Sanders began his electoral political career in 1971 as a member of the Liberty Union Party , which originated in the anti-war movement and the People's Party. He ran as the Liberty Union candidate for governor of Vermont in 1972 and 1976 and as a candidate for U.S. senator in 1972 and 1974. Sanders claimed the U.S. government and CIA were responsible for a series of domestic bombings. In 1980, Sanders ran for mayor of Burlington, Vermont at the suggestion of his close friend and political confidante Richard Sugarman, a professor of religion at the University of Vermont. He defeated the incumbent Democrat mayor by 10 votes and served for eight years, from April 6, 1981, to April 4, 1989. From 1980 to 1984, Sanders campaigned for the Socialist Workers Party and was investigated by the FBI because of his association with the Marxist group.
The Sanders campaign is funded by donors in the wealthiest Zip codes in the United States. Geographically, Bernie's top dollar zip code is 94110 in San Francisco. The average household income in this part of the Mission District, specifically the Inner Mission, the Bernal Heights area, is $166,302.
The area is so expensive because it’s home to tech employees, including Microsoft engineers. Microsoft employees are among Bernie’s top dollar donors. And in seventh place is 90026. The Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles where the median price for housing is $813,000, and rents can hit $6,700 a month.
He served in the House of Representatives for eight terms after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington. Sanders has a 100% pro- abortion voting record. Sanders has a child born out of wedlock. Sanders has a devout and violent following.
Sanders ran a campaign that was rife with sexual violence and harassment against males, females, and other genders. Sanders ignored complaints from at least two dozen male and female volunteers (and however many other genders) of "sexual violence and harassment" in his 2016 presidential campaign.
Many former Bernie supporters turned against him because of his disrespectful and nasty personality.
Personal. Bernie was born on September 8, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was Dorothy Glassberg Sanders, his father was Elias Sanders, and his grandfather was Benjamin Glassberg. Sanders graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in political science in 1964.