Even before Tuesday’s crucial round of primaries, an AP survey has declared Hillary Clinton as winner of the nomination race, which has dragged on due to the a feisty fight Democratic contender Bernie Sanders has put up.
While the former first lady and secretary of state had been widely expected to clinch the nomination from New Jersey contest alone, Sanders’ steady showing in California held off any definitive predictions until last week.
But the AP, citing its survey of superdelegates’ opinion, says Clinton has already touched the magic count of 2323 that makes her the first woman to have made it to the top of nomination process.
The math favoring Clinton says she has secured 1,812 pledged delegates and support of 571 superdelegates.
Sanders, meanwhile, has refused to brook the thought of losing his bold campaign.
“Tomorrow is the most important primary in the whole Democratic nominating process — we are going to win here in California,” the Vermont senator said in San Francisco.
Along with Republican Donald Trump, the Democratic senator – though poles apart in terms of personality and style – has emerged as the other outlier challenger to the politics as usual.
But it is Hillary Clinton, who is making history by grasping the coveted nomination of her party for the November 8, 2016 election.
Anticipating a successful outcome on Tuesday, Clinton has hailed her supporters as passionate.
“They are committed. They have voted for me in great numbers across the country for many reasons —“But among the reasons is their belief that having a woman president would make a great statement — a historic statement — about what kind of country we are, what we stand for. It’s really emotional,” she said in California on Monday.
