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Bernie Sanders speaks to throngs of supporters in Prospect Park on April 17 In the Brooklyn borough of New York City. | Getty Sanders team hoping to flip Clinton superdelegates this summer

Bernie Sanders' campaign is not going away.

Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said Tuesday night that even if, at the end of all the primaries, Hillary Clinton has won the delegates she needs for the nomination and still leads the popular vote, the Vermont Senator's team will spend the months ahead of the Democratic National Convention working to flip her superdelegates to Sanders' team.

MSNBC's Steve Kornacki asked Weaver about that scenario on Tuesday after the New York Democratic primary was called for Clinton.

"At this point yes, absolutely," Weaver said in response.

"They are going to want to win in November," Weaver said. "And if the polling continues to show that Bernie Sanders is a much stronger candidate in the general election" those superdelegates will flock to him.

Still, it's an uphill climb. Before the New York primary Clinton lead Sanders with 1,862 pledged delegates to Sanders' 1,161. Among superdelegates, Clinton leads Sanders 469 to 31 according to the Associated Press delegate tracker.

