Bernie Sanders’s victory in the Michigan presidential primary has stunned America’s political establishment. He not only defied the polls, which had put him behind by as much as 20 points, but he has also “changed the race“ by once again challenging Hillary Clinton’s seemingly clear path to the Democratic nomination.
Only a week before, she won a decisive victory over her insurgent rival on Super Tuesday, expanding her lead among party delegates to a margin never enjoyed even by Barack Obama in 2008. Now, it’s clear she will have to fight Sanders hard for weeks and possibly months to come.
Meanwhile, on the Republican side, outsider candidate Donald Trump continues to rack up crucial victories and delegates even against the party’s increasingly unified efforts to stop him.
Despite their diametrically opposed ideologies, Trump and Sanders share an anti-establishment appeal that continues to resonate with voters across the country. And if Super Tuesday simply affirmed the inevitable, this Tuesday showed that anything was still possible.
