Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are not interchangeable progressive leaders. They have real policy differences between them, and it’s important to understand.

I like Elizabeth Warren generally, and I’m not adversarial against her campaign nor supporters. But, I’m still definitely supporting Bernie Sanders over Elizabeth Warren for specific policy reasons where I think she’s weak for no good reason. I’m hopeful the Warren campaign will improve on these issues, because it would get more support from people like me. But until then, Bernie Sanders remains an obviously better choice towards progressive values for, at minimum, these 4 reasons:

1) Warren isn’t treating climate urgently enough. Warren’s campaign STILL calls their climate plan a “work in progress”, and currently DOES NOT include a full ban on fracking (Warren has stated her position against fracking, but has NOT listed this in her actual climate plan, which is very disappointing). Warren proposed $3 trillion in climate investment, which is less than one-fifth of Sanders’ $16.3 trillion climate plan (which bans fracking).

2) Warren’s free college plan doesn’t go far enough. Warren’s campaign proposes a $1.25 trillion tuition-free college plan, which will also cancel debt for 75% of Americans. This is 43% smaller than Sanders’ $2.2 trillion tuition free college plan, which cancels 100% of all American student debt.

3) Warren doesn’t support national rent control, and wants to leave rent control pricing up to market forces in different areas. Sanders wants federal rent control standards for the entire country.

4) Warren’s wealth tax is significantly weaker and would raise $1.6 trillion less in tax revenue than Sanders’ wealth tax. Warren wants a 2 percent tax on household (whether single or married) assets above $50 million and 3 percent for households (whether single or married) with assets worth more than $1 billion. Sanders proposes more, and higher, tax brackets, which kick in at a lower wealth threshold, and separately for single vs. married people (which eliminates loopholes for divorced millionaires).

Those are all facts. Now, here’s my opinion too for what it’s worth: I believe Sanders is more electable than Warren. Sanders has already proven that he can get half the Democratic Party to vote for him, and unlike Warren, Sanders can also bring in independents, young black women, first-time voters, and take away from Trump’s base.

I have an open mind to Warren improving these issues and I will continue to eagerly wait for the Warren campaign to catch up. Until then, I’m 100% definitely planning to vote for Bernie Sanders.