Sen. Bernie Sanders insisted Sunday that he can still wrest the Democratic presidential nomination away from frontrunner Hillary Clinton, despite her recent string of primary victories.
“You’re gonna see us doing better and better,” Sanders said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Sanders said he hopes to win in states with upcoming primaries or caucuses where he has strong support among Democrats, such as Utah and Idaho.
Sanders has little hope of catching Clinton in pledged delegates, but he said he hopes to finish the nominating race with momentum, then convince so-called superdelegates backing Clinton to switch to him, especially those in states he won easily.
“If Bernie Sanders won your state by 30 or 40 points, you might want to listen to your state,” Sanders said.
He also suggested he’d like to win over superdelegates from states Clinton won, in part based on his claim that he polls better against Donald Trump in a general election than Clinton.
Sanders said that if he finishes strong, “I think we are gonna see some superdelegates saying ‘You know what, I like Secretary Clinton, but I want to win this thing. Bernie is our guy.'”
