton has right now.
Wisconsin allocates its 86 pledged delegates on a proportional basis.
A Fox Business poll released late last week showed Sanders with a five-point advantage over Clinton, though the spread is about two points smaller in the Real Clear Politics polling average since March 24, at 47.8 percent to 44.7 percent.
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Politico: Clinton Camp Marginalizes Wisconsin Democrats (Original Post)
GeorgiaPeanuts
Apr 2016
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Actual headline: Wisconsin win won't help Sanders much
100% true.
Cowpunk
(719 posts)2. Shorter Joel Benenson:
The Bernie campaign is about to kick our ass again, but please continue to pretend their winning streak doesn't matter.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)3. Corporate media to Democratic voters on the ID, UT, AK, HI, WA, NV, WI and NY primary results