VT Insights: What the midterms say about Bernie Sanders in 2020

[TexasTowelie]

Democratic candidates who embraced progressive causes had mixed success in the midterm elections, giving no clear sign about a winning path for Bernie Sanders should he seek the party's nomination in 2020.

As Clare Malone of FiveThirtyEight put it, "the election was an accurate reflection of where the country stands: existentially muddled, politically divided and historically engaged with its politics."

A sweeping success among candidates backed by the Vermont senator -- or his surrogate organization Our Revolution -- would have been a signal to the Democratic establishment that the country was ready to embrace Sanders' brand of democratic socialism.

That didn't happen.

Read moe: https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/12/vt-insights-what-midterms-say-bernie-sanders-2020-chances/1928385002/

[empedocles]

1. The obvious, clearly stated again

[murielm99]

2. K&R

[Andy823]

3. K&R

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[MineralMan]

4. In very progressive districts, progressive candidates win.

In other districts, other candidates win. Same as it ever was.

There is no single approach that works everywhere. There never will be.