History UsefulNotes / BernieSanders

%%As with all living persons, please do not include tropes related to Bernie Sanders's personal life here. This space is for fictional portrayals only.%%

->"I did not get into politics to figure out how to become president. I got into politics because I give a [[PrecisionF -Strike damn]]."

-> ''"I do know [what Medicare for All entails] - I wrote the [[PrecisionFStrike damn]] bill!"''
-->--Bernie Sanders to Ohio representative Tim Ryan during the 2020 Democratic Debates

* BadassGrandpa: Whatever your opinion on him, there's no doubt that Bernie is one of the most active campaigners out there.

* CoolOldGuy: Among his supporters, he's seen as this. There's a reason he's popular among young people despite being one of the oldest people running in 2020.

Sanders's 2016 political campaign gained massive traction among young people, and many of his notable positions such as a 15-dollar minimum wage have become part of the Democratic Party's mainstream platform. In 2019, Sanders announced his intention to run for president again during the 2020 Democratic Primary cycle. His campaign draws heavily off of his strong base from the 2016 primary cycle, and he as of August 2019 one of the leading candidates in the race.

Sanders's 2016 political campaign gained massive traction among young people, and many of his notable positions such as a 15-dollar minimum wage have become part of the Democratic Party's mainstream platform. In 2019, Sanders announced his intention to run for president again during the 2020 Democratic Primary cycle. His campaign draws heavily off of his strong base from the 2016 primary cycle, and he as of August 2019 he is one of the leading candidates in the race.

Sanders's 2016 political campaign gained massive traction among young people, and many of his notable positions such as a 15-dollar minimum wage have become part of the Democratic Party's mainstream platform. In 2019, Sanders announced his intention to run for president again during the 2020 Democratic Primary cycle. His campaign draws heavily off of his strong base from the 2016 primary cycle, and he as of August 2019 he is one of the leading candidates in the race

Sanders's 2016 political campaign gained massive traction among young people, and many of his notable positions such as a 15-dollar minimum wage have become part of the Democratic Party's mainstream platform. In 2019, Sanders announced his intention to run for president again during the 2020 Democratic Primary cycle. His campaign draws heavily off of his strong base from the 2016 primary cycle. Despite significantly more competition this time around, Sanders still averages out to second place in most polls, being beaten out only by former Vice President UsefulNotes/JoeBiden.[[note]]Although as of August 2019 he is more-or-less neck-and-neck with his ideological sibling Elizabeth Warren. There are rumors, however, that the two may be planning to run together in a bid to dethrone Biden.[[/note]]

* CoolOldGuy: Among his supporters, he's seen as this. There's a reason he's popular among young people despite being one of the oldest people in the race.

* InformedJudaism: He's Jewish, but he very rarely speaks about religion, preferring to focus on policy.

Bernie Sanders gained national attention during the 2016 Presidential Election cycle, in which he almost secured the Democratic Party nomination away from the obvious candidate, UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton.[[note]]Despite technically being an Independent, Sanders caucuses with the Democrats in congress. Nevertheless, running for the party's nomination without officially being a member of it was the subject of some controversy.[[/note]] Although he didn't win, his massive grassroots campaign came very close, and his candidacy inspired other significant political figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for office. Sanders is known for his progressive, left-wing political positions. A self-described Democratic Socialist, he supports a single-payer healthcare system in the form of Medicare for All and a massive overhaul of the United States's energy economy through a Green New Deal. He is also notably critical of the United States's habit of engaging in foreign regime change, particularly during the WarOnTerror, supports a two-state solution to the UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict, and has passionately fought for the rights of the UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity long before the topic became a mainstream issue.

Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941), better known by his nickname Bernie, is a United States Senator from Vermont. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, he grew up in a Jewish family with his parents and his brother Larry. Gaining an interest in politics at an early age, he participated in the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement with none other than UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr himself. Bernie's father immigrated to the United States from what is now Poland right before the rise of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, and much of his extended family was murdered during the UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. Sanders credits much of his early interest in politics to this, in his own words, "A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932. He won an election, and 50 million people died as a result of that election in World War II, including 6 million Jews. So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important." Sanders moved to Vermont in 1968, and his first position as an official elected member of government was as Mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. From there, he served as the representative of Vermont's at-large House district in the U.S. Congress starting from 1990 until he was finally elected to his current position in 2007.

* BadassGrandpa: Whatever your opinion on him, there's no doubt that Bernie is one of the most active campaigners out there. There's a reason he's popular among young people despite being one of the oldest people in the race.

Sanders's 2016 political campaign gained massive traction among young people, and many of his notable positions such as a 15-dollar minimum wage have become part of the Democratic Party's mainstream platform. In 2019, Sanders announced his intention to run for president again during the 2020 Democratic Primary cycle. His campaign draws heavily off of his strong base from the 2016 primary cycle. Despite significantly more competition this time around, Sanders still averages out to second place in most polls, being beaten out only by former Vice President UsefulNotes/JoeBiden.

* GrumpyOldMan: Often appears in political cartoons and the like portrayed this way.

'''Bernard Sanders''' (born September 8, 1941), better known by his nickname Bernie, is a United States Senator from Vermont. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, he grew up in a Jewish family with his parents and his brother Larry. Gaining an interest in politics at an early age, he participated in the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement with none other than UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr himself. Bernie's father immigrated to the United States from what is now Poland right before the rise of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, and much of his extended family was murdered during the UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. Sanders credits much of his early interest in politics to this, in his own words, "A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932. He won an election, and 50 million people died as a result of that election in World War II, including 6 million Jews. So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important." Sanders moved to Vermont in 1968, and his first position as an official elected member of government was as Mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. From there, he served as the representative of Vermont's at-large House district in the U.S. Congress starting from 1990 until he was finally elected to his current position in 2007.

* BourgeoisBohemian: He himself is fairly wealthy, and as a result he's often accused of being this by his political opponents. However, considering that his tirade is primarily against big ''corporations,'' whereas he himself became wealthy through his senatorial salary and the sales of his book, it falls a little flat.

'''Bernard Sanders''' (born September 8, 1941), better known by his nickname Bernie, is a United States Senator from Vermont. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, he grew up in a Jewish family with his parents and his brother Larry. Gaining an interest in politics at an early age, he participated in the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement with none other than UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr himself. Bernie's father immigrated to the United States from what is now Poland right before the rise of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, and much of his extended family was murdered during the UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. Sanders credits much of his early interest in politics to this, in his own words, "A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932. He won an election, and 50 million people died as a result of that election in World War II, including 6 million Jews. So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important." Sanders moved to Vermont in 1968, and his first position as an official elected member of government was as Mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. From there, he served as the representative of Vermont's at-large House district in the U.S. Congress starting from 1990 until he was finally elected to his current position in 2007.

GrumpyOldMan: Often appears in political cartoons and the like this way.

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%%As with all living persons, please do not include tropes related to Bernie Sanders's personal life here. This space is for fictional portrayals only.%%

-> ''"I do know - I wrote the [[PrecisionFStrike damn]] bill!"''

Bernie Sanders gained national attention during the 2016 Presidential Election cycle, in which he almost secured the Democratic Party nomination away from the obvious candidate, UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton.[[note]]Despite technically being an Independent, Sanders caucuses with the Democrats in congress. Nevertheless, running for the party's nomination without officially being a member of it was the subject of some controversy.[[/note]] Although he didn't win, his massive grassroots campaign came very close, and his candidacy inspired other significant political figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for office. Sanders is known for his progressive, left-wing political positions. A self-described Democratic Socialist, he supports a single-payer healthcare system in the form of Medicare for All and a massive overhaul of the United States's energy economy through a Green New Deal. He is also notably critical of the United States's habit of engaging in foreign regime change, particularly during the UsefulNotes/WarOnTerror, supports a two-state solution to the UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict, and has passionately fought for the rights of the UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity long before the topic became a mainstream issue.

-> "I do know - I wrote the [[PrecisionFStrike damn]] bill!"

Bernie Sanders gained national attention during the 2016 Presidential Election cycle, in which he almost secured the Democratic Party nomination away from the obvious candidate, UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton.[[note]]Despite technically being an Independent, Sanders caucuses with the Democrats in congress. Nevertheless, running for the party's nomination without officially being a member of it was the subject of some controversy.[[/note]] Although he didn't win, his massive grassroots campaign came very close, and his candidacy inspired other significant political figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for office. Sanders is known for his progressive, left-wing political positions. A self-described Democratic Socialist, he supports a single-payer healthcare system in the form of Medicare for All and a massive overhaul of the United States's energy economy through a Green New Deal. He is also notably critical of the United States's habit of engaging in foreign regime change, particularly during the UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, supports a two-state solution to the UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict, and has passionately fought for the rights of the UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity long before the topic became a mainstream issue.