--- title: Bernie Sanders on Ellen DeGeneres Show description: He also revealed his favorite One Direction member canonical: https://time.com/4075598/bernie-sanders-ellen-degeneres/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-15T19:53:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:02.799Z og:title: Watch Bernie Sanders Show Off His Dance Moves on Ellen og:description: He also revealed his favorite One Direction member og:url: https://time.com/4075598/bernie-sanders-ellen-degeneres/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Bernie Sanders Show Off His Dance Moves on Ellen twitter:description: He also revealed his favorite One Direction member twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Bernie Sanders Show Off His Dance Moves on _Ellen_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 15, 2015 7:53 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 15, 2015 7:53 PM CUT > [](https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/654462348137070592) On an episode of _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_ airing Thursday (but taped Wednesday), the U.S. Senator from Vermont and 2016 presidential contender Bernie Sanders danced — kind of — to “Disco Inferno,” for the refrain “Burn Baby Burn” has become associated with his campaign (“Bern Baby Bern”). Judging by the clip above, he looked like he was more comfortable dancing backstage than in front of the studio audience. But, needless to say, he still has a long way to go before he can top [Michelle Obama’s dance moves](http://time.com/3744326/michelle-obama-uptown-funk-dance-ellen-degeneres/ "undefined") on the program earlier this year. In addition to answering serious questions about the disappearing middle class posed by host Ellen DeGeneres, he [answered](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/15/bernie-sanders-and-his-lighter-side-appear-on-ellen/ "undefined") less serious questions, like who his favorite One Direction member is (Harry Styles) and whether he prefers boxers or briefs (briefs). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4075598/bernie-sanders-ellen-degeneres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4075598/bernie-sanders-ellen-degeneres/"},"headline":"Watch Bernie Sanders Show Off His Dance Moves on Ellen","datePublished":"2015-10-15T19:53:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:02.799Z","description":"He also revealed his favorite One Direction member","url":"https://time.com/4075598/bernie-sanders-ellen-degeneres/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4075598/bernie-sanders-ellen-degeneres/","name":"Watch Bernie Sanders Show Off His Dance Moves on Ellen"}}]}] ```