" Asked in 1988 about his role as as SWP elector in 1980 , [ Bernie Sanders ] said " I was asked to put my name on the ballot and I did , that's true ". [ Oddly enough, in the same year 1980 I was an SWP presidential elector here in Rhode Island ]

[ Bernie Sanders campaigned for the Socialist Workers Party in the 1980 and 1984 presidential campaigns and was investigated by the FBI for his ties to the Marxist group. Sanders has always played down the extent of his involvement with the party, which included radicals who praised the Soviet Union and Cuban communists, and has denied […] Bernie Sanders campaigned for the Socialist Workers Party in the 1980 and 1984 presidential campaigns and was investigated by the FBI for his ties to the Marxist group. Sanders has always played down the extent of his involvement with the party, which included radicals who praised the Soviet Union and Cuban communists, and has denied ever being a member. Asked in 1988 about his role as an SWP elector in 1980, he said: “I was asked to put my name on the ballot and I did, that’s true.” In fact, his ties to the party are deep and enduring. " GOOGLE AI search result : [Who were the two presidential electors for the Socialist Workers Party here in Rhode Island in Election Year 1980 ?The two presidential electors for the Socialist Workers Party in Rhode Island during the 1980 election were Annette D. Gagne of Central Falls and Ronald Ruggieri of Cranston.According to the official 1980 Count Book from the Rhode Island Board of Elections, the complete slate of alternative socialist electors for that year included:Socialist Workers Party ElectorsAnnette D. Gagne (Central Falls)Ronald Ruggieri (Cranston)]