America’s best-known socialist is now the clear favourite to secure the Democratic nomination
LAST TIME around, Bernie Sanders performed strongly in Iowa and New Hampshire, then lost the Nevada caucuses—and with them his momentum, never to regain it. On February 22nd he entered the caucuses with the same record—and won a thumping victory. With half the votes in, the senator from Vermont was on 46%. His closest challengers, Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, were on 20% and 15% respectively. and take on Donald Trump in November.
The Democratic establishment, whose elected and non-elected members dislike Mr Sanders personally and fear he could not beat Mr Trump, is in a spin. There is talk of which moderate candidates should now drop out, and why they should all devote themselves to attacking Mr Sanders, not each other, as they mostly have done. Yet none looks likely to drop out before South Carolina and only Mr Buttigieg has turned strongly against Mr Sanders.
Moreover, Mr Sanders may win in South Carolina. Currently polling a close second there to Mr Biden, he is on course to win as many votes as he won in 2016, despite the more crowded field. As in Nevada—and unlike in Iowa and New Hampshire—that appears to signify that Mr Sanders is now adding to his leftist base. In particular, he is polling strongly with younger black voters in the state, a significant change from 2016.
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