Where does Bernie Sanders sit on the political compass?

Democratic socialist US senator

Bernie Sanders is placed at -6.5 economically (left) and -3.0 socially (libertarian). That coordinate falls in the Marxism cell.

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Closest ideology

Marxism Marxism explains politics through class and the ownership of production, and aims at a classless society after capitalism. On this map the Marxist cell is far left and socially libertarian relative to Leninism, emphasising emancipation more than the party state.

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