He’s a cantankerous, bespectacled, balding New Yorker who is inclined to see the glass half-empty.

Born to Jewish parents, he’s devoutly irreligious and fiercely liberal. He’s not one to engage in small talk, like the stop-and-chat. And his mood is perpetually sullen, with dashes of cutting humor.

Larry David isn’t running for president. But his political doppelgänger – Bernie Sanders – is.

One is a renowned comedian currently performing on Broadway. The other is a grizzled politician – a second-term senator representing Vermont – who will be putting on his own show in cities like Bedford, New Hampshire, and Bettendorf, Iowa.

But the similarities between the two – in likeness, demeanor and even substance – are uncanny.

First, there’s the appearance. Separated by just six years in age, there’s the wispy white hair split by a shiny cranium. And the trademark glasses, which do little to hide a face that usually looks either mildly irked or unimpressed.

