No you didn't let Paul run as a libertarian in republican primaries. Sanders has never switched parties.
You need to keep up with your idols.
Is Bernie Sanders a Democrat or an independent?
The answer is, maybe both.
Sanders is an Independent in the Senate but also a member of the Democratic Party, according to his spokesman, Michael Briggs.
“He was elected as an independent,” Briggs said. “He just ran in states all over the country as a Democrat ... and he’s been looking for ways to make the party more progressive.”
Vermont has no party registration, Briggs noted, so Sanders can't walk into a city clerk’s office, fill out some paperwork and change his affiliation.
On Tuesday, Sanders was asked at a Bloomberg Politics breakfast if he'll remain a Democrat after the November election.
“I was elected as an independent, so I'll stay two years more as an independent,” he said.
But in a July 14 interview with USA TODAY, Sanders said he'd remain a Democrat. Briggs said Sanders’ opinion hasn’t changed since then.
Bernie Sanders' party affiliation? Not a simple question