Looking for Early Victories, Sanders Lost Chance to Expand Base
A decision after his Nevada loss set up a dynamic that would haunt the campaign for the rest of the race.
Sanders and His Supporters Reflect as the Primary Ends
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Bernie Sanders’ senior advisers were still in Las Vegas the day after the Nevada caucuses when they convened a conference call to plot their path ahead.
Over the previous 10 months, they had focused establishing Sanders as a credible challenger to Hillary Clinton, the overwhelming early favorite in the race. Sanders was drawing thousands of enthusiastic supporters to rallies. As his populist message resonated among restive voters eager for change, he turned a 50-point gap in the polls in Iowa into a narrow loss in the caucuses. Eight days later, he followed up with a come-from-behind landslide win in the New Hampshire primary.