Bernista

plural Bernistas

1. UScolloquialgovernmentA supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.

   "It's almost like the Bernie Sanders guys are scared! The Bernistas are out in force!"

   2017, Scott Conroy, Vote First Or Die: The New Hampshire Primary: America's Discerning, Magnificent, and Absurd Road to the White House, unnumbered page

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   Sure, he's fond of cheesy dad-jokes, but the mayor is winning major cool-dad cred with his Bernista kids this week, getting a sit-down dinner with Bernie Sanders in Burlington.

   2016 August 29, “Winners & Losers”, in City & State New York, page 42

   Once Trump and Clinton won the nomination of their respective parties, the Bernistas should have held their noses and votes for Clinton.

   2018, Frank Perez, "Commentary: Bernie Sanders, Anthony Kennedy and the Supreme Court", Ambush Magazine, 17 July 2018 - 30 July 2018, page 36

   Synonyms: Berner, Sanderista