VP HarrisvsSen. Sanders
VP Harris
DemocratFormer Vice President
California
Sen. Sanders
DemocratSenator from Vermont
Vermont
Popularity & Engagement
Policy Positions
End cash bail, ban private prisons, reform mandatory minimums
No stated position
Expand ACA coverage, lower prescription drug costs
Medicare for All — single-payer universal healthcare system
Restore the Voting Rights Act, fight voter suppression nationwide
No stated position
No stated position
$17 minimum wage, strengthen unions, tax the billionaire class
No stated position
Free public college and trade school, cancel student debt
Fundraising
Background
VP Harris
Born in Oakland, California to a Jamaican father and Indian mother. Howard University graduate turned prosecutor who climbed from San Francisco DA to state Attorney General. Married to entertainment lawyer Doug Emhoff; two stepchildren.
Sen. Sanders
Born in Brooklyn, New York to a Polish-Jewish immigrant father whose family was largely wiped out in the Holocaust. University of Chicago graduate who moved to Vermont and worked as a carpenter before winning the Burlington mayor's race in 1981. Married to Jane O'Meara Sanders; one biological son and three stepchildren.
Career Timeline
VP Harris
Sen. Sanders
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