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Joe Biden has three main ideas for his campaign:

Rebuild the backbone of the country: the middle class- rebuild the middle class, and make sure everyone is included in society regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or

Bernie Sanders has six main ideas for his campaign: A welcoming and safe America for all- stand up for America’s values accepting refugees, asylum-seekers and families who come to the United States in search of the American Dream.

Medicare for all- join every other major country to guarantee healthcare to all

disability.

Demonstrate respected leadership on the world stagerepair relationships with America’s allies and reclaim America’s longstanding position as the moral and economic leader of the world. Making sure American democracy includes everyone- fix finance, voting rights and gerrymandering, the redrawing of district lines to favor one political party or class. https://joebiden.com

people. Some Americans do not want to go to the hospital because of debt from bills.

Green New Deal- address the climate crisis and work on using more renewable resources.

College for all- make public college and university tuition-free and cancel all student debt by taxing the rich.

Workplace Democracyuse the trade union movement to rebuild the middle class in America again.

Housing for all- expand Social Security benefits for all recipients, protect pensions and guarantee home and community-based long-term care services. https://berniesanders. com/?nosplash

Elizabeth Warren has six main ideas for her campaign: Strengthen the Democracy- start with a constitutional amendment to protect the right of every American citizen to vote and have every vote counted.

Rebuild the Middle Classmake structural changes to put economic power back in the hands of the American people and worker unions.

Equal Justice Under Law- end racial disparities, banning private prisons, embracing community policing and demilitarizing local police forces, comprehensive sentencing reform on America’s laws to decriminalize marijuana.

End Washington Corruption- end lobbying by closing loopholes, ban foreign governments from hiring Washington lobbyists and shutting down the ability

of lobbyists to move freely in government jobs.

A Foreign Policy for Allstrengthen labor standards to bring home all the troops from overseas.

Fight for a Green New Deal- create better union American jobs in clean and renewable energy, infrastructure and manufacturing https://elizabethwarren. com/plans

Pete Buttigieg has four main ideas:

Climate ChangeImplement a Green New Deal with all the available tools, including a carbon taxand-dividend for Americans and support major direct investment to build a 100% clean energy society.

Gun Control- Institute universal background checks, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, close major loopholes that allow gun abusers to receive firearms and establish a nationwide gun licensing system.

Immigration- Include a pathway to citizenship for immigrants living, working and paying taxes in America; provide resources to end the backlogs in lawful immigration and asylum

processes; and implement reasonable security measures at the border.

Health Care- Create a Medicare for All Who Want It plan that will implement universal health care, it will give Americans the choice to choose the current plan they are on or switch to Medicare. www.peteforamerica.com

Donald Trump’s slogan for his campaign is ‘Keep America Great.’ President Trump is implementing his ‘America First’ platform, continuing his promise to the American people to lower taxes, repeal and replace Obamacare, end stifling regulations, protect

the United States borders by constructing a border wall, keep jobs in the country, take care of veterans, strengthen the military and law enforcement and renegotiate bad trade deals, creating a government of, by and for the people. Trump is also expanding apprenticeship programs, bringing businesses and educators together to ensure high-quality classroom instruction and on-the-job training. https://www.donaldjtrump. com/about/

Roque (“Rocky”) De La Fuente’s campaign slogan, “Together we are stronger.” There are five issues on which he is basing his campaign:

Health Care- lower cost, improved quality, and readdress healthcare reform in a way that addresses cost and quality along with access. Immigration- maintain secure borders without

Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld believes in a wellrun economy, a pragmatic foreign policy and moderation on social issues. He has six policies he is endorsing but has five main categories his campaign is focused around: Policies- foreign policy, jobs and economy, tax and spending, firearms, immigration and education.

Criminal Justice Reformfix prison overcrowding,

abandoning the values upon which America had been founded, an admission and acknowledgement of our current immigration system and its ineffectiveness.

Economy- bring back small to medium businesses and push for federal legislation to repair and replace infrastructure .

Education- make sure the Department of Education is paying the correct amount on taxes, create an environment that actually supports the concept of equal opportunity. Environment- preserve the environment to the greatest extent that America reasonably can. https://rocky101.com/en_us/ en/issues-2/

reform of the criminal justice system centering around the War on Drugs, encouraging bail reform and better enforcement of federal civil rights laws.

Homeland Security and Counterintelligence- more security for the border new policies for organized crimes and drug overdoses that remain dangerously out of control.

Health Care- more individual consumer choices for both costs and coverages, more competition that drives prices down and more aid to the Veterans Administration.

The Opioid Crisis- use defenses of family and state government first, and then let the federal government be the next line of defense. https://weld2020.org/ policies/

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