Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Sanders supports transforming the energy system toward energy efficiency and sustainable power sources, while confronting the fossil fuel industry. He says this approach should address climate change and create millions of good-paying jobs.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Sanders says he has introduced legislation calling for a national moratorium on data centers and a separate bill to pause advanced AI development. He also supports banning the creation of a superintelligence smarter than humans, arguing that AI should be developed responsibly and benefit humanity broadly.
Context: The passage does not specify the proposed moratorium’s duration or the scope of the proposed pause.
Sanders supports overturning the Citizens United decision, ending super PACs and moving toward public funding of elections. He says these changes should prevent the wealthiest people from using unlimited campaign spending to influence elections.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Sanders supports making it easier for workers to form unions and bargain together for wages, benefits and working conditions. He says the change should address employers unlawfully denying workers the right to unionize and negotiate.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Sanders says he will work to raise the federal minimum wage to $20 an hour, which he describes as a living wage. He argues that a job should lift people out of poverty rather than keep them in it.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Sanders says he will continue fighting for Medicare for All, which would guarantee healthcare to every person in the country. He presents it as a way to address high healthcare and prescription drug prices and ensure healthcare as a human right.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Bernie Sanders supports legislation that would permanently prohibit artificial superintelligence. The bill defines it as a system that exceeds human cognitive ability or can plan and carry out the destruction or disempowerment of humanity.
Context: This is a proposed bill, not an enacted prohibition.