Independent senator from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats. He is the most prominent figure of the progressive wing of the Democratic coalition, which makes up roughly 40% of Democratic voters—the party's largest bloc. Progressives are the youngest, most highly educated and whitest Democratic tribe, and they strongly favour redistribution of wealth and expanded government spending on welfare, health care and education.
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