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Bernie Sanders

US Senator from Vermont, 2007 to present

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A self-described democratic socialist who twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination on Medicare for All, free public college and higher taxes on the rich.

Bernie Sanders sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly progressive on culture and strongly nature-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Bernie Sanders sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Bernie Sanders

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People furthest from Bernie Sanders

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17153%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)5%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present5%Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 19905%

Political views closest to Bernie Sanders

Social ecologyTies the ecological crisis to social hierarchy and proposes directly democratic,…98%Critical theoryExamines how power, class, race and gender shape institutions and ideas, and aims to…98%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.98%Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…98%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Anderseidesvik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.