The Bernie Sanders campaign said that they expected to do poorly in the first half of primaries and that they believe the upcoming contests will push them over the top in the fight for the Democratic nomination.
“We believe the back end of the process is as favorable to Bernie as the first half was favorable to Hillary,” Sanders senior strategist Tad Devine told reporters on a conference call Wednesday.
Sanders did not get a single victory over Clinton from Tuesday’s handful of primary contests, although his campaign had hoped to wind up to three of them. The former secretary of state won massive majorities of delegates in the early primaries, especially in southern states.
In order to win the nomination at present, Clinton will need to win 41 percent of the remaining delegates whereas Sanders needs to win 76. But despite the big gap the democratic socialist’s team remains optimistic, saying they “see a lot of daylight ahead and, you know, green pastured.”
“If you look at the states to come we can pass the secretary in pledged delegates but there are going to be some showdown,” Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said, explaining they plan to pull of big wins in the upcoming Arizona, Wisconsin and New York primaries.
“Were at halftime here and we agree we’re behind but we also think we’re going to win this game,” Devine added.
