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Online dating sites cover virtually every interest in the book.Now there’s one designed specifically for fans of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.Watch this story"We both got involved with Bernie, calling on the phone, doing signs and knocking on people's doors,” Bernie Sanders supporter Katy Osterholtz said.Osterholtz and Andrew Whitney are best friends rooting for Bernie.There’s now a new way for Sanders fans to connect, at berniesingles.com.“I mean, hey, I'm not going to be on the dating site now, because I'm only 17 but I think it's great,” Osterholtz said.The dating site was founded by Bernie supporters and is an online community for people of all walks of life who are 13 and older.But it's specifically for those who share the philosophy championed by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.In their words, it's a place to meet "cool Bernie-loving dudes and dudettes" or "people that have a general understanding of how the economy works."Josh Lambert isn't on the market but likes the idea.“I think it will definitely help his campaign, bringing the people together,” Lambert said.More than 5,000 people are registered on the site, including some names you may be surprised to find. There’s at least one Jeb Bush and quite a few Donald Trumps.Finding out who another person supports before getting serious is something Whitney said was crucial.“That can always be awkward if you like get down that far down the road and you find out they're voting for someone like Donald Trump or something like that,” Whitney said.According to the website, it has had to shut down several times to handle rapid growth.A momentum Osterholtz hopes will only continue.“Even more people are going to know about Bernie and his beliefs and be able to like join together about how much they like Bernie and I think it's a really good thing,” Osterholtz said.