By Katie Davis B ernie Sanders is looking for a Big Win on June 7th, in Califor- nia’s primary, which if it were to happen would call into question Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for the Top Spot for the Democrats. For a long time in this race it seemed that Hillary Clinton was destine for a match up with Donald Trump in November, but now the talk is that she could lose the race for Democratic nominee as the focus shifts to California. Voter registrations in California threaten to derail Clinton’s lead over Bernie Sanders as there has been a 218 per cent increase registered voters compared with the same period in 2012, which is likely to include large numbers of young voters and could make the Sanders win scenario a reality. Sanders will be looking to California to boost his campaign with news of a further 1.5 million people registering to vote since January this year giving encouragement to Sanders that he made the right decision to stay in the race and fight to the end. As the numbers show a big win June 7th in the California primary, where the candidates are currently virtually deadlocked, could hand Sanders hundreds more delegates. Clinton still has a 268 pledge delegates lead over Sanders going into California’s primary but with a total of 475 delegates, partially appor- tioned by whichever candidate wins in each of the state’s congressional districts on the line things could get a lot closer. Now lets look at the 712 Super-delegates, Clinton has 541 while Sanders has 43. The influx of additional registrants which has increased 218% compared with the same period in 2012 will likely include large numbers of young voters and could make this scenario a reality for Sanders.
At present the 712 Super-delegates, of which Clinton has 541 while Sanders has only 43 can support any candidate and Super-delegates results aren’t final until the convention in July. If Mr Sanders were to win in California it would seriously call into question Clinton’s candidacy in the general election and could result in a number of Super-delegates, including distinguished party leaders and elected officials who are free to support any candidate for the presidential nomi- nation, withdrawing their support for Clinton and moving it to Sanders. As Sanders has said although Clinton has received “a whole lot more” Super-delegate support than he has to date, “they don’t vote until they’re on the floor of the Democratic convention.”
Sanders finished his statement off saying, “that his job was now to convince them of his electability against Donald Trump.”
Well we are only a few days away from the California Primary and not long after that the Democratic Convention in July to see who will face Donald Trump and the Republicans in November.
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS • JUNE 2016
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