Bernard Sanders
IIndependentVT · Senator
70
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance92
Avg: 98
Independence100
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone12
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency30
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Bernard Sanders
IndependentVT · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.545)
Bernard Sanders is a Independent Senator from VT. He has served 35 years in Congress across 11 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal.
35
Years in Office
11
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
7.7%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
31
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Bernard Compares
vs. the average Senator
Missed Votes+5.4% vs avg
7.7%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+1.3 vs avg
31
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$22,877,130
Cash on Handⓘ
$23,468,954
Total Receiptsⓘ
$11,332,585
Disbursementsⓘ
$22,470,391
Individual Donors
$27
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
1991–2007House · VT-0 · Independent
2007–2031Senate · VT · IndependentCurrent
State Demographics
VT · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
645,254
Population
$78,024
Median Income
43.0
Median Age
42.6%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 91.4%Black 1.2%Hispanic 2.5%Asian 1.7%