What Went Down In Michigan, Washington And Other Democratic Primaries

It’s funny, Clare, because so much of the “how much was Clinton hurt by sexism?” research focused on the general election. But there’s been research showing that sexism hurt her in the Democratic primaries too, even though that’s gotten much less attention.

I don’t know if it’s the Election-Day-to-early-vote mix or the mix of which counties are reporting, but Biden’s margin is gradually creeping up in Michigan. It’s now 13 points. And Sanders is winning in only three counties.

Here is a sentiment from Klobuchar’s communications director that I think we’ll be seeing quite a bit over the next couple of days as people conduct post-mortem comparisons of 2016 and 2020. Of course, the party was already leaning left, but Sanders as THE (male) figure of import on the leftest part of the spectrum in the Democratic ecosystem was always a bit tangled up with gender. Especially in the wake of Warren — a (female) figure of import on the leftest part of the spectrum — dropping out, a lot of people are going to be asking the question of why Sanders, not Warren, was seen as the big change figure.