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Sanders sudah tertarik dengan politik sejak usia muda. Katanya, "Ada orang bernama Adolf Hitler yang menang pemilu tahun 1932. 50 juta orang, termasuk enam juta orang Yahudi, menjadi korban jiwa akibat pemilihannya di tengah Perang Dunia II. Sejak kecil saya paham bahwa politik sebenarnya sangat penting."{{efn|Hitler kalah pilpres Jerman pada 13 Maret 1932 dengan perolehan suara 30,1%; Hindenburg menang dengan 49,6% suara.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kessler |first=Glenn |authorlink=Glenn Kessler (journalist) |date=August 28, 2015 |title=Why you shouldn't retweet Sanders's claim that Hitler 'won an election' |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/08/28/why-you-shouldnt-retweet-sanders-claim-that-hitler-won-an-election/ |accessdate=March 26, 2016}}</ref> Partai Nazi yang dipimpin Hitler menang suara pluralitas di [[Reichstag (Republik Weimar)|Reichstag]], majelis rendah Jerman, pada Juli 1932, dan bertahan sebagai partai terbesar sejak saat itu.<ref>{{cite web |last=Matthews |first=Dylan |date=August 28, 2015 |title=Sanders Gets History Right on Hitler's Rise to Power |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] via Sen. Bernie Sanders's Official Website |url=https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/sanders-gets-history-right-on-hitlers-rise-to-power |accessdate=March 26, 2016}}</ref>}}<ref name="Hitler">
*{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/107170-bernie-sanders-quote-about-hitler-winning-an-election-is-powerful-its-also-misleading |title=Bernie Sanders' Quote About Hitler Winning An Election Is Powerful. It's Also Misleading |website=Bustle |date=August 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://timetravel.mementoweb.org/memento/20160121053327/www.bustle.com/articles/107170-bernie-sanders-quote-about-hitler-winning-an-election-is-powerful-its-also-misleading |archive-date=January 21, 2016 |url-status=live |first=Madhuri |last=Sathish}}
 
*{{cite web |last=Feldmann |first=Linda |date=June 11, 2015 |title=Bernie Sanders: 'I'm Proud to be Jewish' |website=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |quote='I'm proud to be Jewish,' the Independent from Vermont – and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination – responded Thursday at a press breakfast hosted by the Monitor. Though, he added, 'I'm not particularly religious.' As a child, Sanders said, being Jewish taught him 'in a very deep way what politics is about. A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932,' the senator said. 'He won an election, and 50 million people died as a result of that election in World War II, including 6&nbsp;million Jews. So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important.' |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/monitor_breakfast/2015/0611/Bernie-Sanders-I-m-proud-to-be-Jewish |accessdate=June 13, 2015}}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/11/02/454051697/sanders-could-be-the-first-jewish-president-but-doesnt-like-to-talk-about-it |first=Tamara |last=Keith |title=Sanders Could Be The First Jewish President, But He Doesn't Like To Talk About It |date=November 2, 2015 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> Pada tahun 1940-an, banyak kerabat Sanders di Polandia yang tewas dalam peristiwa [[Holokaus]].<ref name="Shoah">
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Setelah lulus, Sanders pulang ke New York City dan bekerja serabutan. Ia pernah menjadi guru Head Start, asisten [[psikiatris]], dan tukang kayu.<ref name="The Populist Prophet"/> Pada tahun 1968, ia pindah ke [[Stannard, Vermont]], kota kecil (88 jiwa menurut sensus 1970) di kawasan terpencil bernama "[[Northeast Kingdom]]", karena tertarik dengan kehidupan desa. Di sana, ia bekerja sebagai tukang kayu,<ref name=Politico/> pembuat film, dan penulis<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/04/30/bernie-sanders-from-hippie-migrant-to-would-be-president/ |title=Bernie Sanders: From hippie migrant to would-be president |work=The Washington Post |date=April 30, 2015 |first=Hunter |last=Schwarz }}</ref> yang membuat dan menjual "rol-rol film radikal" dan materi pendidikan ke sejumlah sekolah.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-25-best-things-we-learned-bernie-sanders-book |title=The 25 best things we learned from Bernie Sanders' book |work=MSNBC |date=May 28, 2015 |first=Alex |last=Seitz-Wald }}</ref> Sanders juga menulis beberapa artikel untuk harian alternatif ''The Vermont Freeman''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sanders|first=Bernard|date=March 29, 1969|title=Cuba: the Other Side of the Story|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2725548/Sanders-Freeman-Writings.pdf#page=5|journal=Vermont Freeman|access-date=March 10, 2016|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310215744/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2725548/Sanders-Freeman-Writings.pdf#page=5|archive-date=March 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Ia tinggal di sana beberapa tahun, kemudian pindah ke [[Chittenden County, Vermont|Chittenden County]] yang lebih padat penduduk pada pertengahan 1970-an.
 
Dalam kampanye pencalonan kembali Sanders tahun [[pemilihan umum Senat Amerika Serikat 2018 di Vermont|2018]], ia "pulang" ke Stannard untuk bertemu pemilih dan calon lainnya tanggal 3 November, tiga hari menjelang pemilu.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=BernieSanders |number=1058922975737593856 |accessdate=December 17, 2019 |title=I moved to Stannard when I first came to Vermont. I've visited 13 states in the last 3 weeks but coming home to Stannard was very special to me. pic.twitter.com/muk1Ps4mzh|first=Bernie|last=Sanders|date=November 3, 2018}}</ref> Ia bercerita tentang pengalaman hidupnya di kota itu. Bekas rumahnya berjarang kurang lebih 1 &nbsp;km dari tempat acara Sanders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heartofvt.com/stannard/|title=Stannard, Vermont - Hardwick Vermont Chamber of Commerce, the heart of Vermont, located in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont|work=Heart of Vermont Chamber of Commerce |accessdate=December 20, 2019}}</ref>
 
=== Kampanye Liberty Union ===
Sanders mengawali karier politiknya pada tahun 1971 sebagai anggota [[Liberty Union Party]], partai yang tumbuh dari gerakan [[Penolakan keterlibatan Amerika Serikat dalam Perang Vietnam|antiperang]] dan [[Partai Rakyat (Amerika Serikat, 1971)|Partai Rakyat]]. Ia maju sebagai calon gubernur Vermont dari Partai Liberty Union pada tahun 1972 dan 1976, lalu calon senator AS tahun 1972 dan 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.cq.com/members/509 |title=Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) |work=[[Roll Call]] |accessdate=August 19, 2015 }}</ref> Dalam pemilu senator 1974, ia menduduki posisi ketiga (5.901 suara; 4%), disusul Jaksa Wilayah [[Chittenden County, Vermont|Chittenden County]] berusia 33 tahun, [[Patrick Leahy]] ([[Partai Demokrat (Amerika Serikat)|D]], VI; 70.629 suara; 49%), dan Anggota DPR petahana dua periode, [[Dick Mallary]] ([[Partai Republik (Amerika Serikat)|R]]; 66.223 suara; 46%).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.vt.us/elections/election-results/election-results-search.aspx?primaryFilterId=12449&secondaryFolderName=1974+Election+Results |title=Election Results Search: 1974 Election Results |work=sec.state.vt.us |url-status=dead |quote=Citation for votes (total for Leahy and percentages calculated from spreadsheet |accessdate=May 2, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nelson |first=Garrison |url=https://vtdigger.org/2014/09/14/garrison-nelson-jim-jeffords-reluctant-rebel-appreciation/ |title=Jim Jeffords: Reluctant Rebel. Section: 1974: Changing the Congressional Guard |work=[[VTDigger]] |date=September 14, 2014 |accessdate=May 2, 2015 }}</ref>
 
Kampanye tahun 1976 adalah puncak pengaruh Liberty Union. Sanders mengumpulkan 11.000 suara untuk gubernur dan partai. Pemilihan letnanwakil gubernur dan [[sekretaris negara bagian]] pun terpaksa diputuskan oleh DPRD karena total suaranya tidak memungkinkan calon Republik atau Demokrat meraup suara mayoritas.<ref name = Guma/> Kampanye tersebut menguras anggaran dan tenaga Liberty Union. Pada Oktober 1977, tidak sampai setahun usai berakhirnya kampanye 19766, Sanders dan calon jaksa umum dari Liberty Union, Nancy Kaufman, menyatakan mundur dari partai.<ref name = Guma/>
 
Setelah mundur dari Partai Liberty Union tahun 1977, Sanders bekerja sebagai penulis dan direktur organisasi nirlaba American People's Historical Society (APHS).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/sen_bernie_sanders.html |url-status=dead |title=Arena Profile: Sen. Bernie Sanders |work=Politico |accessdate=August 19, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723105127/http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/sen_bernie_sanders.html |archivedate=July 23, 2016 }}</ref> Di APHS, ia memproduseri dokumenter 30 menit tentang pemimpin buruh Amerika Serikat, [[Eugene V. Debs]], yang lima kali mencalonkan diri sebagai presiden dari Partai Sosialis.<ref name=Politico/><ref>{{cite AV media |people=Bernard Sanders |date=1979 |title=Eugene V. Debs: Trade Unionist, Socialist, Revolutionary, 1855–1926 – Introduction |medium=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka7qoXPliwQ |access-date=July 13, 2015 }}</ref>
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Sanders mengkritik saingannya karena dekat dengan pengembang mal ternama, Antonio Pomerleau. Paquette sendiri memperingatkan Burlington akan kacau-balau apabila Sanders terpilih. Kampanye Sanders didukung oleh sekelompok relawan yang optimistis serta dukungan resmi dari dosen universitas, lembaga kesejahteraan sosial, dan serikat polisi. Hasil pemilu mengejutkan kubu petahana karena Sanders menang dengan selisih 10 suara saja.<ref name = Guma/>
 
Sanders terpilih lagi sebanyak tiga kali mengalahkan calon dari Partai Demokrat maupun Republik. Ia memperoleh 53% suara tahun 1983 dan 55% tahun 1985.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |first=Charles |last=Hillinger |title=Two Politicians Who Broke Mold in Vermont |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-28-vw-21595-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 28, 1985 |accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref> Dalam pencalonan terakhirnya tahun 1987, Sanders mengalahkan Paul Lafayette, calon Demokrat yang didukung oleh kedua partai.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 4, 1987 |title=Re-election easy for Socialist mayor |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review|Spokane Chronicle]] |publisher=[[Cowles Company]]|location=Burlington, Vermont |page=A6 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PAwTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=efoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4864,620344}}</ref> Tahun 1986, ia kalah dalam pemilihan gubernur Vermont melawan petahana [[Madeleine Kunin]] (D). Sebagai calon independen, Sanders menempati posisi ketiga dengan perolehan suara 14%, sedangkan Kunin menang dengan 47% suara, diikuti LetnanWakil Gubernur [[Peter P. Smith]] (R) dengan 38% suara.
 
Setelah menjabat empat periode atau delapan tahun, Sanders memutuskan tidak mencalonkan diri lagi pada 1989. Ia kemudian mengajar ilmu politik di [[Sekolah Pemerintahan Kennedy]] [[Universitas Harvard]] tahun itu juga, lalu pindah ke [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]] tahun 1991.<ref>{{cite news |title=WSJ Sanders Profile |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/candidates/view/bernie-sanders--VT-S |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307214225/http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/candidates/view/bernie-sanders--VT-S |archivedate=March 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=January 18, 2013}}</ref>
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=== Pemilihan umum ===
Pada tahun 1988, anggota DPR petahana [[Jim Jeffords]] (R) memutuskan maju sebagai calon senator. Kursi [[daerah pemilihan tunggal Vermont]] otomatis diperebutkan. Mantan [[LetnanWakil Gubernur Vermont|LetnanWakil Gubernur]], [[Peter P. Smith]] (R), terpilih sebagai anggota DPR dengan suara pluralitas 41%. Sanders, calon independen, menempati posisi kedua dengan 38% suara. Anggota DPRD Vermont, [[Paul N. Poirier]] (D), menyusul di posisi ketiga dengan 19% suara.<ref>{{cite web |title=VT At-Large Race, November 8, 1988 |publisher=ourcampaigns.com |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37984 |accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref> Dua tahun kemudian, ia maju lagi dan mengalahkan Smith dengan selisih 56% banding 39%.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308177/Rep10.pdf| title=Vermont State archives – General Election Results| accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref>
 
Sanders merupakan politikus independen pertama yang menjadi anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat AS sejak [[Frazier Reams]] terpilih mewakili Ohio 40 tahun sebelumnya.<ref name=Pertman>{{cite news |last=Pertman |first=Adam |date=November 11, 1990 |title='The Times Caught Up' To Vermont Socialist |work=[[Boston Globe]] |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61683884.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11%2C+1990&author=Adam+Pertman%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=%27THE+TIMES+CAUGHT+UP%27+TO+VERMONT+SOCIALIST&pqatl=google}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' dan media massa lainnya menyebut Sanders adalah sosialis pertama yang terpilih sebagai anggota DPR dalam puluhan tahun terakhir.<ref name=Pertman/><ref name=Daly>{{cite news |last=Daly |first=Christopher B. |date=November 11, 1990 |title=For Vermont's Sanders, Victory Followed Long Path; First Socialist Elected to House in Decades Gets Attention With Frank Talk of Class Conflict |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/11/for-vermonts-sanders-victory-followed-long-path/36a3036c-d738-4039-a728-891ae9aba9f5/ |accessdate=March 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Pertman/>
 
Sanders menjabat sebagai anggota DPR selama 16 tahun, sejak 1991 hingga terpilih sebagai senator tahun 2007. Ia memenangi setiap pemilihan dengan selisih suara besar, kecuali ketika [[Revolusi Republik]] 1994 (ia menang dengan selisih 3% dan perolehan suara 50%).<ref name="Carle1995">{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/94Stat.htm#45 |title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994 |date=May 12, 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114171645/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/94Stat.htm |archive-date=November 14, 2015 |url-status=live |editor-last=Carle |editor-first=Robin H.}}</ref>
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Pada tahun 1993, Sanders menolak [[RUU Brady]] yang mewajibkan pemeriksaan kepribadian nasional saat membeli senjata dan menerapkan masa tunggu setelah membeli senjata di Amerika Serikat; RUU ini disahkan dengan perolehan suara 238–187.<ref name="Tampa Bay Times">{{cite web |last=Qiu |first=Linda |date=July 10, 2015 |title=Did Bernie Sanders vote against background checks and waiting periods for gun purchases? |website=[[Politifact]] |url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/10/generation-forward-pac/did-bernie-sanders-vote-against-background-checks-/ |accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 614 |website=US House of Representatives |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1993/roll614.xml |accessdate=November 17, 2014}}</ref> Ia menolak RUU ini empat kali lagi sepanjang 1990-an dan menjelaskan kepada warga Vermont (gemar berburu, minim kasus pembunuhan) bahwa kewajiban masa tunggu itu urusan pemerintah daerah, bukan pemerintah federal.
 
Sanders juga menyetujui sejumlah aturan pengendalian senjata api.<ref name="Tampa Bay Times"/><ref>{{Cite book|title=What Happened |title-link=What Happened (Clinton book) |last=Clinton |first=Hillary |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-5011-7556-5 |location=|page=186}}</ref><ref name="Tampa Bay Times"/> Misalnya, pada tahun 1994, ia mendukung [[Undang-Undang Pengendalian Tindak Pidana Kekerasan dan Penegakan Hukum]] (Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act) "karena satu paket dengan Undang-Undang Kekerasan Terhadap Perempuan (Violence Against Women Act) dan larangan senjata serbu jenis tertentu". Namun demikian, ia tetap mengkritik keras beberapa bagian RUU tersebut.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Capehart |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/02/25/hillary-clinton-responds-to-activist-who-demanded-apology-for-superpredator-remarks/ |title=Hillary Clinton on 'superpredator' remarks: 'I shouldn't have used those words' |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 25, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Where do Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders stand on the death penalty? |date=September 2, 2015 |first=Will |last=Cabaniss |work=[[Politifact]] |url=https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/sep/02/viral-image/where-do-hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-stand-/ |accessdate=February 26, 2016}}</ref> Meski Sanders mengakui "ada anggota masyarakat yang sangat ganas, sangat sakit, dan [[gangguan kepribadian antisosial|sosiopatik]], dan mereka harus dikurung supaya tidak melukai masyarakat", ia tetap percaya kebijakan pemerintah telah mendorong "puluhan juta anak muda ke masa depan yang penuh kegetiran, kegelisahan, keputusasaan, obat-obatan, kejahatan, dan kekerasan". Ia juga berpendapat kebijakan-kebijakan represif yang tertuang dalam RUU ini tidak menyelesaikan masalah kekerasan, "kita buat lapangan kerja yang bermanfaat, tata ulang masyarakat kita, atau kita bangun penjara yang lebih banyak lagi".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1994-04-13/html/CREC-1994-04-13-pt1-PgH49.htm |work=Congressional Record, Volume 140, Number 39 |date=April 13, 1994 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Publishing Office]] |accessdate=December 18, 2019 |title=Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 39 (Wednesday, April 13, 1994) }}</ref>
 
Tahun 1998, Sanders menyetujui RUU yang menambah masa kurungan minimum (10 tahun) untuk kasus kepemilikan senjata api saat melakukan tindak pidana federal, termasuk tindak pidana non-kekerasan seperti kepemilikan [[marijuana]].<ref name="Tampa Bay Times"/><ref name="Kristian 2016">{{cite news |last1=Kristian |first1=Bonnie |title=Bernie Sanders is not nearly as progressive as you think he is |url=https://theweek.com/articles/603044/bernie-sanders-not-nearly-progressive-think |accessdate=February 11, 2019 |work=The Week |date=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Tampa Bay Times"/><ref>{{cite web |title=HR 424 - Minimum Sentences for Gun Crimes - National Key Vote |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/2915/8175/27110/minimum-sentences-for-gun-crimes |website=votesmart.org |publisher=[[Vote Smart]] |accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref>
 
Tahun 2005, Sanders menyetujui [[Undang-Undang Perlindungan Perdagangan Sah Senjata Api]] (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act).<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 534 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll534.xml |accessdate=July 18, 2007}}</ref> UU ini bertujuan mencegah produsen dan pedagang senjata dari tuntutan kecerobohan ketika sebuah tindak pidana dilakukan menggunakan produk mereka.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bradner |first=Eric |date=July 5, 2015 |title=Bernie Sanders wants to 'bring us to the middle' on guns |website=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/05/politics/bernie-sanders-gun-control/ |accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref> {{as of|2016}}, ia mengaku telah berubah sikap dan akan mendukung UU pembatalannya.<ref name=":11" />
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==== Kebijakan keuangan dan moneter ====
Tahun 2008 dan 2009, Sanders menolak [[Troubled Asset Relief Program|Program Pemulihan Aset Bermasalah]] (TARP, biasa disebut penalangan Wall Street), kebijakan pembelian aset-aset bank yang bermasalah dan pemberian pinjaman kepada bank yang melesu.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Eugene |last=Kiely |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2016/03/clinton-sanders-bailout-brawl/|title=Clinton-Sanders Bailout Brawl - FactCheck.org|date=March 7, 2016|work=FactCheck.org|access-date=June 4, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/07/hillary-clinton/michigan-hillary-clinton-says-bernie-sanders-was-a/ |title=In Michigan, Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders 'was against the auto bailout'|work=[[politifact]] |access-date=June 4, 2018 |first=Lauren |last=Carroll |date=March 7, 2016 }}</ref> Pada tanggal 4 Februari 2009, ia mengajukan amendemen yang menjamin dana TARP tidak akan merugikan kelas pekerja Amerika. Amendemen ini disahkan dan ditambahkan ke [[Undang-Undang Pemulihan dan Reinvestasi Amerika Serikat 2009]] (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act).<ref name=Levitz>{{cite news |last1=Levitz |first1=Eric |title=Hillary Clinton Won’t Commit to Endorsing Sanders If He Wins Nomination |url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-attack-hollywood-reporter-fact-check.html |accessdate=January 22, 2020 |work=New York |publisher=Vox Media |date=January 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Legislative Search Results|url = https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senate-amendment/306|accessdate = January 22, 2020}}</ref> Beberapa reformasi keuangan yang diusulkannya adalah [[Undang-Undang Transparansi Federal Reserve|audit Federal Reserve]] yang akan mengurangi independensi bank sentral dalam perumusan kebijakan moneter; pejabat Federal Reserve mengatakan aturan "''Audit the Fed''" ini akan membuat bank sentral lebih mudah ditekan oleh politikus yang tidak suka kebijakan-kebijakannya.<ref name="Robb">{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/audit-the-fed-bill-fails-despite-support-from-paul-sanders-2016-01-12 |date=January 12, 2016 |title='Audit the Fed' bill fails despite support from Paul, Sanders|last=Robb|first=Greg|work=MarketWatch|access-date=December 16, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="usnews.com">{{cite web |title=Democrats Kill Rand Paul's Audit the Fed Bill, Though Sanders Votes Yes |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-01-12/democrats-kill-rand-pauls-audit-the-fed-bill-though-sanders-votes-yes |last=Nelson |first=Steven |date=January 12, 2016|website=U.S. News & World Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112230625/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-01-12/democrats-kill-rand-pauls-audit-the-fed-bill-though-sanders-votes-yes|archive-date=January 12, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=}}</ref><ref name="Schroeder">{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/265556-sanders-to-back-audit-the-fed-bill |title=Sanders to vote for Paul's 'Audit the Fed' bill|last=Schroeder|first=Peter|date=January 12, 2016|work=TheHill|access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref>
 
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Pada tanggal 12 Juni 2017, Senat AS menyepakati undang-undang yang menjatuhkan [[Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act|sanksi baru]] untuk [[Rusia]] dan [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernie's Vote On Sanctions Was About Protecting The Iran Deal From Trump |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernies-vote-on-sanctions-was-about-protecting-the-iran-deal-from-trump_b_597df7f8e4b0da64e879b55e |first=Ida |last=Adibi |work=HuffPost |date=July 30, 2017}}</ref> RUU ini ditolak oleh Sanders dan [[Rand Paul]] (R).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-bill-on-russia-sanctions-prompts-german-austrian-outcry/a-39270624 |title=US bill on Russia sanctions prompts German, Austrian outcry |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=June 15, 2017 }}</ref> Ia mendukung sanksi untuk Rusia, tetapi menolak RUU secara keseluruhan karena ia yakin sanksi berpotensi menggagalkan [[kesepakatan nuklir Iran]].<ref>{{cite press release |last= Sanders|first= Bernie|date= June 15, 2017|title= Sanders Statement on Iran and Russia Sanctions|url= https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-iran-and-russia-sanctions|location= [[Washington, D.C.]]|publisher= [[United States Senate]]|access-date= August 27, 2019}}</ref>
 
Tahun 2018, Sanders bersama Senator [[Chris Murphy]] (D–CT) dan [[Mike Lee (politikus AS)|Mike Lee]] (R–UT) mensponsori RUU pengaktifan [[Resolusi Kekuasaan Perang|Resolusi Kekuasaan Perang 1973]] yang menyetop dukungan AS untuk [[intervensi pimpinan Arab Saudi di Yaman|intervensi militer Saudi di Yaman]].<ref name=":4">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/676152310/senate-poised-to-vote-to-end-u-s-military-support-for-war-in-yemen|title=Senate votes to end U.S. support for war in Yemen, rebuking Trump and Saudi Arabia|last=Detrow|first=Scott|date=December 13, 2018|work=[[NPR]]|access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref> Intervensi ini menewaskan ratusan ribu warga sipil<ref name=":5">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/after-inadequate-briefing-saudi-arabia-senate-advances-bill-end-u-n941386|title=Senate advances bill to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war after 'inadequate' briefing on Saudi Arabia|last=Caldwell|first=Leigh Ann|date=November 28, 2018|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref> dan "jutaan orang lain kelaparan dan sakit".<ref name=":14">{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/11/28/18116442/yemen-war-powers-senate-vote-sanders|title=The Senate is moving closer to ending US support for the war in Yemen|last=Ward|first=Alex|date=November 28, 2018|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/54|title=Senate Joint Resolution 54 of the 115th Congress: A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress|last=|first=|date=December 19, 2018|website=[[Congress.gov]]|access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref> Usai [[pembunuhan Jamal Khashoggi]] bulan Oktober 2018 (yang diperintahkan langsung oleh [[Putra Mahkota Arab Saudi]] [[Mohammad bin Salman]] menurut intelijen),<ref name=":15">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/yemen-saudi-war-pompeo-mattis.html|title=Senate votes to end aid for Yemen fight over Khashoggi killing and Saudis' war aims|last=Davis|first=Julie Hirschfeld|date=December 13, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 1, 2019|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> RUU ini disponsori dan didukung oleh kedua belah partai. Senat mengesahkan RUU dengan perolehan suara 56–41.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00266 |title= Roll Call Vote 115th Congress - 2nd Session |website=Senate.gov |quote=Vote Number 266 |date=December 13, 2018 |accessdate=December 20, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /> <ref name=":4" /> RUU ini disahkan DPR bulan Februari 2019 dengan perolehan suara 247-175. Presiden Trump menolak menandatanganinya pada bulan Maret karena "resolusi ini tindakan tidak perlu yang bertujuan melemahkan kewenangan konstitusional saya, mengancam keselamatan warga negara dan tentara Amerika kini dan nanti."<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump vetoes resolution to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s civil war |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vetoes-resolution-to-end-us-participation-in-yemens-civil-war/2019/04/16/0fabc312-60a1-11e9-bfad-36a7eb36cb60_story.html |website=The Washington Post |accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref>
 
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=== Popularitas ===
Jajak pendapat [[Public Policy Polling]] bulan Agustus 2011 menunjukkan 67% responden mendukung Sanders dan 28% tidak mendukung; Sanders menjadi senator terpopuler ketiga di Amerika Serikat.<ref name="Easley"/> [[NAACP]] (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) dan [[National Hispanic Leadership Agenda|NHLA]] (National Hispanic Leadership Agenda) setuju dengan semua keputusan dan suara Sanders di Senat.<ref name="Ackerman2015">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/06/sanders-race-primary-president-civil-rights/ |title=Give the People What They Want: Bernie Sanders' signature issues aren't 'white' issues |magazine=[[Jacobin (majalah)|Jacobin]] |date=June 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721162037/http://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/06/sanders-race-primary-president-civil-rights/ |archive-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=live |last=Ackerman |first=Seth |issn=2158-2602}}</ref> Pada tahun 2015, ia masuk lima besar tokoh pilihan ''[[The Forward]]'' 50.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 11, 2015 |url=https://forward.com/series/forward-50/2015/ |title=Forward 50 2015 |newspaper=[[The Forward]] |accessdate=November 11, 2015}}</ref> Menurut japat Morning Consult November 2015, ia didukung oleh 83% konstituennya dan menjadi senator terpopuler di seluruh AS.<ref name="newsweek.com"/> Dalam japat Fox News Maret 2017, Sanders memperoleh selisih dukungan bersih tertinggi (+28 poin).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/17/everyone-loves-bernie-sanders-except-democratic-party |first=Trevor |last=Timm |accessdate=December 18, 2019 |title=Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party |work=The Guardian |date=March 17, 2017 }}</ref> Namanya menempati urutan ketiga tahun 2014 dan pertama tahun 2015 dan 2016.<ref name="newsweek.com">{{cite news |first=Taylor |last=Wofford |accessdate=December 18, 2019 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-most-popular-senator-397853 |title=Bernie Sanders Is America's Most Popular Senator, New Survey Says |work=Newsweek |date=November 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Easley">{{cite web |last=Easley |first=Jason |date=August 2, 2011 |title=Americans Love Socialism: Bernie Sanders Is The 3rd Most Popular US Senator |website=Politics USA |url=http://archives.politicususa.com/2011/08/02/socialism-bernie-sanders.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229152746/http://archives.politicususa.com/2011/08/02/socialism-bernie-sanders.html |archivedate=December 29, 2014 |accessdate=July 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="newsweek.com">{{cite news |first=Taylor |last=Wofford |accessdate=December 18, 2019 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-most-popular-senator-397853 |title=Bernie Sanders Is America's Most Popular Senator, New Survey Says |work=Newsweek |date=November 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Newsweek">{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-most-popular-senator-453479 |title=Bernie Sanders is America's Most Popular Senator, Mitch McConnell its Least |website=Newsweek |date=April 28, 2016 |accessdate=September 17, 2016 |author=Wofford, Taylor}}</ref>
 
Sanders adalah politikus terpopuler di Amerika Serikat menurut jajak pendapat nasional Harvard-Harris April 2017.<ref name="thehill.com" /> Japat selanjutnya juga menunjukkan hasil yang sama.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/347811-poll-mcconnell-the-countrys-least-popular-politician|title=Poll: McConnell the country's least popular politician|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=August 24, 2017|first=Jonathan|last=Easley}}</ref>
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Sebagian pendukung curiga media-media seperti ''[[The New York Times]]'' melupakan kampanye Sanders dan lebih suka meliput calon lainnya, khususnya Trump dan Clinton. [[Ombudsman]] ''The New York Times'' mendalami proses peliputan kampanye Sanders dan menemukan bahwa koran ini "tidak pernah menganggap serius. Beberapa artikel bernada pesimistis dan kadang-kadang mengejek. Sebagian artikel menyoroti usia, penampilan, dan gaya sang calon, bukan substansi programnya." Ia juga menilai ''The New York Times'' lebih sering meliput Trump daripada Sanders, padahal Trump juga waktu itu dianggap mustahil terpilih. Kampanye Trump dibahas di 63 artikel, sedangkan kampanye Sanders dibahas di 14 artikel saja.<ref name="Sullivan2015">{{cite web|last=Sullivan |first=Margaret |title=Public Editor's Journal: Has The Times Dismissed Bernie Sanders? |website=The New York Times |date=September 9, 2015 |url=https://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/has-the-times-dismissed-bernie-sanders/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923132816/http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/has-the-times-dismissed-bernie-sanders/ |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Debenedetti2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/qpoll-iowa-213462 |date=September 10, 2015 |first1=Gabriel |last1=Debenedetti |first2=Nick |last2=Gass |title=Bernie Sanders overtakes Hillary Clinton in Iowa |website=Politico |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> Penelitian bulan Desember 2015 menemukan bahwa tiga jaringan televisi terbesar di AS—[[CBS]], [[NBC]], dan [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]—membicarakan Trump selama 234{{nbsp}}menit dan Sanders selama 10{{nbsp}}menit, padahal posisi keduanya sejajar di berbagai jajak pendapat. Laporan yang sama menyebutkan bahwa ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]'' mengulas Trump selama 81{{nbsp}}menit dan Sanders selama kurang dari satu{{nbsp}}menit sepanjang tahun 2015.<ref name="Democracy Now">{{cite web|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2015/12/15/headlines/report_top_news_shows_give_trump_234_minutes_sanders_10_minutes |title=Report: Top News Shows Give Trump 234 Minutes, Sanders 10 Minutes |at=6:06 |publisher=Democracy Now |date=December 15, 2015 |accessdate=December 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216021357/http://www.democracynow.org/2015/12/15/headlines/report_top_news_shows_give_trump_234_minutes_sanders_10_minutes |archive-date=December 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
[[Amy Goodman]], wartawan ''[[Democracy Now!]]'', mengatakan pidato Trump, Clinton, [[Marco Rubio]], dan [[Ted Cruz]] dalam rangka [[Super Tuesday]] III tanggal 15 Maret disiarkan penuh. Sanders saat itu sedang berada di Phoenix, Arizona, berpidato di hadapan kerumunan yang lebih besar daripada kerumunan calon lainnya, tetapi acaranya sendiri tidak disebutkan di media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/29/bernie_sanders_i_was_stunned_by |work=[[Democracy Now]] |date=November 29, 2016 |first=Amy |last=Goodman |accessdate=December 18, 2019 |title=Bernie Sanders: "I Was Stunned" by Corporate Media Blackout During Democratic Primary }}</ref>
 
Jajak pendapat NBC/Wall Street Journal bulan Mei 2016 menunjukkan selisih kecil apabila Clinton dan Trump berhadap-hadapan di pemilihan umum. Japat yang sama menunjukkan 53% pemilih akan mendukung Sanders dan 39% mendukung Trump apabila Sanders lolos ke putaran pemilu.<ref name="NBC News1">{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/clinton-s-lead-over-trump-shrinks-3-points-new-nbc-n577726 | title=Meet the Press | publisher=NBC | date=May 23, 2016 | accessdate=May 23, 2016 | author=Murray, Mark}}</ref> Di antara capres-capres potensial, Clinton dan Trump adalah capres yang paling tidak populer sepanjang sejarah NBC/WSJ. Sanders sendiri ditanggapi positif oleh 43% responden dan negatif oleh 36% responden.<ref name="NBC News2">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/first-read-clinton-s-challenge-winning-over-sanders-voters-n578591 |title=First Read: Clinton's Challenge Is Winning Over Sanders Voters |publisher=NBC |date=May 23, 2016 |accessdate=May 23, 2016 |last3=Dann |first3=Carrie |author1-link=Chuck Todd |last1=Todd |first1=Chuck |last2=Murray |first2=Mark}}</ref> Sejumlah japat menunjukkan bahwa pemilih Demokrat di atas usia 50 tahun mendukung Clinton dengan selisih besar, tetapi mayoritas pemilih di bawah usia 50 tahun mendukung Sanders.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-clinton-sanders-age-20160419-story.html |title=Why young voters are flocking to Sanders and older ones to Clinton | date=April 19, 2016 | accessdate=September 6, 2016 |last=Decker |first=Cathleen}}</ref>
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=== Pascapemilu ===
Pada November 2016, Sanders merilis buku ''[[Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In]]''. Buku ini langsung bertengger di peringkat ketiga [[The New York Times Best Seller list|daftar buku terlaris ''The New York Times'']]. Buku lisannya mendapat nominasi Grammy Award kategori Best Spoken Word Album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=November 27, 2017 |title=Bernie Sanders Earns Grammy Nomination|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2017/politics/news/bernie-sanders-grammy-nomination-1202624408/|accessdate=November 27, 2017}}</ref> Pada Februari 2017, ia mulai menyiarkan ''The Bernie Sanders Show'' secara langsung lewat [[Facebook live|Facebook]]. [[William Barber II|William Barber]], [[Josh Fox]], [[Jane Mayer]], dan [[Bill Nye the Science Guy|Bill Nye]] pernah diundang sebagai narasumber. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/sanders-show-welcome-bernie-tv-n741571|title=The Sanders Show: Welcome to 'Bernie TV' |first=Alex |last=Seitz-Wald |work=NBC News |date=April 2, 2017|accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/04/03/forget-trump-tv-bernie-sanders-has-struck-gold-with-his-new-online-show/ |first=Charlie |last=May |title=Forget Trump TV. Bernie Sanders has struck gold with his new Facebook Live show|date=April 3, 2017|accessdate=April 4, 2017}}</ref> Jajak pendapat tahun 2017 mendaulat Sanders sebagai politikus terpopuler di Amerika Serikat.<ref name="thehill.com">{{cite web |last=Easley |first=Jonathan |date=April 18, 2017|title=Poll: Bernie Sanders country's most popular active politician|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329404-poll-bernie-sanders-countrys-most-popular-active-politician |accessdate=April 20, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Schwartz">{{cite news |last= Schwartz|first=Drew |date=August 24, 2017 |title=Bernie Sanders Is the Most Popular Politician in America, Poll Says|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xww4ek/bernie-sanders-is-the-most-popular-politician-in-america-poll-says-vgtrn|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
 
Pada bulan Februari 2018, penyelidikan campur tangan Rusia dalam pilpres 2016 oleh Penasihat Khusus [[Robert Mueller]] mengungkapkan bahwa Rusia menyebarkan informasi palsu sepanjang masa kampanye untuk menjegal Clinton dan mengunggulkan Sanders dan Stein.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/17/indictment-russians-also-tried-help-bernie-sanders-jill-stein-presidential-campaigns/348051002/ |title=Indictment: Russians also tried to help Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein presidential campaigns |work=USA Today |first=Michael |last=Collins |date=February 17, 2018 |access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref> Sanders membantah kesimpulan Mueller; ia mengaku tidak menemukan bukti Rusia membantu tim kampanyenya.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/21/bernie-sanders-trump-russia-interference-420528 |first=Edward-Isaac |last=Dovere |date=February 21, 2018 |title=Bernie blames Hillary for allowing Russian interference |work=Politico |access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref> Selain itu, ia menyalahkan tim Clinton karena tidak berusaha keras mencegah campur tangan Rusia.<ref name=":6"/> Sanders mengatakan timnya sudah mengambil langkah pencegahan dan salah satu stafnya sudah memberitahu tim Clinton.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/24/bernie-sanders-russian-trolls-false-story-423413 |title=Bernie Sanders promoted false story on reporting Russian trolls |work=[[Politico]] |date=February 24, 2018 |first=Edward-Isaac |last=Dovere |access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref> Menurut ''[[Politico]]'', seorang relawan kampanye Sanders telah meminta [[komite aksi politik]] pendukung Clinton agar melaporkan aktivitas mencurigakan, tetapi tim Sanders tidak menghubungi tim Clinton secara langsung.<ref name=":7"/>
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=== Perubahan iklim ===
Sanders memandang [[pemanasan global]] sebagai masalah serius.<ref name="Totten">{{cite news |last=Totten |first=Shay |date=January 15, 2007 |title=Sanders to push global warming legislation in Senate |work=Vermont Guardian |quote=Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, said Monday he was making good on at least one of a handful of campaign promises&nbsp;— introducing a bill designed to cut U.S. contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade. ... Sanders added that construction of new power plants is "extraordinarily expensive" and he would prefer to see federal funding support used to expand the development of sustainable energy, as well as biofuels. |url=https://www.vermontguardian.com/local/012007/GlobalWarmingBill.shtml |accessdate=August 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508004601/http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/012007/GlobalWarmingBill.shtml |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ia mendorong kebijakan yang lebih radikal untuk membalikkan efek gas rumah kaca. Ia menuntut peningkatan anggaran [[infrastruktur]] yang lebih mengutamakan "penghematan energi dan [[keberlanjutan]]" serta [[penciptaan lapangan kerja]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/22/bernie_sanders_at_peoples_climate_march |title=Bernie Sanders at People's Climate March: To Stop Global Warming, Get Dirty Money Out of Politics |work=[[Democracy now!]] |date=September 22, 2014 |first=Amy |last=Goodman }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ashley, III |last=Halsey |date=January 27, 2015 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/01/27/bernie-sanders-wants-to-spend-1-trillion-on-infrastruture/ |title=Bernie Sanders wants to spend $1 trillion on infrastruture |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=August 18, 2015 }}</ref> Menurutnya, [[perubahan iklim dan keamanan nasional|perubahan iklim adalah ancaman terbesar]] bagi keamanan nasional.<ref name="Totten"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/260184-sanders-climate-change-still-greatest-threat-to-national-security |first=Jonathan |last=Easley |date=November 14, 2015 |title=Sanders: Climate change still greatest threat to national security |newspaper=The Hill |accessdate=December 19, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="Totten"/> Ia percaya [[keluarga berencana]] turut berkontribusi melawan perubahan iklim.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernie Sanders in climate change 'population control' uproar |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49601678 |publisher=BBC News |date=5 September 2019}}</ref> Ia menolak pembangunan [[Akses Pipa Dakota]] dan [[Pipa Keystone XL]] karena "akan menimbulkan efek negatif terhadap iklim."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/10/bernie-sanders-dakota-access-pipeline/ |title=Bernie Sanders Just Asked President Obama to Halt the Dakota Access Pipeline |work=Mother Jones |date=October 13, 2016 |first=Alexander |last=Sammon }}</ref> Pada tahun 2019, Sanders mendukung rancangan undang-undang [[Green New Deal]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Olivia |first1=Rosane |title=Bernie Sanders Enters 2020 Race, Promises Own Version of Green New Deal |url=https://www.ecowatch.com/bernie-sanders-2020-2629410846.html |date=February 19, 2019 |website=EcoWatch |accessdate=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419115516/https://www.ecowatch.com/bernie-sanders-2020-2629410846.html |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ia bersama Anggota DPR [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] dan [[Earl Blumenauer]] mengajukan undang-undang yang menetapkan perubahan iklim sebagai kedaruratan nasional dan internasional.<ref>{{cite news |last=Day |first=Meagan |date=July 10, 2019 |title=The US Government Should Declare Climate Emergency|url=https://jacobinmag.com/2019/07/climate-emergency-legislation-bernie-sanders-aoc|work=[[Jacobin (majalah)|Jacobin]] |location= |access-date=July 10, 2019 }}</ref>
 
=== Isu ekonomi ===
Sanders menyoroti isu-isu ekonomi seperti [[kesenjangan pendapatan di Amerika Serikat|kesenjangan pendapatan]] dan [[kesenjangan kekayaan di Amerika Serikat|kekayaan]],<ref name="sanders_confirms"/><ref>{{cite web |title=On the Issues: Income and Wealth Inequality |url=https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/ |publisher=BernieSanders.com |accessdate=August 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620081832/https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/ |archive-date=June 20, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[kemiskinan di Amerika Serikat|kemiskinan]],<ref>{{cite news |last= Pilkington|first=Ed|date=December 15, 2017 |title=Trump turning US into 'world champion of extreme inequality', UN envoy warns|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/15/america-un-extreme-poverty-trump-republicans|work=The Guardian |access-date=December 16, 2017|quote=We are moving into 2018 – we should not be living in a country with 41 million people living in poverty and so many more in extreme poverty, and nobody even talks about it. – Bernie Sanders}}</ref> peningkatan upah minimum,<ref name = Lachman/> [[pelayanan kesehatan universal]],<ref name="Jaffe">{{cite news |last=Jaffe |first=Sarah |date=July 14, 2009 |title=Sanders Schools McCain on Public Healthcare |work=[[The Nation]] |quote=Senator Bernie Sanders is one of the Senate's fiercest advocates for real healthcare reform that puts Americans, not private insurance companies, first. Recently, Sanders told The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, '[I]f you are serious about real healthcare reform, the only way to go is [[single-payer]].' |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/sanders-schools-mccain-public-healthcare/ |accessdate=October 16, 2013}}</ref> pemutihan seluruh [[utang pelajar]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan|last2=Krieg|first2=Gregory|date=June 23, 2019 |title=Bernie Sanders to unveil plan to cancel all $1.6 trillion of student loan debt|website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/23/politics/bernie-sanders-student-loan-debt-cancellation/index.html|accessdate=June 24, 2019}}</ref> pembebasan biaya kuliah [[pajak Robin Hood|dengan memajaki transaksi keuangan]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Resnikoff |first=Ned |date=May 19, 2015 |title=Bernie Sanders unveils plan for tuition-free public colleges |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/19/bernie-sanders-unveils-plan-for-tuition-free-public-colleges.html |accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> dan perluasan tunjangan [[Social Security (Amerika Serikat)|Social Security]] dengan menghapus batas pajak pendapatan untuk orang-orang yang gajinya melebihi $250.000/tahun.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-calls-on-congress-to-strengthen-and-expand-social-security |title=Sanders Files Bill to Strengthen, Expand Social Security |website=Sanders.Senate.gov |date=March 12, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Nicole |last=Woo |first2=Janelle |last2=Jones |first3=John |last3=Schmitt |date=September 2011 |url=http://cepr.net/publications/reports/whos-above-the-social-security-payroll-tax-cap |title=Who's Above the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap? |work=[[Center for Economic and Policy Research]] |accessdate=September 7, 2015 }}</ref> Ia mengusulkan berbagai aturan yang mewajibkan perusahaan memberikan hak [[cuti hamil]], [[cuti sakit]], dan [[daftar cuti kerja minimal wajib menurut negara|cuti liburan]] kepada pekerja, meniru aturan yang sudah duluan diterapkan di berbagai negara maju.<ref name="agenda">{{cite web |title=Family values agenda: paid family leave, paid sick leave, paid vacation |url=https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/061115-familyvaluesagendafactsheet?inline=file |format=PDF |accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> Ia juga mendukung aturan yang memudahkan pekerja bergabung atau membentuk [[serikat pekerja di Amerika Serikat|serikat pekerja]].<ref name="Economic Agenda">{{cite news |first=Bernie |last=Sanders |date=December 1, 2014 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/an-economic-agenda-for-am_b_6249022 |title=An Economic Agenda for America: 12 Steps Forward |work=HuffPost |accessdate=June 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ned |last=Resnikoff |date=October 6, 2015 |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/6/bernie-sanders-proposes-labor-law-reforms.html |title=Bernie Sanders proposes sweeping labor law reforms |work=Al Jazeera |accessdate=October 6, 2015 }}</ref> Sanders menolak [[krisis keuangan 2007–08|penalangan bank]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sanders.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=303544|title=(Video) Bailout Petition Statement|date=September 24, 2008|publisher=Senate.gov|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014003612/http://www.sanders.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=303544|archivedate=October 14, 2008|url-status=dead|accessdate=August 29, 2010}}</ref> dan mendorong reformasi keuangan menyeluruh,<ref name="MarketWatch">{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/text-of-bernie-sanders-wall-street-and-economy-speech-2016-01-05 |title=Text of Bernie Sanders' Wall Street and economy speech|website=MarketWatch|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> misalnya memecah lembaga-lembaga keuangan yang sifatnya "[[too big to fail]]" (terlalu besar dan berpengaruh), memulihkan [[undang-undang Glass–Steagall]], mereformasi [[Federal Reserve Bank]], dan mengizinkan Kantor Pos Amerika Serikat membuka layanan perbankan dasar di daerah tertinggal.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news |last=Sanders |first=Bernie |date=May 7, 2015 |title=Break Up Big Banks |work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/break-up-big-banks_b_7233284 |accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="politico.com">{{cite web |last1=Everett |first1=Burgess |title=Bernie Sanders backs big bank breakups, in contrast with Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/bernie-sanders-big-ban-break-ups-glass-steagall-120287 |date=July 17, 2015 |website=[[Politico]] |accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |last1=Sanders |first1=Bernie |title=Bernie Sanders: To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the Fed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/opinion/bernie-sanders-to-rein-in-wall-street-fix-the-fed.html |date=December 23, 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Atlantic">{{cite web |last1=Pinsker |first1=Joe |title=Bernie Sanders's Highly Sensible Plan to Turn Post Offices Into Banks |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/bernie-sanders-lets-turn-post-offices-into-banks/411589/ |website=The Atlantic |accessdate=January 6, 2016|date=October 20, 2015 }}</ref>
 
Karena Sanders percaya hak tenaga kerja dan dampak lingkungan perlu diutamakan saat merundingkan perjanjian dagang internasional, ia dari dulu menolak dan menentang [[NAFTA]], [[CAFTA]], dan [[PNTR]] dengan [[Tiongkok]]. Semua perjanjian ini dianggap "bencana bagi kelas pekerja Amerika" dan ujung-ujungnya mendorong perusahaan Amerika hengkang ke luar negeri. Sanders juga menentang [[Kemitraan Trans-Pasifik]] yang menurutnya "disusun oleh kalangan korporat Amerika dan industri obat-obatan dan spekulan Wall Street."<ref>{{cite news |last=Sanders |first=Bernie |date=May 21, 2015 |title=The TPP Must Be Defeated |work=HuffPost |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/the-tpp-must-be-defeated_b_7352166.html |accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="On the Issues">{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Free_Trade.htm |title=Bernie Sanders on Free Trade |publisher=On the Issues |accessdate=January 20, 2016}}</ref> Pada 1 Mei 2019, ia menulis, "Sejak [[Undang-Undang Hubungan Amerika Serikat–Tiongkok 2000|perjanjian dagang Tiongkok]] yang saya tolak berlaku, Amerika kehilangan lebih dari tiga juga lapangan kerja produktif. Tiongkok itu jelas-jelas salah satu pesaing utama kita di bidang ekonomi."<ref>{{cite news |title=The Democratic candidates on foreign policy |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020-election/ |work=[[Foreign Policy]]}}</ref>