Post-mortem: Did Sanders run a good campaign?

[KingSweden]

Like others have said - he massively overperformed expectations and proved that there is a very strong, very vocal progressive wing in the party that needs to have its concerns aired out more than they have (or at least perceive to have had). From that perspective, he ran a good campaign in terms of achievements and, though the jury is out, impact.

However, his campaign made many strategic blunders, several caused by Sanders' own stubbornness but mostly caused by Weaver and Devine's tendency to go off-message and too many cooks in the kitchen. They thought that online fundraising and rallies could win elections (and in some they could) rather than more traditional campaign mechanics. From that perspective, it was a slapdash campaign in a nuts-and-bolts sense.