Michael Bennet (8) Colorado Democratic candidate for President; Colorado Senator
Pete Buttigieg (14) Indiana Democratic candidate for President; Mayor of South Bend, IN
Seth Moulton (10) Massachusetts Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from MA-6
Steve Bullock (4) Montana Democratic Montana Governor
Tim Ryan (11) Ohio Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from OH-13
Tom Steyer (2) Possible Democratic candidate for President from California
Tulsi Gabbard (12) Hawaii Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from HI-2
Wayne Messam (7) Florida Democratic Presidential Challenger
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Corporations Andrew Yang: 0.1% tax on the sale of stocks, bonds and derivatives.
Joe Sestak: Roll back corporate tax cuts by at least half.
John Delaney: Raise corporate taxes, but lower rates than 2017.
Kamala Harris: Reverse the 2017 corporate income tax cut.
Kamala Harris: New tax on banks with over $50 billion in assets.
Kirsten Gillibrand: Reverse the 2017 corporate income tax cut.
Marianne Williamson: Reverse the 2017 corporate income tax cut.
Seth Moulton: Raise corporate taxes, but lower rates than 2017.
Crime Amy Klobuchar: Abolish capital punishment.
Amy Klobuchar: Reduce mandatory minimum sentences.
Andrew Yang: Felons should be allowed after release from prison.
Andrew Yang: Reform or reduce cash bail.
Andrew Yang: Eliminate private prisons.
Bernie Sanders: Felons should be allowed to vote while incarcerated.
Bernie Sanders: Eliminate private prisons.
Beto O`Rourke: Felons should be allowed to vote while incarcerated.
Beto O`Rourke: Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences.
Bill de Blasio: Abolish capital punishment.
Eric Swalwell: Abolish capital punishment.
John Delaney: Eliminate private prisons.
Julian Castro: Eliminate private prisons.
Julian Castro: Abolish capital punishment.
Kirsten Gillibrand: End cash bail; it hits low-income Americans.
Kirsten Gillibrand: Abolish capital punishment.
Marianne Williamson: Eliminate private prisons.
Pete Buttigieg: Felons should be allowed after release from prison.
Pete Buttigieg: End cash bail; it hits low-income Americans.
Pete Buttigieg: Eliminate private prisons.
Pete Buttigieg: Abolish capital punishment.
Tim Ryan: Moratorium on the death penalty--for now.
Tulsi Gabbard: End cash bail; it hits low-income Americans.
Tulsi Gabbard: Eliminate private prisons.
Tulsi Gabbard: Abolish capital punishment.
Tulsi Gabbard: Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences.
Drugs Amy Klobuchar: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.
Bernie Sanders: Remove cocaine sentencing disparities.
Cory Booker: Remove cocaine sentencing disparities.
Marianne Williamson: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.
Seth Moulton: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.
Steve Bullock: Let the states decide on legalizing marijuana.
Tim Ryan: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.
Wayne Messam: Let the states decide on legalizing marijuana.
Education Amy Klobuchar: Boost teacher pay.
Andrew Yang: College shouldn't be free.
Bernie Sanders: Universal free meals in schools.
Julian Castro: Universal free meals in schools.
Julian Castro: Give teachers tax credits of $2,000 to $10,000.
Energy & Oil Jay Inslee: Ban fracking.
Marianne Williamson: Ban fracking.
Pete Buttigieg: Ban fracking.
Tom Steyer: Ban fracking.
Tulsi Gabbard: Ban fracking.
Wayne Messam: Ban fracking.
Environment Amy Klobuchar: Support nuclear power.
Jay Inslee: Develop new nuclear technologies.
Joe Biden: Develop new nuclear technologies.
John Delaney: Support nuclear power.
John Hickenlooper: Support nuclear power.
Kamala Harris: Develop new nuclear technologies.
Marianne Williamson: Close down existing nuclear power reactors.
Pete Buttigieg: Support nuclear power.
Tulsi Gabbard: Close down existing nuclear power reactors.
Families & Children Amy Klobuchar: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Andrew Yang: 6 to 9 months paid parental leave.
Beto O`Rourke: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
John Hickenlooper: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Julian Castro: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Kamala Harris: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Kirsten Gillibrand: Expand the Child Tax Credit.
Michael Bennet: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Michael Bennet: Expand the Child Tax Credit.
Pete Buttigieg: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Seth Moulton: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Tim Ryan: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Tulsi Gabbard: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.
Free Trade Amy Klobuchar: Demand changes to NAFTA; use tariffs to crack down.
Amy Klobuchar: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.
Amy Klobuchar: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.
Beto O`Rourke: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.
Beto O`Rourke: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.
Bill de Blasio: USMCA is worse than NAFTA.
Eric Swalwell: Demand changes to NAFTA; use tariffs to crack down.
Jay Inslee: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.
John Delaney: We missed opportunity; rejoin CPTPP (Pacific Trade 2.0).
Julian Castro: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.
Kamala Harris: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.
Kamala Harris: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.
Kirsten Gillibrand: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.
Marianne Williamson: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.
Pete Buttigieg: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.
Pete Buttigieg: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.
Seth Moulton: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.
Steve Bullock: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.
Tim Ryan: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.
Wayne Messam: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.
Government Reform Amy Klobuchar: Election Security Act: mandate paper ballots.
Andrew Yang: Electoral College should not be eliminated.
Bernie Sanders: Hard to defend the Electoral College.
Bernie Sanders: Mandate paper ballots.
Beto O`Rourke: Eliminate the Electoral College.
Beto O`Rourke: Mandate paper ballots.
Eric Swalwell: Mandate paper ballots.
Jay Inslee: Supports National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
John Delaney: Electoral College should not be eliminated.
John Hickenlooper: Electoral College should not be eliminated.
Julian Castro: Eliminate the Electoral College.
Julian Castro: Mandate paper ballots.
Kamala Harris: Discuss eliminating the Electoral College.
Kamala Harris: Mandate paper ballots.
Kirsten Gillibrand: Eliminate the Electoral College.
Kirsten Gillibrand: Mandate paper ballots.
Michael Bennet: Mandate paper ballots.
Seth Moulton: Eliminate the Electoral College.
Tim Ryan: Eliminate the Electoral College.
Tim Ryan: Mandate paper ballots.
Tulsi Gabbard: Eliminate the Electoral College.
Tulsi Gabbard: Mandate paper ballots.
Wayne Messam: Eliminate the Electoral College.
Gun Control Andrew Yang: Voluntary buyback, plus high-capacity magazine ban.
Beto O`Rourke: Voluntary buyback for assault weapons, plus a ban.
John Delaney: Ban assault weapons & all high-capacity accessories.
Julian Castro: Voluntary buyback, despite their mixed success.
Marianne Williamson: In favor of a gun licensing program.
Michael Bennet: Support a ban on assault weapons.
Pete Buttigieg: Voluntary buyback, plus ban assault weapons.
Steve Bullock: Voluntary buyback, but locally, not federally.
Tim Ryan: Voluntary buyback for assault weapons, plus a ban.
Health Care Andrew Yang: Support negotiating drug prices for Medicare outpatients.
Seth Moulton: Opposes Medicare for All, but would expand coverage.
Wayne Messam: Support negotiating drug prices for Medicare outpatients.
Homeland Security Amy Klobuchar: Boost the defense budget.
Beto O`Rourke: Boost the defense budget.
Eric Swalwell: Slash the defense budget.
Joe Biden: Boost the defense budget.
John Hickenlooper: Boost the defense budget.
Kamala Harris: Slash the defense budget.
Kirsten Gillibrand: Slash the defense budget.
Michael Bennet: Boost the defense budget.
Pete Buttigieg: Boost the defense budget.
Seth Moulton: Boost the defense budget.
Tim Ryan: Boost the defense budget.
Immigration Jay Inslee: No additional funding for Southern Border wall.
Tim Ryan: No additional funding for Southern Border wall.
Wayne Messam: Repeal the illegal entry statute (Section 1325).
Jobs Andrew Yang: Leave the minimum wage up to the states.
Bill de Blasio: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
John Hickenlooper: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Julian Castro: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Kamala Harris: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Michael Bennet: Raise the federal minimum wage to $12/hour.
Pete Buttigieg: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Seth Moulton: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Steve Bullock: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Tim Ryan: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Tulsi Gabbard: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
Wayne Messam: Calls for living wage; raised city worker minimum to $12/hr.
Tax Reform Joe Sestak: Boost estate taxes to 45% on wealthiest 400 families.
John Delaney: Tax capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income.
Marianne Williamson: Boost taxes on wealthy Americans.
Seth Moulton: Tax capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income.
Tom Steyer: Boost taxes 1% on wealthiest 0.1% of Americans.
Technology Amy Klobuchar: $1 trillion for infrastructure from raised taxes.
Andrew Yang: Users should have property rights to their data.
Bernie Sanders: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.
Beto O`Rourke: $1.5 trillion for infrastructure from raised taxes.
Bill de Blasio: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.
John Delaney: Boost infrastructure spending by raising gasoline tax.
John Delaney: Adopt California's strict privacy rules federally.
John Delaney: Don't break up tech giants; regulate them instead.
John Hickenlooper: $1 trillion for infrastructure from raised taxes.
Marianne Williamson: Massively boost transportation infrastructure spending.
Marianne Williamson: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.
Michael Bennet: Boost transportation infrastructure spending.
Pete Buttigieg: Empower federal regulators to deal with tech giants.
Tulsi Gabbard: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.
Tulsi Gabbard: Pay for infrastructure by winding down wars.
War & Peace Amy Klobuchar: Keep the troops deployed abroad.
Beto O`Rourke: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.
Eric Swalwell: Keep the troops deployed abroad.
Jay Inslee: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.
John Delaney: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.
John Hickenlooper: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.
Kamala Harris: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.
Michael Bennet: Keep the troops deployed abroad.
Pete Buttigieg: Keep the troops deployed abroad.
Seth Moulton: Keep the troops deployed abroad.
Tim Ryan: Keep the troops deployed abroad.
Welfare & Poverty Amy Klobuchar: Expand the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).
John Delaney: Double the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).
John Hickenlooper: Double the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).
Julian Castro: Construction funding & rent subsidies for affordable housing.
Kamala Harris: Massively expand the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).
Kamala Harris: Subsidies for Affordable Housing renters and homeowners.
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