Sanders, who has spent a great deal of his campaign talking about the richest one per cent in America, is travelling coach

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is flying coach to prove that he is a man of the people and pictures of him flying are now trending on Twitter.

Sanders, who has spent a great deal of his campaign talking about the richest one per cent in America, has been praised for spending less of taxpayers money by sitting in coach on the plane.

It has even sparked the hashtag trend #sandersonaplane, with people sharing pictures of the Vermont Senator on Twitter.

Aaron Rhodes posted a picture withe the comment: 'Sanders flies coach. He knows the peoples' struggle.'

Among them are a number of selfies, taken by people sitting in their seats while Sanders, who is travelling all over America as he battles Hillary Clinton for the candidacy, is totally unaware.

One picture shows him stood in the isle, seemingly asking some people if he can get back to his seat in the window.

Another picture shows the candidate slumped in his seat, appearing to sleep in what looks like a very cramped seat.

On Twitter user shares a photo of Sanders sitting in the flight lounge looking at his iPad, claiming that the politician is watching 1992 movie The Bodyguard, with Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.

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The image first emerged from a campaign Facebook group called Florida For Bernie Sanders 2016, who think it says something positive about the candidate.

The group wrote: 'He respects the money you give him enough to spend it wisely. This more than anything shows he is just an ordinary guy that anyone can relate to.'

Sanders' economy flights have even sparked the hashtag trend #sandersonaplane, with people sharing pictures of the Vermont Senator on Twitter

Sanders is working on his tablet in one photo (left) and can be seen slumped and sleeping in what appears to be a very cramped seat (right)

On Twitter user shares a photo of Sanders sitting in the flight lounge looking at his iPad, claiming that the politician is watching 1992 movie The Bodyguard (left), and another of him standing in the isle was shared

Sanders broke out his own secret fundraising weapon yesterday in an end-of-the-year push to raise funds for his presidential campaign: ice cream magnates Ben Cohen and and Jerry Greenfield.

Like Sanders, the Ben and Jerry's ice cream duo hails from Burlington, Vermont. They endorsed his presidential campaign over the summer and have donated free ice cream to his events.

The Sanders campaign has twice dispatched an email from the businessmen today asking for money ahead of the Thursday deadline to scoop up funds and possibly outraise Hillary Clinton for the first time.

Cohen, the more politically active of the two, contributed to $30,000 to activists affiliated with Occupy Wall Street in 2012 to operate a van with a projector powerful enough to show messages on building walls.