This paper will explore many aspects of the candidate life, including communication patterns, past behaviors, spirituality, family background and political agenda. By exploring these aspects of his life we can have a better understanding of what his values are and his priorities, if he becomes the next President. The Presidential Candidate we are going to evaluate is known as a progressive socialist. He is the Independent Senator of Vermont and Presidential Candidate for the Democratic Party, Mr. Bernie Sanders. His political agenda is very controversial because he is against big government and in favor of an equal share of wealth. His “socialistic” political views contradict the capitalistic nation we live in, so he is very criticized from many individuals. Some of the personality traits of Mr. Sanders are, that he is a very private, analytic, altruistic, moral, honest, transparent and humorous individual. To explore what his inherited traits are and the situations that have influenced his personality, we are going to use three theoretical approaches. The first theoretical approach is Alfred Adler “Social Interests”, were we understand there is a motivation within ourselves to strive for …show more content…
He won an election, and 50 million people died as a result of that election in World War II, including 6 million Jews. So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important.”(Feldmann, 2015) Bernard Sanders was born September 8, 1941 in Brooklyn New York. His Father Eli Sanders, was a Jewish Polish immigrant that worked as a paint salesman. His mother Dorothy Sanders was born in New York, to Jewish immigrant parents from Poland and Russia. Dorothy was a housewife. Bernie’s upbringing was significantly influenced by the paycheck to paycheck lifestyle, mentioning that there was always tension about money in his family “I do know what it’s like when the electric company shuts off the electricity and the phone company shuts off the phone—all that stuff. So, for me, to talk to working-class people is not very hard.” (Talbot, 2015) Bernie had an older brother named Larry, and they both attended public schools in New York City. Sanders grew up in a three bedroom apartment in a community of immigrant families “I grew up in Brooklyn. Many of the families were immigrants and they understood the importance of education.” (Barkan, 2015) Some relatives of Eli Sanders died during the holocaust. This childhood experience had a significant impact on Sanders ideologies. He understood at an early age that his religiousness was