Chris Cillizza Why Bernie Sanders’s win in Michigan matters so much
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Hillary Clinton took more delegates out of the primaries in Michigan and Mississippi on Tuesday night. But Bernie Sanders, by winning in Michigan, scored a massively important symbolic victory that will likely re-energize his campaign and extend the Democratic presidential race for weeks, if not months.
What tonight means is that the Bernie Sanders campaign ... is strong in every part of the country," Sanders said in brief remarks in Florida on Tuesday night. We believe our strongest areas are yet to happen."
Given Sanderss remarkable comeback in Michigan most polling had him losing by more than 20 points there are a handful of large, industrial states, many clumped in the Midwest, where Sanders now has to be considered viable, assuming he continues to ride the trade message that catapulted him to the top in the Wolverine State.
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And so, Clinton remains favored to be the nominee. But on a night in which the Clinton campaign was hoping to take a big step forward in closing out Sanderss uprising, they took a big step back instead. The race continues and will continue for quite some time. Thats very good news for Sanders and bad news for Clinton. Period.
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