Political positions of Bernie Sanders

Sandersism
Sandersism
	From left to right, top to bottom: Sanders at a Fighting Oligarchy rally in 2025; Sanders with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018; Sanders with President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; "Draft Bernie" sign at the 2017 Women's March in Washington, D.C.;
Leader	Bernie Sanders
Founded	April 30, 2015
Ideology	American progressivism; Democratic socialism; Left-wing populism; Social democracy; Social liberalism; Economic progressivism; Workplace democracy; Labourism; Anti-corruption; Factions:; Anti-neoliberalism; Protectionism; Environmentalism;
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	None
	Politics of the United States; Political parties; Elections; ^ A: Sanders is a registered independent. However, he has caucused with Senate Democrats and has run for the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 2016 and 2020.;

Bernie Sanders is an American politician who has served as a senator from Vermont since 2007. Having held various public offices since 1981, he is an independent and a self-described democratic socialist.

Since the election, Sanders has criticized the Donald Trump presidencies. In February 2019, Sanders announced his candidacy in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, later withdrawing in April 2020. The political practice based on the positions and rhetoric of Sanders has been colloquially referred to as Sandersism.