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Sen. Bernie Sanders is a “long-distance runner with integrity in the struggle for justice for over 50 years,” civil rights activist Cornel West said in Twitter post last night endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate.

We’ve been pretty tough on Bernie Sanders here at FiveThirtyEight. He’s surged in the polling and drawn big, enthusiastic crowds, and yet we’ve written several articles largely dismissing his odds of toppling Hillary Clinton. Many Sanders fans have written us calm, kind notes arguing that Sanders has a chance. Not a “well, anything is possible” chance — a real chance to win the Democratic presidential nomination. So, today’s question: How can Bernie Sanders win?

Can a 73-year-old Vermont socialist win South Carolina?

Bernie Sanders made his most aggressive pitch yet to black voters during a weekend swing through South Carolina, and only part of that blitz was visible to the public.

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida could be the toughest Republican challenger for Hillary Rodham Clinton in three crucial swing states if the two were to face off in the general election, a new poll from Quinnipiac University has found.

Bernie Sanders looks to broaden his appeal in South Carolina

Bernie Sanders is taking his upstart candidacy to South Carolina, an important stop on the road to the Democratic presidential nomination — and the first early primary state with a large number of African American voters, the most loyal bloc in the party’s base.

Could Hillary Clinton Lose the Nomination?

For most of this election cycle, analysts operated under an assumption that the Democratic nomination wasn’t really Hillary Clinton’s to lose, because she couldn’t really lose it.

Is the 2016 Democratic primary a sequel of 2008? The Bernie Sanders supporters filling up my email inbox think so.