An abrupt reversal of fortune has prompted introspection among many left-wing activists, who only three months ago were confident that the future of the Democratic Party was theirs
On the eve of the Nevada caucuses in February, Bernie Sanders and his supporters were feeling invincible.on Twitter on Feb. 21, the day before he went on to a landslide win in the Nevada caucuses. “They can't stop us.”Since then, not only did the “establishment” stop Sanders — it stamped out the candidacies of a string of left-wing insurgents, leaving the progressive movement reeling and in a state of despair.
Some asserted that Sanders' and other challengers' losses were just the result of campaign missteps and that their ideas remain popular. They argued that progressives still are on track to take over the party in the coming years and are looking to other down-ballot races this year to make a mark. Perhaps more concerning for the left, her base of support more closely resembled Joe Biden’s than Bernie Sanders’ hopes for a working-class coalition. Newman focused on suburban women, while Lipinski’s base was made of more “traditional Democrats...very much more non-college, older, sort of the traditional white ethnic vote of Chicago,” according to Donna Victoria, Newman’s pollster.
“We tried very, very hard in a lot of different ways to make the appeal to older African-American voters,” Shakir said, adding that growing support for Medicare for All among black voters in states they lost offers reason for hope.
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