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Just before February’s Nevada caucuses, Bernie Sanders and his backers felt unbeatable.

“I've got news for the Democratic establishment,” Sanders tweeted on Feb. 21, just in advance of going on a major win in the Nevada caucuses. “They can't stop us.”

However, the “establishment” beat Sanders — and, it also ended the candidacies of many progressive candidates, putting the progressive movement in a terrible position and in sorrow, according to POLITICO.

However, others were less enthusiastic about the left's years to come following their defeats this year and last federal election cycle. Many looked at left-wing candidates' lack of success in making major forays with older black voters, the most committed demographic in the Democratic party to it. And a few stated they are worried the Democratic Party is wandering from the more class-based politics they are pushing, as national Democrats more and more go after more-affluent, more-schooled, suburban voters to compensate for defeats in rural areas.

These disagreements and internal arguments are starting to establish the development of the left after Sanders’ defeat and could be vital to determining if the dispirited, youthful left-wing folks stay committed or retreat.

Source: POLITICO