Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager insisted Tuesday night that his campaign would go on until the Democratic convention in July, despite Hillary Clinton’s commanding win in New York.
According to Jeff Weaver, even if Clinton outright wins the party nomination, Sanders will still challenge her at the convention.
“We’re going to go to the convention,” Weaver said on MSNBC Tuesday night when asked if his campaign will try to persuade superdelegates to side with Sanders over Clinton, even if she wins the pledged delegate count and overall popular vote ahead of the convention.
“It is extremely unlikely either candidate will have the requisite number of pledged delegates to get to this number,” he added. “So it’s going to be an election determined by the superdelegates.”
When asked how will Sanders be able to persuade superdeleagtes to support Sanders, Weaver said Sanders will convince them that he can win in the general election.
“Well, because they are going to want to win in November. And if the polling continues to show that Bernie Sanders is a much stronger candidate in the general election, and that’s for a few reasons, right?” Weaver added.
Clinton had an extremely successful night in the New York primary, capturing 139 delegates with nearly 58 percent of the popular vote. Sanders won 109 delegates and roughly 42 percent of the popular vote in the Empire State.
Clinton now has 1,328 pledged delegates and 499 superdelegates, compared to 1,151 pledged and 34 super delegates for Sanders.
