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Question: Which issues should Democrats FOCUS on the most?
#1
Universal Single-Payer Healthcare (also allow the government to negotiate lower drug prices and allow drug importations from other countries like Canada)
 
#2
Tuition-free College for state colleges
 
#3
$15/hour Minimum Wage
 
#4
Paid Leave (family, sick, vacation)
 
#5
Affordable Childcare
 
#6
Universal PreK
 
#7
Infrastructure
 
#8
tax reform that includes the Buffet rule for millionaires, a carbon tax, bank risk tax, elimination of tax deductions/credits that favor the rich and wealthy corporations
 
#9
elimination of the payroll FICA tax cap, and expanded Social Security... and transitioning Social Security into a Universal Basic Income for people of all ages that begins to replace many government bureaucracies
 
#10
the Paycheck Fairness Act for gender equality and closing the pay gap
 
#11
the Equality Act, adding LGBT to antidiscrimination protection in employment/housing/medicine/adoption/education/public-accommodations/etc. at the national level
 
#12
comprehensive Immigration reform with pathway to citizenship for everyone, more Muslim refugees
 
#13
Marijuana Legalization nationwide
 
#14
Universal Gun Background & Mental Health Checks
 
#15
Criminal Justice Reform (end for-profit prisons, low-level offenders not having mandatory minimums, nonviolent offenders offered treatment not jail, encourage police body cameras, requiring transparent public databases to report all violent police inciden
 
#16
Universal voter registration/updating, repairing the Voting Rights Act, making Election Day a federal holiday, and encouraging early voting in all states
 
#17
new Public Housing projects
 
#18
Bank Breakups
 
#19
Cut Military Spending
 
#20
Environmental & Animal Protections
 
#21
Outlawing coal, fracking, oil drilling
 
#22
amendments on campaign finance and the electoral college
 
#23
being Pro-Choice
 
#24
our International Alliances abroad, and value of Human Rights
 
#25
OTHER (please specify)
 
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Blue3
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« on: June 04, 2017, 08:56:33 PM »

Which issues should Democrats FOCUS on the most?
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Blue3
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2017, 03:20:18 PM »

Any new thoughts?

People aren't really talking about this, DESPITE people saying the lack of this is why Hillary lost. Perhaps we should then focus on the issues first, and THEN which candidates are the best champions for those positions on the issues?
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2017, 01:51:31 PM »
« Edited: August 30, 2017, 01:53:08 PM by Blue3 »

Poll results, the collective wisdom of the Atlas 2020 Election subforum, right now seem to be:

Tier 1:
1. Infrastructure
2. Single-Payer Healthcare
3. Mandatory Paid Leave
4. Voting Reform
5. Criminal Justice Reform

Tier 2:
6. Affordable Childcare
7. Tuition-free State Colleges
8. $15 Minimum Wage
9. Tax Reform
10. Marijuana Legalization



With the bottom being:

25. Other
24. Pro-Choice
23. International Alliances & Human Rights
22. Outlawing Coal, Fracking, Oil Drilling
21. Universal Gun Background/MentalHealth Checks

20. Paycheck Fairness Act for Gender Equality
19. Public Housing
18. Social Security that's better-funded and expanded
17. Cut Military Spending
16. Immigration Reform + Citizenship Pathway

15. Bank Breakups
14. Univesal PreK
13. Environmental & Animal Protections
12. Equality Act for LGBT
11. Amendments for Campaign Finance & Electoral College
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