Biden May Win, But It’s Sanders’s Democratic Party
The front-runner has made a huge shift to the radical left since he was elected vice president in 2008.
The party’s moving to the guy on the left.
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The left wing of the Democratic Party has been on a losing streak in primary elections. After the South Carolina and Super Tuesday votes, Bernie Sanders lost his front-runner status in the presidential race and Elizabeth Warren exited it. A progressive challenge to Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas, Tex.), one backed by both Sanders and Warren, narrowly failed on Super Tuesday too.
The congressional primary season two years ago was another disappointment for the left. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her squad captured a lot of attention for winning as socialists in heavily Democratic districts. But moderates beat progressives in most of the primary campaigns of 2018.