I really like FiveThirtyEight's data driven news approach. I also like Senator Sanders, so here is a great combination of the two. This article is a look at the possibility that the Sanders Surge is more than just a passing fad in this election cycle.
So the article isn't exactly a beaming light of optimism for the pro-Sanders crowd, but the break from political fluff pieces and trumped up drama that you can get from other political news sources is refreshing. As the author states Senator Sanders still has a long way to go, especially when it comes to minority support, but even there we are seeing some progress.
Nate Silver, the founder of 538, first came into the wider public's eye in 2008 presidential election when he predicted the presidential election winner of 49 of the 50 states and all 35 U.S. Senate races that year. That is when I became a regular follower. I was aware of him before that though as he was pretty well known in baseball circles for the development of PECOTA (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm) which is a sabermetric system for forecasting Major League Baseball player performance.