Sanders had high hopes in New York as he left the big apple to focus his campaign on the Keystone State.

Tuesday night he fired up supporters inside Penn State’s Rec Hall. About 7,000 people packed the gym and more into an overflow area.

His message resonated with many of them, as it has many young voters across the country. In New York that enthusiasm did not carry over to the polls.

Hillary Clinton won her home state convincingly and Sanders has virtually no path to the winning the democratic nomination.

He remains behind in the polls in Pennsylvania but is confident there is time to close that gap.

“Penn State is ready for a political revolution!”

That is the phrase that got the crowd inside Rec Hall jumping. Many of the supporters waited hours in line to hear his message.

“He really speaks from an authentic place.”



Eric Spielvogel, a Penn State student, listed closely to Sanders plan to transform income inequality and to make college tuition free.

“You know he’s lived a lot of this he has the experience he has the real-life experience and he has the track record to back all the things he’s saying up,” said Spielvogel.

“It really, like spoke to me because a lot of people like to pretend like it’s not a problem even though it’s a huge issue.”, said Maddie McKeirnan, Bernie Sanders Supporter.

The rally was also met with a few protests from supporters for Donald Trump.

“We need to bring the government back to the people…true democracy..which is just not what it is right now,” said Eric Zager, Trump Supporter.

Sanders had won 8 of the last 9 states, but the loss in the New York primary could be a serious to his presidential hopes.

He says he is “In it, to win it” and will take his campaign all the way to the Democratic Convention.

In a one-on-one interview, WTAJ’s Mallory Lane asked the Vermont Senator if elected how will he be able to work with a Republican-controlled Congress.

“I have to say and I don’t mean to be overly partisan here. The Republicans have been incredibly obstructionists towards President Obama from the day he became president. And that is just a fact. Literally unprecedented in the degrees they have refused to work with him. What I believe is I have a record of working with Republicans, couple of years ago along with Senator McCain I passed the most comprehensive veterans’ health care legislation in the modern history of this country. I’ve passed other very good legislation with republican support. so I know how to work with Republicans,” said Sanders.

Five states will hold their primary on April 26, including Pennsylvania.