Why the Democratic primary contest is all but over

One of the more effective arguments that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made during his bid for the Democratic nomination in 2016 was that he, unlike Hillary Clinton, could win over working-class Midwesterners that the party would need in November. It seems more effective after the fact, certainly, given how the election turned out, but that, coupled with Sanders’s ability to hang in the fight by winning contests (often caucuses), even after Clinton had things wrapped up, gave him a useful way to defend hanging around.

This year, particularly after Tuesday’s results, his case is far shakier.

Consider, for example, the map of contests after the Nevada caucuses.



That blue represents counties won by former vice president Joe Biden — the vast majority of them, particularly east of the western edge of the Gulf Coast. Not only has Biden won state after state since his stunning victory in South Carolina, but he has often won every county in each state. Even big states such as Florida and Michigan went for Biden across the board, removing any ability of Sanders to claim that he could better appeal to rural or suburban voters.

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