It's going to be close, but the delegate count is not enough to win the nomination.
A more useful question is whether Bernie can win enough delegates in California... After all the hype about his "winning Wyoming" it turns out both he and Hillary won 7 delegates. That's a loss for Bernie - he won't ever get the nomination by tying Hillary in delegate numbers.
According to Real Clear Politics' combined poll averages, Hillary Clinton is polling at 49.3% in California while Bernie Sanders is at 38.7%, as of April 6, 2016.
Now, Sander's recent wins may embolden his supporters across the country; however, New York is coming up next, and the former New York Senator is polling ahead of Sanders, 53.5% to 42.5%. She is also polling way ahead of Sanders in Pennsylvania, Maryland and other state primaries scheduled for April 26, so Sanders may lose his current momentum by the California primary.
The California primary is in June, which is still a long time away. We'll be able to answer this question a lot better once we know the results of the primaries between now & June - particularly New York & Pennsylvania. If Bernie is able to win NY & PA, I would say that he would have a strong momentum and a good chance to win CA & NJ as well but if he loses in NY & PA, Hillary Clinton would have all the momentum & her nomination would be imminent to the point where California might not even matter. As of today (April 11) most polls show that Hillary leads Bernie in both NY & PA by double digits but there can always be surprises like the one we saw in Michigan. In my personal opinion, Hillary will win all of the upcoming April primaries (NY, PA, CT, DE, MD & RI) and that would pretty much seal her nomination.
It depends on how many people have the wisdom and inteligence to recognize the difference between a "Statesperson" and a politician. A "Statesperson has character and integrity along with several other endearing qualities. A politician has an objective and will sacrifice their integrity and diminish their character to achieve their goal. Another definition of ignorance is intelligence without wisdom. Another definition of evil is ignorance and lack of character and integrity. Who will become President depends on the collective humanity of the American people. Who would make the best President is obvious, one with the integrity, character, and values that will seek out every alternative to war and how to best provide the greatest number of people the opportunity to achieve happiness. There are pseudo Democrats who enable the rich to get richer, but at a slower pace than the Republicans. Such Democrats do all they can to get richer too legaly like set-up a non-profit slush fund. Then there are the Republicans who do not understand the idea of equal opportunity for all to achieve the American dream. They talk about the value of life at conception, but I have yet to see one set-up a worldwide fund that would enable every Human Being that becomes pregnant to raise their child in a healthy environment with the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential. Any woman knows that to have an abortion leaves scars that never go away. If only MEN had the character or integrity to keep it in their pants until that individual comes along that together they would be able to raise a great family. But of course that is asking too much from the weaker gender.
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