But if the argument is about "electability," a case exists that Sanders is not merely electable, but may be the most electable Democrat running right now.
It's possible that, as Fox Business Network host Trish Regan told me in March, he's simply too far left.
Yet when I reached out to assorted political experts to get their thoughts on Sanders' electability, I found more complex responses.
Before contacting these people, I identified five hypothetical arguments suggesting that Sanders is the most electable candidate.
In the 2020 general election campaign, Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders would fling a progressive populist door wide open.
The Lichtman school of thought also suggests that Sanders can win, although not because of any special qualities that Sanders possesses.
If he never becomes president, history will almost certainly remember Bernie Sanders as an influential figure in American political history. »