HOPKINSVILLE: Presidential primaries in Oregon and Kentucky on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) will give Hillary Clinton a chance to bolster her almost insurmountable delegate lead over Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, who has vowed to slog on despite long odds. 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. West Virginia and Kentucky 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.

The northwest state of Oregon on Tuesday also holds its Democratic and Republican primaries, where limited polling has indicated Clinton is ahead. Sanders, however, leads in Kentucky. Clinton sees Kentucky as an opportunity to appeal to a demographic that has consistently snubbed her: working-class white men. No Democratic presidential candidate has won in the state since 1980 except for her husband Bill Clinton.

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