Call for 'Revolution' Still Reverberating as Sanders, Clinton Head Neck and Neck Into Indiana

[Rosa Luxemburg]

Days ahead of Indiana's May 3 primary, a new poll shows Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton neck and neck while observers foresee the Vermont senator's impact being felt long after the nomination is secured.

According to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll, Clinton leads among likely Indiana primary goers 50 percent to Sanders' 46 percent. But that lead is within the poll's margin of error of 4.6 percentage points for Democrats.

The poll also shows Sanders with a greater edge over Clinton in a hypothetical general-election match-up against Donald Trump. The Republican front-runner has a seven-point lead over Clinton in such a square-off, but just a single point lead over Sanders

Also on Sunday, the Sanders campaign announced that it had brought in $25.8 million in April, with the average donation being just under $26. And while the amount is far less than the $44 million haul in March, or $43.5 million in February, the campaign still touted it as surpassing the average monthly total of $17 million.

"He is the candidate who is in the best position to bring a new generation of voters into the democratic process and restore the faith of working-class voters that we can have a government that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent," Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement.

Speaking to CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday morning, Sanders said his path to the nomination is "difficult but not impossible."


http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/01/call-revolution-still-reverberating-sanders-clinton-head-neck-and-neck-indiana

[TDale313]

1. That talk won't go away once the nomination is clinched.

It's not about Bernie or Hillary or even this election cycle. It's about fixing a broken and rigged political and financial system, and it's a long, long game. It's taken decades to get here. If the pendulum can be swung back it'll take time. But it's started.

[silvershadow]

2. I seriously doubt he can win here now...but one never knows. He sure is campaigning

all over this state and has been. I cannot wait to vote! My vote for him will be the first vote in decades I was elated about.

[LiberalArkie]

3. All it takes is a stupid stunt like several college voting centers registering 0 votes for Bernie.

[Major Hogwash]

4. Indiana is definitely up for grabs.

This is going to be close, but I think the tide has turned.
Bernie wins Indiana.

[silvershadow]

5. I hope so. My views were based on older information. Perhaps the tide is turning?

I know they are working the hell out of this state. We've had Bernie events scheduled all weekend long at the Union Hall here.