Bernie Sanders' Ratings and Endorsements
Office: U.S. Senate (VT) - Jr, Independent Minority Caucus Chair for Outreach
On The Ballot: Announced, Democratic for President
2020 Endorsements
- 350 Action
- AFSCME Local 3299 (American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees)
- AFT Vermont (American Federation of Teachers)
- AFT Washington (American Federation of Teachers)
- Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
- American Postal Workers Union
- American Postal Workers Union of New Hampshire
- Americans for Democratic Action
- Americans for Democratic Action-Southern California
- Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC)
- Boston Independent Drivers Guild (BIDG)
- CASA in Action
- Clark County Black Caucus
- Clark County Education Association
- Common Defense
- Democracy For America
- Friends of the Earth Action
- Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club
- Illinois Nurses Association PAC (INA-PAC)
- Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific
- Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund
- Jolt Action
- Make The Road Action
- Massachusetts Peace Action
- Mijente
- National Nurses United
- National Union of Healthcare Workers
- Northside Democracy for America
- Our Revolution
- Our Revolution Georgia
- Pennsylvania Federation of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
- People's Action
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Rose Caucus
- State Employees' Association of New Hampshire/SEIU Local 1984
- Sunrise Movement
- TakeAction Minnesota
- Texas Organizing Project
- The Climate Mobilization
- The People's Lobby
- UFCW Local 21 (United Food and Commercial Workers)
- United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
- United Teachers Los Angeles
- United Working Families
- UNITE HERE-Local 11 (Arizona)
- UNITE HERE-Local 11 (California)
- University Professional and Technical Employees
- Vermont Progressive Party
- Workers Defense Action Fund
- Working Families
Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.
Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issue concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.
With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.