Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump urge Kentucky voters ahead of primaries
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HOPKINSVILLE, United States, (APP): Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump urge Kentucky voters ahead of primaries
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton campaigned across Kentucky on the eve of the state's Tuesday primary, desperate to improve her standing among working-class white men and painting sharp contrasts with her likely election adversary Donald Trump.
Clinton's rival Bernie Sanders is gunning for victory in the Bluegrass State, building on his win last week in neighboring West Virginia as he battles to keep his long-shot nomination bid alive.
The two states are linked to coal, as is much of Appalachia, the largely white, long-struggling eastern US region where many feel they have been given the cold shoulder in the lukewarm recovery from the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Also on Tuesday the northwest state of Oregon holds its Democratic and Republican primaries, where limited polling has indicated Clinton is ahead. Sanders, however, leads in Kentucky.
The state has been treated by Clinton as an opportunity to appeal to a demographic that has consistently snubbed her: working-class white men.
No Democratic presidential candidate has won Kentucky since 1980 except Bill Clinton.
