Biden’s win shows Hillary’s loss had (almost) nothing to do with sexism

In the hours surrounding Joe Biden’s convincing Michigan win Tuesday night, adding to his Mississippi and Missouri shutouts of Sen. Bernie Sanders, analysts and pundits, as we are wont to do, deluged the airwaves and social media with assessments and predictions about the state of the 2020 race.

Sometimes these are based on good data, solid reporting, exit polls or even firsthand knowledge. Other times they’re purely speculative hunches, offered with little evidence other than sneaking suspicion and a string of well-couched probablys.

Which is how to describe almost all...