Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Why Did Bernie Sanders Lose?

The senator did a lot of things well. Winning votes just wasn’t one of them.

April 7, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Perhaps because the Wisconsin primary is supposed to happen this week (see below for the latest), there’s been another round of stories about the fate of Senator Bernie Sanders’s campaign, and another round of recriminations about how he lost.