Clinton Leads Sanders By Just 2 Points In Tight California Primary Race

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t, right, speaks as Hillary Clinton listens during the CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday, April 14, 2016 in Ne... Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t, right, speaks as Hillary Clinton listens during the CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday, April 14, 2016 in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) MORE LESS
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Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) were in a tight race for the California primary, according to a poll released late Wednesday that showed Clinton leading by just two points.

The Public Policy Institute of California survey showed that 46 percent of likely Democratic primary voters supported Clinton while 44 percent supported Sanders.

Sanders has said he is confident he’ll win the California primary on June 7, but the 546 delegates up for grabs in the Golden State also could edge Clinton closer to the nomination.

The poll was conducted by phone from May 13-22 among 552 likely Democratic primary voters. The margin of error was 5.7 percentage points.

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  1. Thank you California! I’ve already mailed in my vote for Bernie and will be hitting the phone banks this weekend. I feel sad for you hateful commenters that will no doubt attack me and/or leave unnecessarily negative and snarky comments about another Democrat still in the race…but then I realize that you are such an infinitesimal percentage of voters, i don’t really care.

  2. Eh. With a sample size of 550 voters and a margin of error of almost 6%, maybe don’t count Hillary out quite yet.

  3. I certainly don’t expect anyone to attack you. Many people at TPM voted for Sanders in the Primary and that is what you did since you support him.

    I just hope you will vote for the Democratic nominee in November. I haven’t heard or seen one Hillary supporter who plans to do otherwise.

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