Martin Longman explains the unique vulnerability of Bernie Sanders. Perhaps Sanders can simply ride opposition to Trump into both the White House and Congressional majorities in both houses. More likely he creates chaos up and down the ticket and costs Democrats otherwise defensible seats.
Trump offered the Democrats an opportunity that they fully exploited in 2018: winning the suburbs. The GOP's descent into the party of Donald Trump and Mike Pence could allow for the Democrats to fashion a true governing coalition of African Americans, most Hispanics and Asians, young voters, single women and college educated whites. What's uniquely perverse about Sanders is that he seems intent on alienating various parts of that coalition. Instead he's banking on massive youth turnout, and that has always been a poor bet.
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