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Bernie Sanders is The National front-runner for the democratic presidential nomination. The Vermont senator has promised a political revolution, but what does that mean??? What does he actually stand for?

1. He is a democratic socialist Sanders is a self-described "democratic-socialist", but in his long political career, he was comfortable with only a "socialist" ("I Am a socialist and everyone knows it," he once said, ) In the year 2015, he framed his political ideology this way: "democratic socialism means that we need an economy that works for everyone, not just the rich in whole. "

2. Climate Change is real - Sanders is proposing a $16. 3tn (£12. 5tn) "Green New Deal ", he says, would be the creation of 20 million jobs and pay for itself over 15 years, including over $3tn of taxes on oil companies. He has generated controversy due to the expansion of access to abortion and contraception for women in poor countries: "Fossil fuel executives, the criminal law should be prosecuted for the destruction that caused it, knowingly. "

3. College should be Free - "Education must have an economic right for all, not a privilege for The Few ," Sanders wrote. Its $2. To make 2tn plan, college Free , how Much of his political platform, The Most far-reaching in the Democratic field. It pays all of the student loans for approximately 45 million Americans, regardless of their income or assets, what constitute some of the critics of it, as an unlikely socialist giveaway to the rich.

4. Background checks on gun ownership - "The World has changed, and my views have changed," said Sanders at this year's New Hampshire presidential debate. Gun Control used to be a rare sore spot on his left flank. Now the senator from firearms-friendly Vermont is in favour of such measures as expanded background checks for gun transactions, something he voted against in Congress, in the year 1993 .

Sanders often speaks of his grandchildren's generation, when he talks about Climate Change ,

5. Black lives matter - Sanders was shouted down by members of The Black Lives Matter group in Seattle in 2015, during his last presidential run. He was accused of, you will have to consider the problems of African-Americans through the prism of class, to race instead. This Time he was supported by a Black matter of the founder Lives. Sanders point of the hand to the idea of reparations for descendants of African American slaves, but in the last year supports the idea of a Commission to investigate the Problem.

6. No to the Super-PAC-money - Sanders prides itself on its grassroots-funded campaign. But while he denounces billionaire-funded Super Pacs (political action committees) and secret campaign contributions, he is a non-profit political organization, Our Revolution , similar to a Super-Pac. The Sanders group, but not to the disclosure of their donors in this election year, prompting criticism of so-called Dark Money ,

7. Double the Federal minimum Wage - so It should be $15 per hour, up from $7. 25, Sanders argues that although some economists have warned that such a dramatic increase could be detrimental to poorer cities and struggling companies. According to Sanders, the organizers of an hour, in The Campaign says were paid less than $13, to correct The Situation by adjusting the hours.

8. The two-party system is Broken for decades, Sanders has condemned, the Washington duopoly, namely the Democrats and the Republicans are also committed to corporate money. Sanders was elected to The Senate as an independent, and some say, his rejection of the two Congress parties has alienated the left of him politically. But Sanders '" outsider status of the test is to be appealing to the supporters.

Sanders sometimes a voice pulls tube on the Estrade

9. Fly economy, especially photos, which were on commercial airline flights according to above held by the followers as evidence that he is a humble everyone. But a new image of him triggered a conservative cries of hypocrisy.

10. Universal healthcare - Sanders proposes that all Americans would be national Health Insurance , which he says costs about $30tn over a decade, although it stands for the policy, the Medicare for All, under intense scrutiny. To nationalize Sanders' idea of Health Insurance to US, it was only in the year 2016 of the hand within the Democratic Party too far to the left. What was once a dream is now mainstream.

11. Invest in Infrastructure - A rare political overlaps between President Trump and Sanders, both for $1tn spent on the Infrastructure . Sanders, however, says The President 's stalled proposal get is a "Sham ".

Sanders ' followers celebrate his famous messy hair

12. More taxes - a Lot of it was about Sanders' plan to introduce tax on Wall Street stock transactions, and you lift for persons with a Net Worth of More Than $32m. But The Candidate is also confirmed by planning to raise taxes for the working families in terms of funding Medicare for All. But a lot of extra the Federal government draws from The American payroll, he argues, would be More Than compensated for by their health to save costs.

13. Anti-war "Americans are sick and tired of endless wars that cost us trillions of dollars," said Sanders, during a TV debate in Iowa in January. It is a sentiment President Trump has often echoed. But unlike Trump, Sanders invasion of Iraq was against US from the very beginning in the year 2002. Sanders says that the decision today, calling The Conflict the "worst foreign policy mistake in the history of This Country ".

14. Personal style is a waste of Time Sanders' wife, Jane O'meara, that, if your husband has the "seven sweaters, which are three too many for him." When asked about his often rumpled hairstyle, "The media are very often spend more Time worrying about their hair, than the fact that we are the only major country on earth, there is no guarantee of health care for all people. "

15. You can Call Me Bernie - The election campaign in his home state of Vermont, Sanders' car sticker Bernie said simply"". "You have to be referred to some cheered [sic] status in the policy only by her first name," said Senator Patrick Leahy told the New York Times.

16. Sometimes, dictators are good you can do, Sanders told CBS in February, it would be "unfair" to say "everything is bad" about Cuba's Communist revolution. Critics brought up then, as you violations are as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1985, Sanders Nicaragua, praised the left-wing Sandinista strongman Daniel Ortega as "an impressive guy", to downplay reports of human rights. Sanders' fans are sometimes called "Sandernistas".

17. Break up Big Tech - "These corporations control too Much ," Sanders said of the tech companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google. As the rival democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren , he wants the company "monopoly" break and in the anti-trust enforcement.

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