Post by Logan on Mar 14, 2016 22:27:19 GMT -6
Saying a big turnout Tuesday could prove the polls wrong again, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders swept into Charlotte on Monday to fire up supporters and boost his N.C. campaign’s last-minute efforts to get out the vote in a state where he’s believed to be trailing.
The Vermont senator, speaking to about 6,000 people at PNC Music Pavilion, recounted how polls leading up to last week’s Michigan primary gave him no chance of defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton there. But he ended up eking out a win.
“In Michigan, suddenly people started coming out of the woodwork and there was a huge voter turnout,” he said. “Tomorrow, here in North Carolina, if there is a large – a very, very, very large – turnout, we’re going to win it. Let’s do it.”
The latest polls in North Carolina still put Clinton way ahead of Sanders here. One released Monday by Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling had her at 56 percent and Sanders at 37 percent. According to PPP, the race is much tighter in three of the other states voting Tuesday: Clinton is slightly ahead in Ohio and Illinois and Sanders has a narrow lead in Missouri.
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The Vermont senator, speaking to about 6,000 people at PNC Music Pavilion, recounted how polls leading up to last week’s Michigan primary gave him no chance of defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton there. But he ended up eking out a win.
“In Michigan, suddenly people started coming out of the woodwork and there was a huge voter turnout,” he said. “Tomorrow, here in North Carolina, if there is a large – a very, very, very large – turnout, we’re going to win it. Let’s do it.”
The latest polls in North Carolina still put Clinton way ahead of Sanders here. One released Monday by Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling had her at 56 percent and Sanders at 37 percent. According to PPP, the race is much tighter in three of the other states voting Tuesday: Clinton is slightly ahead in Ohio and Illinois and Sanders has a narrow lead in Missouri.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article65989712.html