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Bernie Sanders

US Senator

Senator from Vermont, candidate in the 2016 and 2020 Democratic primaries.

«Public healthcare for all, free college and the fight against concentrated wealth.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Bernie Sanders sits in the left camp. The clearest positions are on economy: strongly towards “equality”; environment: strongly towards “ecology”; society: strongly towards “progress”; foreign policy: fairly towards “pacifism”. On state, sovereignty, technology and method it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is democratic socialism (96%).

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Position on the 13 axes

Economy→ MarketState→ AuthoritySociety→ TraditionSovereignty← IntegrationReligion← SecularismEnvironment→ GrowthTechnology→ AccelerationForeign policy→ InterventionismJustice→ Tough on crimeDemocracy→ TechnocracyMethod→ RuptureDevolution→ FederalismImmigration→ ControlEconomyStateSocietySovereigntyReligionEnvironmentTechnologyForeign pol.JusticeDemocracyMethodDevolutionImmigration

Closest ideologies

Democratic socialismThe Tribune96%Eco-socialismThe Red Sower95%Market socialismThe Cooperator95%

Closest parties in Europe

EnhedslistenDenmark98%Sosialistisk VenstrepartiNorway97%ELASGreece96%Plefsi EleftheriasGreece96%

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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.