For all practical purposes, the Democratic nominating contest was over after Joe Biden won Michigan and Washington last week, then stretched his delegate lead by sweeping Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday night
.Yet because of the coronavirus, the presidential campaign is suspended in time. Rallies are off. Campaign workers, like many other people, are sheltering in place. On Tuesday, Maryland became the fifth state to postpone its election, and more states are expected to follow.
He said, “Past that, and I don’t see how you cut through this life-or-death coverage that we’ve got … It just kind of closes it down.”For many Democrats, the prospect of a stalled but protracted nominating contest is unsettling. Moderates are laboring to unify the party’s ranks behind Biden, and the politics of the coronavirus crisis is heightening their anxiety.
But Trump has time on his side, with the coronavirus spreading early in the election cycle. This week, the Republican president adopted a more somber tone, and some Democrats are beginning to worry that he could mold the narrative to his benefit. A massive stimulus, including direct payments to Americans, could help him in November.
And unlike in 2016, when California’s massive haul of delegates came later in the process, Sanders has little to look forward to. Sanders was widely expected to lose in delegate-rich Ohio on Tuesday before the state postponed its primary at the last minute. Georgia, which also just pushed back its primary that had been scheduled for next week, looked similarly grim for the Vermont senator.
Bernie Sanders addresses the nation digitally amid the coronavirus outbreak. | Senate Television via AP He cast the Vermont senator not only as a politician, but as a teacher who, “even in this somewhat dire moment of the campaign” is “still trying to deepen and widen” the political discourse.
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