Bernie Sanders Leadership Qualities

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When candidates are running for president, they are fully aware that they will be faced with not just problems of the United States but of the world. Candidates are also mindful that they must represent the U.S. well; they must be honest, thoughtful, have strong leadership qualities, and be great at decision making. One of the candidates that I personally think exemplifies these qualities is Bernie Sanders. Bernie is taking the right steps to gain support by killing his opponents with kindness. They recently aired an ad that wasn’t condemning in any way but simply featured images of the everyday American lifestyle and displayed photos of him at rallies and being genuine, trying to avoid negativity. This is a message to the public showing that although he can be serious and get an important point across he is still a caring person who people can trust. …show more content…

He is raising money the correct way by being funded by Americans whose donations goes towards his campaign, speeches, and ads. Sen. Sanders is also great at grabbing the attention of the younger generation which brings him much success by getting the word out on social media. Something I wasn’t aware of is that he has won 9 straight elections, without the benefit of party machinery (this is helping his image). The optimistic attitude in me wants to say that Bernie will most definitely win the Democrats over but I also think that he should be more dominant when it comes to his campaign. There are a few things that I would advise the candidate to communicate to win the election: be straight-forward, strong-willed (because people see him as very weak because of how genuine and caring he is), be honest, and lead by example. Knowing that he has amazing ideas he will continue to keep majority of the votes if he leads by example and execute his