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Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump In 4 Major Battleground States
According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton currently leads GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump by significant margins:
• Colorado – Clinton over Trump 43% – 35%
• Florida – Clinton over Trump 44% – 37%
• North Carolina – Clinton over Trump 44% – 38%
• Virginia – Clinton over Trump 44% – 35%
These four states combine for a total of 66 electoral votes, making these results noteworthy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton For President
Speaking at a rally in New Hampshire today, Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president.
“Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that.
“She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States.
“In these stressful times for our country, this election must be about bringing our people together, not dividing us up.
“While Donald Trump is busy insulting Mexicans, Muslims, women, African Americans and veterans, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Yes. We become stronger when black and white, Latino, Asian American, Native American – all of us – stand together. Yes. We become stronger when men and women, young and old, gay and straight, native born and immigrant fight to rid this country of all forms of bigotry.”
Bernie Sanders To Campaign With Hillary Clinton In Hew Hampshire Tomorrow
It looks like Sen. Bernie Sanders will finally join presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail at a rally in New Hampshire, according to Politico.
Sanders will campaign with Clinton at a high school in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, less than two weeks before the party’s convention begins in Philadelphia.
The Vermont senator’s campaign announced his participation minutes after the Clinton team’s email hit inboxes, with both announcements sharing the same language that the two former primary rivals will “discuss their commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.”
The joint appearance comes after the Vermont senator scored several victories on the Democratic platform over the weekend in Orlando, Florida, including on climate change, health care and a minimum wage increase to $15. Sanders and his allies, however, lost out on language related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
New Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump In Battleground States
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads billionaire Donald Trump in a new poll of all-important battleground states.
According to Ballotpedia‘s battleground poll, Clinton leads Trump:
• 51% to 37% in Florida
• 45% to 41% in Iowa
• 50% to 33% in Michigan
• 48% to 38% in North Carolina
• 46% to 37% in Ohio
• 49% to 35% in Pennsylvania
• 45% to 38% in Virginia
Her leads held at nearly the same margins when Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson was included in the poll. And Clinton led Trump 48% to 37% when all states were factored together. With Johnson included, Clinton led Trump 44% to 34%, with Johnson at 13%.
While nationwide polls are interesting, I always remind readers that the election will basically be won in 7-10 battleground states. Watch these to know which way the election is leaning.
Video: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Campaigns With Hillary Clinton
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren hit the campaign trail today with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Cincinnati today.
Warren was fiery from the start and didn’t let up. She’s been mentioned as a possible VP pick for Hillary.
Great to see the two together.
Campaign Ad: Donald Trump Is Full Of Hate
You saw all this coming.
Using his own words, a supercut of Donald Trump’s most controversial comments over the years about immigrants, LGBTs, women, African-Americans, and Muslims.
How Many Contests/Delegates/Superdelegates/Votes Did They Get?
LGBT political activist Aaron Baldwin compiled this list of stats as we exit the 2016 primary season:
• PLEDGED DELEGATES . . . 4,051 Total . . . 2,026 Majority
CLINTON – Pledged Delegates: . . . 2,203 (+177 over majority)
SANDERS – Pledged Delegates: . . . 1,828 (-199 under majority)
• SUPER DELEGATES . . . . . . . .712 Total . . . . . 361 Majority
CLINTON – Super Delegates: . . . 574 (+214 over majority)
SANDERS – Super Delegates: . . . . 48 (-313 under majority)
• ALL DELEGATES: . . . . . 4,763 Total . . . 2,382 Needed to Win
CLINTON – Total Delegates: . . . 2,777 (+395 over majority)
SANDERS – Total Delegates: . . . 1,876 (-506 under majority) (which means Sanders needs almost all of Clinton’s superdelegates to flip to overrule the will of the voters)
*112 delegates (pledged & super remain available at this time)
Source: Real Clear Politics
• CONTESTS WON:
HILLARY CLINTON: 33
BERNIE SANDERS: 22
• POPULAR VOTE WON:
HILLARY CLINTON: . . … 16,005,378 (55.63%)
BERNIE SANDERS: . . . . 12,279,425 (42.68%)
TOTAL VOTES CAST: . . . 28,284,803
CLINTON LEAD: . . . . . . +3,725,953 (+12.95%)
Popular vote total includes: AK,AL,AR,AS,AZ,CA,CO,CT,DA,DE,FL,GA,GU,HI,ID,IL,IN,KS,KY,LA,MA,MD,MI,MN,MO,MP,MS,MT,NC,ND,NE,NH,NJ,NM,NY,OH,OK,OR,PA,PR,RI,SC,SD,TN,TX,UT,VA,VI,VT,WI,WV and excludes caucus (popular) vote IA(C),ME(S),NV(C),WA(S),WY(S).
Source: The Green Papers
FYI – Donald Trump Popular Vote – 13,445,461 (-2,559,971 Clinton)
NOTE: Some numbers from Tuesday night may still be adjusting, some delegates may still be allocated for state Congressional Districts, the DC primary (20 pledged delegates, 25 Super) is not included (6/14), some superdelegates have not yet declared.
06/09/2016, 8:21AM PT
CBS/New York Times Polls Shows Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump
According to the latest CBS/New York Times poll, Hillary Clinton now holds a six point lead (47% – 41%) lead over Donald Trump, down from 10 points a month ago.
From CBS:
Contentious primary contests on both sides haven’t turned off many primary voters from voting for their party’s candidate in a likely November match-up between Trump and Clinton, even if these candidates are not their preferred primary choice.
Seventy-one percent of Republican voters who did not support Trump in the primaries would still vote for him against Clinton.
On the Democratic side, 72 percent of Sanders supporters would vote for Clinton against Donald Trump.
Real Clear Politics aggregates all current polls for the current presidential season here.
It’s worth noting that while Trump has seemingly clinched his nomination for the Repubs, Hillary continues to fight on two fronts – Trump for the general election, and a tenacious Bernie Sanders who continues to spar for the out of reach Dem nomination.
Hillary Clinton Wins Guam Democratic Caucuses
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has won the Guam Democratic caucuses over Sen. Bernie Sanders by a margin of 60% – 40%.
Guam’s seven pledged delegates will be split 4 for Clinton, and 3 for Sanders. Additionally, all five of Guam’s superdelegates have now announced their support for Clinton.
From ABC News:
Counting superdelegates, Clinton has amassed just over 93 percent of the necessary total to clinch the Democratic nomination, according to ABC News projections. To get to the magic number of 2,383, the former secretary of state needs to win 16 percent of all remaining delegates and 73 percent of pledged delegates.
Meanwhile, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders needs to win 97 percent of all remaining delegates. He cannot reach 2,383 on pledged delegates alone; to win the Democratic nomination, he would need the support of the superdelegates.
Guam marks Clinton’s 26th victory in the primary season. Sanders has won 19 contests.
The next Democratic contest comes Tuesday where Sanders is expected to win. Real Clear Politics shows the Vermont senator leading by an average of 6 points.