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Could Bernie Sanders Have Won?

December 16, 2016 · 12:31 pm ET · Leave a Comment

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Kevin Drum put together a nice chart of every Democratic presidential candidate in the postwar era — and included Bernie Sanders. The candidates are ranked from least liberal to most liberal using NOMINATE to gauge how liberal senators were, an academic paper to measure the governors; and some judgment to shift a few candidates around.

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