U.S. President Candidate Profile

Bernard Sanders

IndependentU.S. PresidentNational

Public Research Summary

Bernard Sanders is an Unaffiliated candidate for U.S. President in the 2024 election cycle.

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Bernard Sanders wrote an op-ed titled 'No more US military aid to Israel'.

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According to a Pew poll cited by Sanders, 80% of Democrats have an unfavorable opinion of Israel.

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According to the same Pew poll cited by Sanders, 41% of Republicans have an unfavorable opinion of Israel.

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Background

Bernie Sanders is a U.S. senator from Vermont and former presidential candidate.

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[Wikipedia: In popular culture] In December 1987, during his tenure as mayor of Burlington, Sanders recorded a folk album, We Shall Overcome, with 30 Vermont musicians. As he was not a skilled singer, he performed his vocals in a talking blues style.

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[Wikipedia: DNC email leak] In July 2016, a leak of the Democratic National Committee's emails appeared to show DNC officials favoring Clinton over Sanders. Staff repeatedly discussed making his irreligious tendencies a potential campaign issue in southern states and questioned his party loyalty. DNC chair…

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[Wikipedia: Influence on the Democratic Party] Analysts have suggested that Sanders's campaign shifted both the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party politically leftward. A new political organization, Brand New Congress, was formed in April 2016 by former campaign staffers. It works to elect congressional representative…

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[Wikipedia: Party affiliations] Born into a Democratic-voting family, Sanders was first introduced to political activism when his brother Larry joined the Young Democrats of America and campaigned for Adlai Stevenson II in 1956. Sanders joined Vermont's Liberty Union Party in 1971 and was a candidate for sever…

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[Wikipedia: Honors and awards] On December 4, 2015, Sanders won Time's 2015 Person of the Year readers' poll with 10.2% of the vote but did not receive the editorial board's award. On March 20, 2016, he was given an honorary Lushootseed name, dxʷshudičup, by Deborah Parker in Seattle to honor his focus on Nat…

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