Background
- Born in Brooklyn
- 77 years old
- Jewish Father came to the US from Poland and mother was a US Jew
- Graduated from University of Chicago in 1964 with a Bachelors in Political Science
Resume
- 37th Mayor of Burlington, 1981-1989
- Congressmen ,U.S. House of Representatives for the State of Vermont, 1991-2007
- U.S. Senator 2007- present
- Chair of the Veteran Affairs committee
Pros
- Wants Universal Healthcare
- Supports the Green New Deal
- Tuition Free College
- Wants publicly funded elections
- Doesn’t take Pac money
- Wants to end profit for Charter Schools
- In favor of giving ex-cons and imprisoned citizens the right to vote
- Wants to raise taxes on the Wealthy
- Raise minimum wage to $15 hr
- In favor of studying reparations
- Believes Black Lives Matter
- Wants to end the war on drugs
- Legalize marijuana
- Wants to end US involvement in foreign wars
- Did not vote for NAFTA or support TTP
- Was the reason that Amazon and Disney started to paying their workers a minimum of $15 hour
- Sanders currently leads Biden among 18-29 year old voters, by an impressive 41% to 11%
- 30-49 year olds break for Sanders 29% to 26%
- Marched with MLK
- Arrested chained to black women (See photo above)
Cons
- Pro Israel
- Doesn’t give consistent support on the idea of reparations for African American
Top Sponsors:
Retired
- $1,053,278
Education
- $380,794
