Bernie Sanders launched his first presidential campaign in near obscurity. He ended his second on Wednesday having inspired a movement that changed American politics.
Sanders never fully embraced the Democratic Party, even as he sought its nomination. But many in the party -- including the voters who cast a ballot for another candidate this year -- have largely embraced his ideas. Ultimately, however, Sanders' message outperformed his campaigns.Now it's up to a new generation of progressive leaders to do what he could not: win.
"The electorate is quite willing to support so-called 'radical' policies when they are properly framed and explained; there is enormous potency in movement candidacies; intersectionality is only going to get more important as the electorate diversifies; we can and should lean into building stronger, broader multiracial and intergenerational coalitions.
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