The case for Bernie Sanders
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Published 2020-02-27
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This video is one of a series in which Vox writers argue the cases for the leading Democratic candidates in the 2020 election. (Vox does not endorse individual candidates.)
The case for Bernie Sanders: • The case for Bernie Sanders
The case for Joe Biden: • The case for Joe Biden
The case for Elizabeth Warren: • The case for Elizabeth Warren
The case for Pete Buttigieg: • The case for Pete Buttigieg
And you can read our cases for all the candidates, including Mike Bloomberg and Amy Klobuchar, at vox.com/the-case-for
Bernie Sanders knows what energizes his crowds: Big ideas. Visions of political revolution. New ways of doing things. It’s why his supporters love him. But it’s also why many Democrats are still unsure about him.
But as Vox’s Matthew Yglesias argues, a good answer to that uncertainty can be found in Bernie Sanders’s political record; both as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and as Vermont’s representative to the US House and Senate. Sanders is a lifelong politician. And if you look at what he’s done, there’s a lot to learn about what he would do if he actually became president.
So: What does Sanders’s record actually tell us? What kind of president would he be? And what would his advantage be in a general election against Donald Trump?
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All Comments (21)
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The US could've had Sanders, and instead has to choose between Trump and Biden. That's truly tragic.
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Bernie is consistent. That can’t be said about many politicians.
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I swear to God, Bernie run twice and he never won. I hope he becomes president before he pass away
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Bernie would have been the best and most progressive president since FDR
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Bernie is actually so supportive, he marched with MLK and when the LGBT community was still being held back, he fought for the rights, he truly does want human rights. As a citizen of the UK I have no opinion on the matter but I personally believe that he wants to change America for the better and give people basic human rights
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She acting like she did some deep diving in the archives and not like those old Bernie videos just popped up in her YouTube recommended
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Such a shame that the American people aren’t smart enough or elect this man their president.
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I can't believe America let down this man twice 🤦🏽♂️
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"I have cast some lonely votes, fought some lonely fights, mounted some lonely campaigns. But I do not feel lonely now.” - Bernie Sanders. Not me, us!
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This man has looked the same for about 40 years now.
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It’s sad he was never even given a chance to run for president.
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he's a peaceful grandpa that doesn't think war as the first resort and that's your loss America for not choosing him twice.
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In Republican Congress(1995-2007) he was known as “The Amendment King” for managing to convince Republicans and pass the most amendments. Also, many of those Republicans acknowledged that he was bringing bills to them and was letting them to take the credit, only so he can pass those bills.
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Bernie Sanders is the most electable candidate. The other Democrats are missing the point, trying to convince moderate Republicans. We never do and never have. Excite your own base. Build new coalitions. Bring disaffected voters to the ballot box.
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Americans could’ve had a good president but nooooooo. I guess trumps in for another four years Edit: I was wrong congrats Joe Biden.
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This is why B. Sander's idea of additionally taxing the richest 1% billionaires of the population and investing that into free healthcare, education and infrastructure, as well as A. Yang's idea of giving every american citizen a UBI of $1000 a month payed by taxing trillion dollar tech companies, in addition with B. Obama's idea of cutting military budget in half to pay off national debt with it, is so crucial. Add that with decriminalising drugs, taking climate change seriously, prioritizing philosophy and science in school, taxing churches, more secularism, reducing pharmaceutical cost, and reforming the executive branch through longer training time and ethical profiling tests, and you got yourself a more just, stable, humane, progressed, prosperous and less ridiculous looking America. Currently the rest of the civilized world is just laughing at the USA.
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Bernie genuinely energizes me. If he wasnt running i would still be passively cynical and pessimistic. Im literally emotionally invested.
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Something that wasn't mentioned in this video is Bernie's track record of getting non-voters to come out and vote. Democrats win when voter turnout is high. That's part of why Bernie has the best chance of winning the general election.
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He is courageous, consistent over decades, logical, progressive, honest, yet America gets Trump and Biden... that's the sad truth about this world! We get what we deserve.
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Boy did we ever miss out. I will probably never care about another politician again. Bernie was it for me. First and last politician I ever cared for.
