Is Bernie Sanders Electable?

Or would his nomination be a re-election ticket for Trump? [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP4QyAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVzc2FnaW5nLWN1c3RvbS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS90ZW1wbGF0ZS9vYWt2Mj91cmk9bnl0Oi8vbmV3c2xldHRlci81NGFjOTIxZC1iNmM5LTQzMTYtOTg0ZS0zZjcyZTczYWJlNjImcHJvZHVjdENvZGU9TksmdGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjEzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1OTQ2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjEyNDAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)|[nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0S6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDIxMyZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNTk0NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIxMjQwJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMjEzVwNueXRCCgAfDkVFXpCcs4hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-ad-marquee) ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTkwJmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ [NYTimes.com/Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0TQaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS9jb2x1bW4vbmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZj90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDAyMTMmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTU5NDYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMTI0MCZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) February 13, 2020 Bernie Sanders at an election night rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday.Damon Winter/The New York Times [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjEzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1OTQ2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjEyNDAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMTNXA255dEIKAB8ORUVekJyziFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjEzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1OTQ2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjEyNDAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMTNXA255dEIKAB8ORUVekJyziFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Opinion Columnist After New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. That’s confirmed by the betting markets like PredictIt, which show him as the most likely candidate to win the nomination — but also show that President Trump most likely will be re-elected. That should be a scary thought, and it prompts [today’s column about electability](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8xMi9vcGluaW9uL2Jlcm5pZS1zYW5kZXJzLTIwMjAuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDAyMTMmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTU5NDYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMTI0MCZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). I have plenty of skepticism about how much we can foresee electability, for four years ago the one thing “experts” mostly agreed on was that Donald Trump was unelectable. And I still remember many Democrats rejoicing in 1980 as Republicans nominated the presumably unelectable Ronald Reagan. So we should approach any discussion of electability with considerable humility. Yet electability, while elusive, matters. If Democrats had nominated Joe Biden in 2016, we perhaps would not have had a Trump presidency. If the British Labor Party had not been led by a socialist like Jeremy Corbyn, it would have done better against Boris Johnson. And Sanders raises some red flags in terms of electability. Most notably, small numbers of voters say in polls that they might not vote for a woman, a black candidate, a Catholic, and so on. Somewhat larger numbers admit that they would not vote for a gay candidate, an older person or a younger person. But there’s only one kind of candidate that only a minority of Americans say they are willing to vote for: a socialist. It may well be that in the voting booth people would feel differently, but it worries me. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg3JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ I’m thinking not just of the presidency, but also of the Senate. One of the key questions this year is which nominee could help Democrats win Senate races in states like Kansas and Alabama. I’m skeptical that Sanders is the answer to that question. I’m not sure who is the answer. Biden’s candidacy is in trouble, for his strength has been electability and that’s difficult to sustain when you keep losing. Michael Bloomberg would be reassuring to some, but he is an establishment candidate at an anti-establishment moment, and he is completely unproven in the swing states. Pete Buttigieg is a possibility with a formidable intellect and tremendous political talent, but he’s also something of a gamble. In the end, I wonder if Amy Klobuchar is among the most electable, with the greatest coattails to support down-ticket candidates in swing states. You may well disagree, so you can comment beside [the column.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8xMi9vcGluaW9uL2Jlcm5pZS1zYW5kZXJzLTIwMjAuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDAyMTMmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTU5NDYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMTI0MCZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) How Do We Pay for News? One of the problems of civil society that we haven’t figured out yet is how to pay for local news coverage. A business model is emerging for national newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post (it involves new products like email newsletters, so please suggest to friends that they [subscribe to this one!](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL25ld3NsZXR0ZXJzL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_YWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrJm1vZHVsZT1SZWxhdGVkTGlua3MmcGd0eXBlPUFydGljbGUmdGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjEzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1OTQ2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjEyNDAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDAyMTNXA255dEIKAB8ORUVekJyziFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)), but local coverage is struggling. In one-party cities or states, there is neither a robust opposition party nor, often, a strong news organization that can hold the powerful accountable. Nicholas Lemann [offers a provocative suggestion](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnlib29rcy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAyMC8wMi8yNy9jYW4tam91cm5hbGlzbS1iZS1zYXZlZC8_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjEzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1OTQ2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjEyNDAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMTNXA255dEIKAB8ORUVekJyziFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) in The New York Review of Books: He suggests government subsidies through grants, channeled through a professional organization (perhaps parallel to the way research grants are handed out through the National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health). There are reasons to recoil at this idea, and I would certainly prefer a philanthropic model if I thought it were viable. But Lemann is persuasive, and if I had to choose between a local news desert and a subsidy, I’d favor the subsidy. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODEwJmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIxM1cDbnl0QgoAHw5FRV6QnLOIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Book Talks I’m still running around with Sheryl promoting our new book, [“Tightrope,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP4QEAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBlbmd1aW5yYW5kb21ob3VzZS5jb20vYm9va3MvNTg4OTk5L3RpZ2h0cm9wZS1ieS1uaWNob2xhcy1kLWtyaXN0b2YtYW5kLXNoZXJ5bC13dWR1bm4vP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDIxMyZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNTk0NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIxMjQwJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMjEzVwNueXRCCgAfDkVFXpCcs4hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) about the disintegration of the “other America” out there. We were back over the weekend in my hometown on the family farm in Oregon, and we had an event in nearby McMinnville, Ore., that many of the people in the book were able to attend. It was wonderful to have them be part of it. People often see these issues of addiction as hopeless, but they’re not. We write in the book about one of our friends, Drew Goff, who used drugs since he was 12 and had a long criminal history. With the help of a local organization, [Provoking Hope](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0S8aHR0cHM6Ly9wcm92b2tpbmdob3BlLmNvbS8_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjEzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1OTQ2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjEyNDAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMTNXA255dEIKAB8ORUVekJyziFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), he has now been drug-free for two years, and he is now pretty much the world’s best dad. He’s also a manager at a moving company, and we were awed on Sunday to see people approach him and ask for a job. It makes so much more sense to invest in supporting people like Drew rather than incarcerating them. If you’re in New York, Sheryl and I [will be speaking](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP4QKAWh0dHBzOi8vb3Bjb2ZhbWVyaWNhLm9yZy9FdmVudHBvc3RzL2FuLWFiYW5kb25lZC1hbWVyaWNhbi1jbGFzcy1rcmlzdG9mLWFuZC13dWR1bm4tdG8tZGlzY3Vzcy10aWdodHJvcGUvP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDIxMyZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNTk0NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIxMjQwJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMjEzVwNueXRCCgAfDkVFXpCcs4hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) at the Overseas Press Club on Feb. 20. We’ll also be speaking in L.A., Skokie, Il., Westport, Conn., Washington D.C., Montclair, N.J. and many other cities; our book tour schedule is [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgJ8oOP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9hdXRob3JzLzE2MjkzL25pY2hvbGFzLWQta3Jpc3RvZiNldmVudHM_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjEzJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1OTQ2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjEyNDAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMTNXA255dEIKAB8ORUVekJyziFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), with the caveat that the link seems to work better on laptops than on phones. 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