You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.

Before serving in the Senate he represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives and served as Mayor of Burlington the largest city in Vermont. Congressional history. Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments but because he does not belong to a formal political party he appears as an independent on the ballot.