Bernard Sanders

U.S. Senator · Vermont · Independent · Ranking Member, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

0.25· expected 0.95

Below expectations

Rank 92 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 18 minority-party ranking members

How far Sanders’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

54 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 6 significant (got a roll call vote), 48 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Sanders’s ratings compare with every senator

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Sanders.

93/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 64 missed of 915

Voted on 851 of 915 roll calls; missed 64. Lower than 95% of senators.

85%100%

100/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 4 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 778 votes that split the parties. Higher than 80% of senators.

75%100%

3/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −6

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 98% of senators.

0%30%

−0.55

Democratic middle 80%: -0.51 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Sanders’s effectiveness score.

S. 5026 Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act of 2026Establishes programs to reduce childhood diabetes rates. AI-readHealth · Out of committee Jul 28, 2026Substantive5.3k words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.