Sorry, Bernie. You Can't Win the Democratic Nomination Without Loyal Black Voters [View all]

WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders was well on his way to winning the Democratic Party nomination … and then black voters had their turn.

It began with Joe Biden’s decisive victory in the South Carolina primary, where a strong turnout by a predominantly black electorate performed life support on Biden’s flatlining campaign. The pattern continued on March 3rd, Super Tuesday, when Biden swept the southern primary states including Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. He even eked out a victory in Texas thanks in part to widespread support from black voters there.

And then on Tuesday, Super Tuesday 2.0, Biden ran roughshod over Sanders with wins in Michigan, Missouri, and Mississippi. Yet again, he trounced Sanders among older black voters and collected most of the delegates up for grabs, moving that much closer to the nomination.

“African American voters literally put Joe Biden on their back and carried him over the goal line,” says Ace Smith, a Democratic political consultant who worked for Sen. Kamala Harris’s presidential run. “Without their support, he doesn’t win. It’s just that simple.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/bernie-sanders-primary-black-voters-965732/

But that's identity politics.