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In reply to the discussion: Math says to me that Sanders has a shot at winning the nomination [View all]apnu
(8,790 posts)Bernie's insurgent campaign brought a lot of new people to the party, they flooded the caucus states, but couldn't work the room in primary states which is why Bernie under-performed in those states. Are they still in the party? I highly doubt it.
Like Bernie, they fled the party the second they realized they are one voice among many here and aren't in charge.
Plus Bernie only had to contend with Martin O'Malley on his left flank in 2015-2016, who never had any kind of support. Now its 2019 and the Democratic field is packed with competition, more women than we've ever seen before, and at least two of them are progressive super stars.
I don't see Bernie over-coming bad blood with actual Democrats (moderate, centrist, liberal, or progressive), and the very competitive crowd that's already thrown their hat in the ring.