The Democratic candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election hold a wide variety of stances on issues related to domestic and foreign policy and their political ideological views.
Jeff Boss | Harry Braun | Lincoln Chafee (Suspended campaign) | Hillary Clinton | Paul T. Farrell Jr. | Keith Judd | Lawrence Lessig (Suspended campaign) | David Mills | Martin O'Malley (Suspended campaign) | Bernie Sanders | Sam Sloan | Vermin Supreme | Jim Webb (Suspended campaign) | Robby Wells | Willie Wilson | John Wolfe, Jr. | |
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$15 federal minimum wage | Yes [1] | Unknown [1] | Unknown [1] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [1] | Yes [1] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [1] | No [2] | Unknown [1] | Unknown | |
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [3] | Yes [4] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [5] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [5] | Unknown [6] | Unknown | Unknown |
Cannabis legalization | Yes [7] | Unknown | Yes [8] | Unknown [9] | Unknown | Yes [10] | Yes [11] | Unknown | Unknown [12] | Yes [13] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [14] | Unknown [2] | Yes [15] | Unknown |
Capital punishment | No [16] | Yes [17] | No [18] | Yes [19] | Unknown | Yes [20] | No [21] | Unknown | No [22] | No [19] | Unknown | Yes [23] | Yes [24] | No [2] | Unknown | Unknown |
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [25] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [25] | No [25] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [26] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [27] | Yes [28] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [26] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [27] | Yes [28] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
DREAM Act | Unknown | No [29] | Yes [30] | Yes [31] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [32] | Unknown | Yes [33] | Yes [34] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [35] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Equality Act of 2015 | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [36] | Yes [37] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [38] | Unknown | Yes [39] | Yes [40] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [41] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Expand Social security | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [42] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [43] | Unknown | Yes [44] | Yes [45] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [46] |
Federal ban on conversion therapy for minors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [47] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [48] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lifting the ban on military service for transgender Americans | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [49] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [38] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [50] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Maintain Obergefell v. Hodges | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [51] | Yes [51] | Unknown | No [10] | Yes [52] | Unknown | Yes [51] | Yes [51] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [53] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Maintain Roe v. Wade | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [54] | Yes [55] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [56] | Yes [57] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [58] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [59] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [60] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 | Unknown | Unknown [61] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [62] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [62] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Overturn Burwell v. Hobby Lobby | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [63] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [64] | Yes [65] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission | Unknown | Unknown [66] | Unknown [67] | Yes [68] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [69] | Unknown | Yes [70] | Yes [60] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [71] | Unknown | Unknown [72] | Unknown |
Pro-choice | Yes [16] | Yes [17] | Yes [73] | Yes [74] | Unknown | No [20] | Unknown | Unknown [75] | Yes [76] | Yes [77] | Unknown | Yes [23] | Yes [78] | No [2] | Unknown | Unknown |
Proposition 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [79] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [80] | Yes [79] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [81] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [81] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Reinstating Glass–Steagall Legislation | Unknown | Unknown | Yes (previously against until October 13, 2015) [82] | No [83] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes[ citation needed ] | Unknown | Yes [84] | Yes [85] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [86] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [46] |
Religious Freedom Restoration Act | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No[ citation needed ] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [87] | No [87] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Religious Liberty Accommodations Act | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [88] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [88] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Repeal of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [89] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [90] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [91] | Unknown | Unknown | No [91] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Repeal of USA PATRIOT Act | Yes [92] | Unknown [93] | Yes (previously against until October 13, 2015) [94] | No [95] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [96] | Unknown | No [97] | Yes [98] | Unknown | Unknown | No [99] | Yes [100] | Unknown | Unknown |
Senate Bill 175 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [101] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [101] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Single-payer health care | Unknown [102] | Yes [17] | Unknown [103] | No[ citation needed ] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [104] | Unknown | Yes [103] | Yes [105] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [46] |
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [106] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [107] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Tuition-free public college | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [108] | No [108] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [108] | Yes [108] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [108] | Yes [109] | Unknown | Unknown |
Update military service records of veterans dismissed due to their sexual orientation | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [47] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [110] | Yes [111] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Supports same-sex marriage | Yes [16] | Yes [17] | Yes [112] | Yes [113] (previously against) [114] | Unknown | No [10] | Yes [115] | Unknown | Yes [116] | Yes [117] | Unknown | Unknown [118] | Yes [119] | No [120] | No [121] | No [122] |
USA Freedom Act | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [123] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [124] | No (previously supported until June 1, 2015) [125] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Universal background checks | No [16] | No [17] | Unknown | Yes [126] | Unknown | Unknown [20] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [126] | Yes [126] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [127] | No [2] | Unknown | Unknown |
Jeff Boss | Harry Braun | Lincoln Chafee (Suspended campaign) | Hillary Clinton | Paul T. Farrell Jr. | Keith Judd | Lawrence Lessig (Suspended campaign) | David Mills | Martin O'Malley (Suspended campaign) | Bernie Sanders | Sam Sloan | Vermin Supreme | Jim Webb (Suspended campaign) | Robby Wells | Willie Wilson | John Wolfe, Jr. | |
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Asylum for Syrian Civil War refugees | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [128] | Yes [129] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [129] | Yes [130] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [131] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Drone strikes on suspected enemy combatants | Yes [16] | No [17] | No [18] | Yes [132] | Unknown | Yes [20] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [133] | Yes [134] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ending the United States embargo against Cuba | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [135] | Yes [136] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [137] | Yes [137] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [138] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Enlargement of NATO | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [139] | Yes [140] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [141] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Iran Nuclear Deal | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [142] | Yes [142] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [143] | Unknown | Yes [142] | Yes [142] | Yes [144] | Unknown | No [142] | Unknown | Yes [145] | Unknown |
Keystone Pipeline System | Unknown | No [146] | Unknown [147] | No (previously undecided until September 22, 2015) [148] | Unknown | Yes [20] | Unknown | Unknown | No [149] | No [150] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [151] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Maintain some troops in Afghanistan | No [152] | No [17] | Unknown | Yes [153] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [143] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [153] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Military intervention against ISIL | Unknown | Unknown | No [154] | Yes [155] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [156] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [157] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Military funding for the Free Syrian Army | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [158] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No [159] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
No-fly zone in Syria | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [160] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [143] | Unknown | No [160] | No [161] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Paris Agreement | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes[ citation needed ] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [162] | No [163] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Sanctions against Iran | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [164] | Yes [165] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [166] | Yes [167] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [167] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Trans-Pacific Partnership | Unknown | Unknown [168] | Yes [169] | No [170] | Unknown | Unknown | No [171] | Unknown | No [172] | No [173] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown [174] [175] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Two-state solution | Unknown [176] | Unknown | Yes [177] | Yes [178] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes [179] | Yes [180] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Note that some of these terms are self-identifiers (in quotation marks): the views linked to may not adequately represent all of their policy stances.
Jeff Boss | Harry Braun | Lincoln Chafee (Suspended campaign) | Hillary Clinton | Paul T. Farrell Jr. | Keith Judd | Lawrence Lessig (Suspended campaign) | David Mills | Martin O'Malley (Suspended campaign) | Bernie Sanders | Sam Sloan | Vermin Supreme | Jim Webb (Suspended campaign) | Robby Wells | Willie Wilson | John Wolfe, Jr. |
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truther [7] | direct democrat [181] | libertarian-leaning progressive [182] | "progressive" [183] | "conservative" [184] | Unknown | "liberal" [185] | "liberal" [186] | "progressive" [187] | "democratic socialist"[ citation needed ] | Unknown | "anarchist" | moderate liberal [188] | "eaglist" [189] | social liberal [190] | "progressive" [191] |
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