If Not Donald Trump, Then Who Is the Most Popular Politician in the U.S.?

Mar 27, 2025 Khushi Kumari

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Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, Bernie Sanders grew up in a working-class Jewish family and later attended the University of Chicago

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Moving to Vermont in the 1960s, Sanders entered politics as an independent, eventually becoming mayor of Burlington in 1981

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Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990, he served for 16 years before moving to the Senate in 2007

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Sanders is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, though he caucuses with the Democrats

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He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, advocating for progressive policies like Medicare for All and free college tuition

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