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Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at town hall at the National Motorcycle Museum on January 3, 2020 in Anamosa, Iowa (Getty Images)
Despite being one of the oldest lawmakers in Congress, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is a hit among the youth of the country. This is proven by the fact that he has the most number of social media followers, Facebook and Twitter combined - a record he has been holding for the last six year, undefeated by any other legislators.
According to a study by Pew Research Center, when one rounds up his followers on both these platforms, Sanders has a following of 21.7 million. From January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2020, Pew tallied the number of social media followers each legislator had and as it turns out, the top three spots with the highest number of followers are Sanders, Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with 12.72 million followers, and Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney with 12.04 million followers. Before Kam
Sen. Bernie Sanders is feeling the Bern — and the love — after a photo of him sitting alone in his face mask, winter coat and patchwork mittens at Wednesday’s presidential inauguration went viral.
On Thursday’s episode of “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Sanders wa