As in past primaries, Clinton is expected to do well in California’s June 7 primary with older Democrats, Hispanics and black voters, while Sanders could perform better with younger voters and independents, who are allowed to vote in the state’s Democratic primary.
“The Sanders folks feel that they have to do better with the minority communities, especially Latinos,” said Mitchell Schwartz, who ran Obama’s 2008 campaign in the state and supports the Vermont senator.
For Clinton’s campaign, “they don’t want to go into the (national) convention having lost the biggest state in the country,” Schwartz added. “They are going to pull out all the stops here to win.”
An independent Field Poll released last month found Clinton with a 6-point lead over Sanders, with 12 percent of voters still undecided.
Driving up turnout will be a key issue for both candidates.
