Bernie Sanders losing states he won four years ago as Biden speeds closer to nomination

Sanders losing the states he won four years ago

Bernie Sanders has a big problem that’s making the presidential nomination a fading hope: he’s losing a number of states he won four years ago.

Maine, Minnesota and Oklahoma all went for the Vermont senator in 2016 when he ran against Hillary Clinton. But he lost those three on Super Tuesday last week to Joe Biden.

Then on Tuesday, Sanders suffered perhaps the biggest blow: Michigan is projected to go big for Biden four years after the Wolverine State gave Sanders arguably his most prized victory in 2016.

It hasn’t been all bad for Sanders, who won Nevada and California this cycle after losing them to Clinton in 2016.

Barring a big surprise, or a dramatic development at their first one-on-one debate Sunday, it appears increasingly unlikely that Sanders will have a path to the nomination

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