BernieatatrallyforcampaignBegged@MattLechduring Washington Heights block party: https://t.co/ORhybbGqnU 2.50pm BSTSpike Lee has created a modern video it’s a bit more than an ad – for Bernie Sanders. There are celebrities. There are children. And there’s a lot of Sanders,describing a need for the scales of economic justice to be righted. Have a look: 2.21pm BSTHello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. modern York had a weekend of glorious weather and that gave the candidates some of their biggest and most boisterous rallies yet, with Bernie Sanders drawing nearly 30000 fans to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and Donald Trump getting a hero’s welcome on Staten Island.
The action continues today with a Hillary Clinton rally with former Representative Gabrielle Giffords in midtown Manhattan; multiple John Kasich rallies upstate; a Trump event this evening in Buffalo; and a nighttime Sanders speech in Queens. Related: Ted Cruz sweeps Wyoming after Donald Trump cedes delegate fight A modern poll released by Gravis on Sunday night suggests the gap between [Clinton and Sanders] in modern York may have narrowed to as diminutive as six points, and with Clinton at 53% and Sanders at 47%.
Though still large enough apart to leave Clinton the comfortable favourite – especially since modern York primaries bar independents and even Democrats needed to register weeks ago – it is a dramatic narrowing from the 48-point lead Clinton enjoyed a month ago. Two other recent polls expose the gap down to 10 points,and poll averages expose a 12 point gap. Related: Bernie Sanders draws record crowd in Brooklyn as race takes darker tone And though Trump has no feats of genuine estate to brag about on the island, it’s close enough to Manhattan that Staten Islanders have been reading about the billionaire for decades in the tabloids but far enough removed that they have been voting for candidates of white backlash since Richard Nixon.The result is fruitful territory for Trump: one poll of Staten Island Republicans has him getting 70% of the vote there, or he’s even been endorsed by the county party chair and many local officials,making the candidate with no political experience an unlikely “establishment” choice ... Related: Donald Trump receives a hero's welcome in Republican Staten Island Related: Why Bernie Sanders' movement is much larger than this election | Tony Karon Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com