Sanders Puts Emphasis on Delegate Math
Vermont senator’s campaign shifts strategy to maximize
Democratic delegates
By PETER NICHOLAS
Updated March 13, 2016 10:40 p.m. ET
On the eve of a five-state showdown Tuesday Bernie
Sanders’s campaign has dropped its focus on winning marquee states in favor of
scooping up delegates anywhere it can find them, hoping to show he still has a
chance of overcoming Hillary Clinton’s large lead and capturing the Democratic
presidential nomination.
On the eve of a five-state showdown Tuesday, Bernie
Sanders’ campaign has dropped its focus on winning marquee states in favor of
scooping up delegates anywhere it can find them, hoping to show he still has a
chance of overcoming Hillary Clinton’s large lead and capturing the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Sanders’ shift in strategy is a response to the hard
realities of delegate math: Despite an upset victory in Michigan last week that
cheered his supporters he is losing ground to Clinton and in danger of reaching
the point where it is impossible to catch up.
Two states where the Sanders campaign concedes he will have
a tough time winning Tuesday are Florida and North Carolina. Rather than cede
them to Clinton and focus on winning a trio of Midwestern states where his
prospects are brighter, Sanders late last week expanded his television
advertising in certain Florida and North Carolina markets, his advisers said.
The idea is to pluck a few extra delegates in the face of an expected Clinton
victory in both states.
“The goal Tuesday is to win as many delegates as we can.
And if we can win states, too, that’s a big plus,” said Tad Devine, a Sanders
campaign strategist. “Now we have to build a foundation of delegates. A lot of
delegates are in play [on Tuesday]. We can get a lot of them, we think. The
advertising in some of these [Florida and North Carolina] markets may make the
difference.”
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