By Alejandro Hernandez

Bernie Sanders is hands down the best candidate running in this year’s election.

If you are not familiar with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, here’s some basic information. He’s a senator from Vermont, and in less than a year, he’s gone from political no-name, to possibly being the strongest candidate for the presidential nomination. A big part of his meteoric rise comes from his unorthodox grassroots campaign. While most candidates traditionally rely on funding from big business and the 1%, that money is expected to help benefit the wealthy more than rest of 99%.

This is where Bernie separates himself from the Super-Pac. His campaign money is strictly funded by donations from the common man. His political stance is to bring about a revolutionary social reform that will hopefully close the gap between the upper and lower classes. He opposes the major banks, and he is appalled by the fact that the top one-tenth of the 1% has almost the same amount of money as 90% of the rest of population. If Sanders is elected he will do everything he can to put the people first and help make life easier for people without money. Among the things he hopes to change are free college education and universal healthcare.

I would highly suggest anyone take the time to do some more research about what Bernie’s campaign is about. In a race in which the media coverage is largely dominated by Trump’s bigotry and senselessness, listening to Bernie speak with an open-mind and a genuine care about social reform is refreshing and promising.