Bernie Sanders Visits Oregon and New Poll Shows Clinton Has Strong Lead

"Let me be as clear I can be - we are in this campaign to win the Democratic nomination. We are going fight for every last vote."

That was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as he addressed a large crowd Tuesday night in Salem.

Sanders, who had just heard that he had won the West Virginia Primary, was exuberant and spoke to a crowd hat was equally so.

"It sounds like Salem, Oregon is ready for a political revolution," he said. "This is a great crowd. Last week we won a really great victory in indiana and tonight it appears that we have won a big big victory in West Virginia.

"With your help we’re going to win in Oregon next week."

The Oregon primary is May 17 and Sanders was making his fourth trip to the area in recent weeks.

He may have to pencil in another visit or two because a poll released by OPB Tuesday shows that Hillary Clinton has a commanding lead in the state.

The poll, conducted by DHM Research for OPB, has Clinton with 48 percent compared to the 33 percent who said they would vote for Sanders.

Part of the reason for the large lead might be that many of Sanders's supporters tend to be independents and Oregon's primary is closed, which means only Democrats can vote.

One result of the poll that tracked with national trends is that Sanders had a large lead over Clinton among people younger than 45-years-old, 64 percent to 20 percent.

That was one of the many topics Sanders touched on in his nearly hour-long speech Tuesday. He highlighted his lead among younger people and added:

"Now the truth is we have to do better with older voters and we are going to do better with older voters."

Sanders had some harsh words for his rival, Senator Clinton, but saved his harshest words for the presumptive Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump.

Calling Trump, "one of the leaders of the so-called Birther Movement," Sanders said "Donald Trump is not going to become president."