Bernie Sanders refuses to take money from special interests and super PACS. His campaign is funded by small dollar donations.
At first it was more or a less a game with him. However, now that he is serious, he has all the trappings of any campaign - pollsters, political experienced professionals and all that.
The sanders campaign
Yes, Bernie Sanders has made appearances on Saturday Night Live. He first appeared on the show in 2015 during his presidential campaign, and has made subsequent appearances as well.
There can be more than one opinion, but Bernie Sanders is more presidential and will focus on the people.
national youth spokesperson for the Nader/Gonzalez 2008 campaign
I believe that the oldest current declared candidate is Senator Bernie Sanders, Socialist of Vermont, at age 76. He's even older than Hillary Clinton. Most of the Republican candidates are in their mid-50's.
As of February 24th, 2020 Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Michael Bloomberg are the top 3 democratic candidates.
President Sanders (Originally Colonel)
Bernie Sanders was the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate from the state of Vermont at the age of 74.
Bernie Sanders promised free college tuition which seems popular to the young group.
Sanders didn't loose the election he lost the primary. He just didn't have the money or backing of the power brokers. Hillary had this all tied up before the primary began. She has been working on her election since 2008. The moral to this is if anyone wants to run they need the party support, to organize a campaign early, and to reach the people who can support a campaign. Anyone can run for president, but not all can get what they need to support their election.
The General Election in the 2016 presidential election included 2 candidates - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Many candidates files with the Federal Election Commission. Democratic candidates filing with the Federal Election Commission included Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Lawrence Lessig, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee. Republican candidates filing with the Federal Election Commission included Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Mark Everson, Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina, Rick Perry, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, George Pataki, Ron Santorum, Scott Walker, and Lindsey Graham.
Despite all odds, Senator Bernie Sanders has been able to remain in the Democratic primary elections by receiving millions of small donations via his Internet website. Twenty years ago, as example, it would have been highly unlikely that Senator Sanders could have reached out to a national support base created by social media and the Net. The communications improvements that has provided a simple means for the ordinary citizen to visit his website and contribute a small amount of money, say $10, has enabled literally millions of people to help Sanders keep his campaign going, even though "machine" politics have discounted his efforts.