Certainly an argument could be made that that AP announcement the night before suppressed voter turnout in CA and in other states such as NM, SD and CA. Clinton might have gotten the needed number of delegates even if she had lost those three states given that she had a big lead in NJ in the pre election polls there but it would’ve been embarrassing for her going up against Trump. Two million votes have yet to be counted in California and in Puerto Rico as is discussed in the clip below..
Complaints of media bias against Sanders were many long before this last round of primaries. The media watchdog group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) published many studies showing how little air time was given to Sanders relative to Trump. The challenge now for Sanders’ supporters is not only to advocate for his ideas. It is to level the playing field for candidates like him. The struggle is going on now to curtail super delegates which like open primaries were created to favor more moderate candidates like Clinton as Mother Jones reports.
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