People / U.S. Senate

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders is a Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont in the 119th Congress. More liberal than 98% of the Senate. Every figure below links into the record it comes from.

The seat

Independent · Vermont

Office

U.S. Senate

Party

Independent

State

U.S. Senate · Vermont

Full name

Bernard Sanders

ideology

DW-NOMINATE position

First-dimension score for the 119th Congress — the economic liberal–conservative axis political scientists use to place every member.

Sanders ranks more liberal than 98% of the Senate. Second dimension (historically social/regional): -0.43.

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