Bernie Sanders: A Troubling Favorite For The Democrats In 2020?

New York, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Apr, 2019 ) :In 2016, Senator Bernie Sanders mounted a surprising challenge to veteran Democrat Hillary Clinton in the party's 2016 White House nomination race.

Today, he is once again in the hunt for the US presidency, and atop the list of 18 candidates formally vying for the Democratic nomination.

But his early lead could prove to be divisive as the party seeks to oust Donald Trump from the Oval Office in 2020.

Sanders, a 77-year-old self-described Democratic socialist from Vermont, is so far running from a position of strength, even as fresh new faces like "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg are making headlines.

Of course, the Wall Street foe is still running second in opinion polls to 76-year-old former vice president Joe Biden, who hasn't officially thrown his hat in the ring.

But fans of Sanders, who favors universal health care and steep taxes on the wealthy, are on board once again, if donations are any indication.

He has more than $18 million in his campaign war chest so far, more than any other Democrat in the race. And most of those donations -- 84 percent -- were less than $200.