Bernie Sanders asserted Friday that he will defeat rival Hillary Clinton in New York’s Democratic primary.
“We are going to win New York,” the Vermont senator said on “CBS This Morning” Friday, touting his Thursday night rally in the South Bronx as evidence he’s off to a “good start” in New York.
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“We’re going to do rallies all over the state, and I think we have a good shot at this,” Sanders, a Brooklyn native, added.
Clinton also has strong ties to New York, having served as its senator from 2001 to 2009 and maintaining a home there.
Sanders continued to reiterate his momentum to the CBS hosts, citing his victories in six of the last seven caucus states. He did concede “a lot of the earlier states that were contested were in the Deep South, and that is, as you know, the most conservative part of America.”
“We did not do well. We’re now moving elsewhere, we’re moving to the West, we’re moving to New York. We think we have a real shot to win,” he added.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed Clinton had a 12-point advantage over Sanders in the Empire State.
New York’s Democratic primary is April 19, with 291 delegates up for grabs. Sanders currently has 980 pledged delegates to Clinton’s 1,243. To win the nomination, 2,383 are needed.
