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

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