Democratic presidential contender Bernard Sanders on Sunday didn’t sound like someone who is about to bow out of the race to make way for front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, said Mrs. Clinton “creamed us” in the deep South.
Now, he’s banking on a groundswell of support on the West Coast, which he described as the “most progressive part of America.”
“We think that the path forward is a pretty good path for us,” he told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Mrs. Clinton bounced back from a loss to Mr. Sanders in Michigan to sweep wins in a set of Midwest states, including Ohio, and preserve her “Southern firewall” against Mr. Sanders’ grassroots insurgence.
She leads with 1,614 delegates to Mr. Sanders’ 856, with 2,383 needed for the nomination.
Mr. Sanders said Sunday he will press on, buoyed by recent polls that suggest he would do better than Mrs. Clinton would in a head-to-head matchup with GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
“I think that will play a factor in the coming states,” he said.
• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.
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