He also raised more money in the last quarter than any other Democratic candidate and has the highest favorability ratings. Sanders, according to this line of thinking, is the only Democratic candidate whose consistent anti-trade, tax-the-rich populism can appeal to such voters. As the Sanders campaign script tells its volunteers, “Status quo candidates lose. The 2016 Clinton campaign’s opposition research file charged that Sanders, largely because of his go-it-alone approach, had a thin record of legislative accomplishment. It explains otherwise puzzling stories such as Trump coming to Sanders’ defense against Warren’s no-female-president claim, saying sexism is “not his deal”.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2020 10:16 UTC