Arthur Sanders, Distinguished Professor of Politics at Drake University, agreed that Senator Sanders will eventually come to support Clinton, and so will his followers because he can declare victory even with a loss to Clinton regarding the Democratic presidential nomination.
"When Bernie Sanders got into this race, I’m guessing his big hope was to push the Democratic Party to the left on economic issues, and he has," Professor Sanders told Sputnik. "It will be very easy for him… to talk about how Hillary is now supporting [what] he wanted, [and] the Democratic Party is now paying more attention to inequality, to the minimum wage."
Professor Sanders added he would be shocked if Senator Sanders does not come out and tell his supporters "we won, now go out there and keep this going, vote for her [Clinton]."
On Tuesday, Clinton won the Democratic presidential primary in the US state of Kentucky with a razor-thin margin, while Sanders won the primary in the state of Oregon.
Senator Sanders said he plans to take his fight past the June 7 primary contests in California and New Jersey, and to the Democratic National Convention in July.
Professor Sanders told Sputnik that despite this rhetoric, the senator will likely leave the campaign before the convention, just as Clinton did in 2008 when she started campaigning for President Barack Obama after the final primary votes were counted.
