NY Times Op-Ed: The Simple Reason the Left Won't Stop Losing

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4. Sanders had four years to build a coalition or adjust tactics.

Instead, his campaign strategy was to get 30% of the vote, get a plurality, and then demand the nomination.

When your entire strategy is based on luck, timing, and then demanding something from the very people you've been targeting for decades, it shouldn't be a surprise when it fails in the end.

Some would argue that he almost got away with it, but I would argue that the race was always closer than it appeared, especially going into SC. Biden was always going to do well in SC, and the wild swing in the projections based on a couple of states never made sense.

Yes, the coalescing of candidates and the party behind Biden undoubtedly helped, but if Sanders had built a coalition of his own over the years instead of alienating those would who have formed said coalition, it might have been an entirely different race.