Political positions of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primary candidates

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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.

Domestic policy[]

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.
$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[104] Un­known Un­known Yes[105] Un­known Yes[103] Yes[106] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[46]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[107] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known No[108] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Tuition-free public college Un­known Un­known Un­known[109] No[109] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known No[109] Yes[109] Un­known Un­known Un­known[109] Yes[110] Un­known Un­known
Update military service records of veterans dismissed due to their sexual orientation Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[47] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[111] Yes[112] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Supports same-sex marriage Yes[16] Yes[17] Yes[113] Yes[114]
(previously against) [115] 		Un­known No[10] Yes[116] Un­known Yes[117] Yes[118] Un­known Un­known[119] Yes[120] No[121] No[122] No[123]
USA Freedom Act Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[124] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[125] No
(previously supported until June 1, 2015)[126] 		Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Universal background checks No[16] No[17] Un­known Yes[127] Un­known Un­known[20] Un­known Un­known Yes[127] Yes[127] Un­known Un­known Un­known[128] No[2] Un­known Un­known

Foreign policy[]

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.
Asylum for Syrian Civil War refugees Un­known Un­known Un­known[129] Yes[130] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[130] Yes[131] Un­known Un­known Un­known[132] Un­known Un­known Un­known
Drone strikes on suspected enemy combatants Yes[16] No[17] No[18] Yes[133] Un­known Yes[20] Un­known Un­known Un­known[134] Yes[135] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Ending the United States embargo against Cuba Un­known Un­known Yes[136] Yes[137] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[138] Yes[138] Un­known Un­known Yes[139] Un­known Un­known Un­known
Enlargement of NATO Un­known Un­known Yes[140] Yes[141] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known No[142] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Iran Nuclear Deal Un­known Un­known Yes[143] Yes[143] Un­known Un­known Yes[144] Un­known Yes[143] Yes[143] Yes[145] Un­known No[143] Un­known Yes[146] Un­known
Keystone Pipeline System Un­known No[147] Un­known[148] No
(previously undecided until September 22, 2015)[149] 		Un­known Yes[20] Un­known Un­known No[150] No[151] Un­known Un­known Yes[152] Un­known Un­known Un­known
Maintain some troops in Afghanistan No[153] No[17] Un­known Yes[154] Un­known Un­known Yes[144] Un­known Un­known Yes[154] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Military intervention against ISIL Un­known Un­known No[155] Yes[156] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[157] Un­known Un­known Un­known[158] Un­known Un­known Un­known
Military funding for the Free Syrian Army Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[159] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known No[160] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
No-fly zone in Syria Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[161] Un­known Un­known Yes[144] Un­known No[161] No[162] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Paris Agreement Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[citation needed] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[163] No[164] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Sanctions against Iran Un­known Un­known Yes[165] Yes[166] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[167] Yes[168] Un­known Un­known Yes[168] Un­known Un­known Un­known
Trans-Pacific Partnership Un­known Un­known[169] Yes[170] No[171] Un­known Un­known No[172] Un­known No[173] No[174] Un­known Un­known Un­known[175][176] Un­known Un­known Un­known
Two-state solution Un­known[177] Un­known Yes[178] Yes[179] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes[180] Yes[181] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known

Political ideologies[]

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.
truther[7] direct democrat[182] libertarian-leaning progressive[183] "progressive"[184] "conservative"[185] Un­known "liberal"[186] "liberal"[187] "progressive"[188] "democratic socialist"[citation needed] Un­known "anarchist" moderate liberal[189] ""[190] social liberal[191] "progressive"[192]

See also[]

  • Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2016
  • Political positions of the Republican Party presidential primary candidates, 2016

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