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Is Bernie’s Campaign Over? Analysts Break Down His Primary Blowout.

John Bickley
Is Bernie’s Campaign Over? Analysts Break Down His Primary Blowout.
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Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had a difficult night Tuesday, losing four out of the six states holding primary contests and, at this point, only drawing the same number of delegates as Joe Biden from a state where he was expected to beat the frontrunner handily. The very poor showing comes one week after Sanders lost 9 of the 15 contests to Biden and saw his early primary momentum utterly collapse.

So is the “revolution” over? Many political analysts believe so, among them the statisticians over at FiveThirtyEight, including the famous founder of the site, Nate Silver.

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