Bernie Sanders Stumbled With Black Voters in 2016. Can He Do Better in 2020?

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40. The platform was already the most progressive ever, before Sanders' input.

"For Bernie, policy was about inspiring a mass movement and forcing a conversation about the Democratic Party's values and priorities. By that standard, I would say he succeeded. But it worried me. I've always believed that it's dangerous to make big promises if you have no idea how you're going to keep them. When you don't deliver, it will make people even more cynical about government. No matter how bold and progressive my policy proposals were -- and they were significantly bolder and more progressive than anything President Obama or I had proposed in 2008 -- Bernie would come out with something even bigger ... . ... Because we agreed on so much, Bernie couldn't make an argument against me in this area on policy, so he had to resort to innuendo ... ... After I won the nomination, he and I collaborated on a plan to make college more affordable that combined the best elements of what we'd both proposed during the primaries. That kind of compromise is essential in politics if you want to get anything done. Then we worked together to write the most progressive Democratic platform in history." From "What Happened."

States had passed $15 minimum wage, legalized marijuana, etc. laws before 2016. The ACA helped people to not be afraid of changes in health care. American culture is becoming more progressive all the time, except for Republicans.