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 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Cannabis legalization Lincoln Chafee’s View on Cannabis Capital punishment Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents DREAM Act Prosperity through Peace Equality Act of 2015 Expand Social security Federal ban on conversion therapy for minors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity O'Malley backs conversion therapy ban, questions Sanders' Obama support Lifting the ban on military service for transgender Americans Maintain Obergefell v. Hodges Maintain Roe v. Wade Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Overturn Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Lawrence Lessig on campaign finance reform: Overturning ‘Citizens United’ isn't enough Pro-choice Proposition 1 Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act Reinstating Glass–Steagall Legislation Religious Freedom Restoration Act Religious Liberty Accommodations Act Repeal of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 Repeal of USA PATRIOT Act This is clear from http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/05/11/lawrence-lessig/continuing-work-code, in the context of https://medium.com/lessig-on-the-issues/the-emerging-surveillance-society-712b90b9ba89 Senate Bill 175 Single-payer health care Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 Tuition-free public college Update military service records of veterans dismissed due to their sexual orientation Martin O'Malley Wants to Expunge the Records of Veterans Discharged for Being Gay Supports same-sex marriage USA Freedom Act Universal background checks
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 Drone strikes on suspected enemy combatants Ending the United States embargo against Cuba Enlargement of NATO Iran Nuclear Deal Keystone Pipeline System Prepared for the Citizens of the United States Maintain some troops in Afghanistan Military intervention against ISIL Military funding for the Free Syrian Army No-fly zone in Syria Paris Agreement Sanctions against Iran Trans-Pacific Partnership Martin O’Malley on the Issues Two-state solution
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 direct democrat libertarian-leaning progressive "progressive" "conservative" "liberal" "liberal" "progressive" "democratic socialist" "anarchist" moderate liberal "eaglist" social liberal "progressive"
See also Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2016 Political positions of the Republican Party presidential primary candidates, 2016
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