Political Talking Points

Abortion

What is your stance on abortion?

Gay Marriage

Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?

LGBT Adoption Rights

Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?

Gender Transition

Should people under the age of 18 years old be able to receive gender-transition treatments?

Gender Identity

Should “gender identity” be added to anti-discrimination laws?

Transgender Athletes

Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?

Planned Parenthood Funding

Should the government continue to fund Planned Parenthood?

Gun Buyback

Should the federal government institute a mandatory buyback of assault weapons?

Marital Rape

Should marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape?

Government Mandates

Should health insurance providers be required to offer free birth control?

Religious Freedom Act

Should a business be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs?

Death Penalty

Do you support the death penalty?

Hate Speech

Should hate speech be protected by the first amendment?

Should frozen embryos be considered children?

Racial Sensitivity Training

Should the federal government require racial sensitivity training for employees?

Should schools be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for teachers and faculty?

Should schools be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for students?

First Amendment

Should the government support a separation of church and state by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments?

Gender Workplace Diversity

Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

Confederate Flag

Should states be allowed to display the Confederate flag on government property?

Women in Combat

Should the military allow women to serve in combat roles?

Safe Spaces

Should universities provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students?

Niqāb

Should women be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies?

Should companies be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for employees?

Euthanasia

Should terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via assisted suicide?

Gun Control

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

Armed Teachers

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

Term Limits

Should there be term limits set for members of Congress?

Supreme Court Reform

Should the Supreme Court be reformed to include more seats and term limits on judges?

Should Supreme Court justices be prohibited from making financial transactions with people who have a vested interest in court outcomes?

Drug Policy

Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?

No-Fly List Gun Control

Should people on the “no-fly list” be banned from purchasing guns and ammunition?

Affirmative Action

Do you support affirmative action programs?

Should members of Congress be allowed to trade stocks while serving in office?

Gun Liability

Should victims of gun violence be allowed to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers?

Social Media Regulation

Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?

Patriot Act

Do you support the Patriot Act?

NSA Domestic Surveillance

Should the NSA (National Security Agency) be allowed to collect basic metadata of citizen’s phone calls such as numbers, timestamps, and call durations?

Muslim Surveillance

Should local police increase surveillance and patrol of Muslim neighborhoods?

Gerrymandering

Should the redrawing of Congressional districts be controlled by an independent, non-partisan commission?

Flag Burning

Should it be illegal to burn the American flag?

Social Security

Should the government raise the retirement age for Social Security?

Eminent Domain

Should the government be allowed to seize private property, with reasonable compensation, for public or civic use?

Whistleblower Protection

Should the government pass laws which protect whistleblowers?

Political Advertising on Social Media

Should social media companies ban political advertising?

Net Neutrality

Should internet service providers be allowed to speed up access to popular websites (that pay higher rates) at the expense of slowing down access to less popular websites (that pay lower rates)?

Edward Snowden

Should the U.S. government grant immunity to Edward Snowden?

Air Force One

Should the military upgrade Air Force One?

Student Loans

Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?

Free College for All

Should the federal government pay for tuition at four-year colleges and universities?

Critical Race Theory in K-12 Education

Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?

Universal Pre-K

Should the federal government fund Universal preschool?

School Vouchers

Should the government offer students a voucher that they can use to attend private schools?

Should colleges be held financially accountable if graduates, with degrees leading to lower income jobs, default on their student loans?

Common Core

Do you support Common Core national standards?

Charter Schools

Do you support charter schools?

School Truancy

Should the government decriminalize school truancy?

Deporting Criminal Immigrants

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

Border Security

Should the U.S. increase restrictions on its current border security policy?

Immigration Healthcare

Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?

Border Wall

Should the U.S. build a wall along the southern border?

Immigration

Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?

Illegal Immigrant Detainment

Should local law enforcement be allowed to detain illegal immigrants for minor crimes and transfer them to federal immigration authorities?

Immigrant Laborers

Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?

Citizenship Test

Should immigrants be required to pass a citizenship test to demonstrate a basic understanding of our country’s language, history, and government?

Sanctuary Cities

Should sanctuary cities receive federal funding?

In-State Tuition

Should undocumented immigrants be offered in-state tuition rates at public colleges within their residing state?

Skilled Immigrants

Should the US increase or decrease the amount of temporary work visas given to high-skilled immigrant workers?

Should immigrants from high risk countries be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

Immigrant Assimilation

Should immigrants be required to learn English?

Dual Citizenship

Should immigrants to the United States be allowed to hold dual citizenship status?

Equal Pay

Should employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job?

Minimum Wage

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

Taxes

Should the U.S. raise taxes on the rich?

Paid Sick Leave

Should businesses be required to provide paid leave for full-time employees during the birth of a child or sick family member?

Government Spending

Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?

Free Tax Filing

Should the IRS create a free electronic tax filing system?

Corporate Tax

Should the U.S. raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

Universal Basic Income

Do you support a universal basic income program?

Labor Unions

Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?

Welfare

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?

Welfare Drug Testing

Should welfare recipients be tested for drugs?

Capital Gains Tax

Should the government increase the tax rate on profits earned from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate?

Should the United States transition to a four-day workweek?

Economic Stimulus

Should the government use economic stimulus to aid the country during times of recession?

Overtime Pay

Should the government require businesses to pay salaried employees, making up to $46k/year, time-and-a-half for overtime hours?

Corporate Mega Mergers

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of corporations that could potentially control a large percentage of market share within its industry?

Estate Tax

Should the current estate tax rate be decreased?

Tech Monopolies

Should the government break up Amazon, Facebook and Google?

Should the Federal Government suspend the gasoline tax?

Domestic Jobs

Should the President offer tax breaks to individual companies to keep jobs in the U.S.?

Should the government ban surcharges tacked onto concert tickets, cable bills, banking services, hotel bookings and other purchases?

Property Taxes

Would you favor an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes?

Offshore Banking

Should U.S. citizens be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts?

Government Pensions

Should pension payments be increased for retired government workers?

Farm Subsidies

Should the government subsidize farmers?

China Tariffs

Should the U.S. increase tariffs on imported products from China?

Federal Reserve

Should the Federal Reserve Bank be audited by Congress?

Online Sales Tax

Should an in-state sales tax apply to online purchases of in-state buyers from out-of-state sellers?

Decentralized Finance

Should the technology of our financial system transition to a decentralized protocol, that is not owned or controlled by any corporation, similar to the internet?

Tariffs

Should the government add or increase tariffs on products imported into the country?

Gig Workers

Should gig workers such as Uber drivers be classified as employees?

NAFTA

Should the U.S. continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

State Ownership

Should the government acquire equity stakes in companies it bails out during a recession?

Should the government tax stock buybacks?

Cryptocurrency

Should the government classify cryptocurrencies as legal forms of payment?

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Do you support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

Pension Reform

Should pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts?

Drug Price Regulation

Should the government regulate the prices of life-saving drugs?

Mental Health

Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

Single-Payer Healthcare

Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

Pre-Existing Conditions

Should health insurers be allowed to deny coverage to individuals who have a pre-existing condition?

Medicaid

Should the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid)?

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?

COVID Employment Health Pass

Should the government require employees of large businesses to be vaccinated from COVID?

Safe Haven

Should cities open drug “safe havens” where people who are addicted to illegal drugs can use them under the supervision of medical professionals?

Medicaid Work Requirement

Should people be required to work in order to receive Medicaid?

Medicare Drug Prices

Should the federal government be allowed to negotiate drug prices for Medicare?

Obamacare

Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?

World Health Organization

Should the government fund the World Health Organization?

VA Privatization

Should there be more or less privatization of veterans’ healthcare?

Should medical boards penalize doctors who give health advice that contradicts contemporary scientific consensus?

Should politicians over 75 years of age have required to pass a mental competency test?

Voter Fraud

Should a photo ID be required to vote?

Right of Foreigners to Vote

Should foreigners, currently residing in the United States, have the right to vote?

Foreign Lobbying

Should foreign lobbyists be allowed to raise money for American elections?

Campaign Finance

Should there be a limit to the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor?

Electoral College

Should the electoral college be abolished?

Criminal Politicians

Should a politician, who has been formerly convicted of a crime, be allowed to run for office?

Minimum Voting Age

Should the minimum voting age be lowered?

Should every voter automatically receive a mail in ballot?

Campaign Finance

Should corporations, unions, and non-profit organizations be allowed to donate to political parties?

Candidate Transparency

Should political candidates be required to release their recent tax returns to the public?

Lobbyists

Should there be a 5-year ban on White House and Congressional officials from becoming lobbyists after they leave the government?

Mandatory Vaccinations

Should the government require children to be vaccinated for preventable diseases?

Nuclear Energy

Do you support the use of nuclear energy?

GMO Labels

Should producers be required to label genetically engineered foods (GMOs)?

Space Exploration

Should the government fund space travel?

Climate Change

Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?

Alaska Wildlife Refuge

Should drilling be allowed in the Alaska Wildlife Refuge?

Fracking

Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?

Oil Drilling

Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?

Dakota Access Pipeline

Should the government stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline?

Animal Testing

Should researchers be allowed to use animals in testing the safety of drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and cosmetics?

Plastic Product Ban

Should disposable products (such as plastic cups, plates, and cutlery) that contain less than 50% of biodegradable material be banned?

Paris Climate Agreement

Should the U.S. withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement?

Alternative Energy

Should the government give tax credits and subsidies to the wind power industry?

Should the government build a network of electric vehicle charging stations?

Should the government provide subsidies to taxpayers who purchase an electric vehicle?

Corporate Subsidies

Should cities be allowed to offer private companies economic incentives to relocate?

Police Body Cameras

Should police officers be required to wear body cameras?

Defunding the Police

Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?

Qualified Immunity for Police

Do you support qualified immunity for police officers?

Demilitarize the Police

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

Mandatory minimum prison sentences

Do you support mandatory minimum prison sentences for people charged with drug possession?

Solitary Confinement for Juveniles

Should prisons ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles?

Private Prisons

Should the government hire private companies to run prisons?

Drug Trafficking Penalties

Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

Criminal Voting Rights

Should convicted criminals have the right to vote?

Prison Overcrowding

Should non-violent prisoners be released from jail in order to reduce overcrowding?

Collective Bargaining

Do you support limiting police unions collective bargaining power for cases involving misconduct?

Israel

Should the U.S. continue to support Israel?

Should the United States provide military supplies and funding to Ukraine?

Which side of the Israeli Palestinian conflict do you sympathize with more?

NATO

Should the U.S. remain in NATO?

Mandatory Military Service

Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service?

Foreign Aid

Should the US increase or decrease foreign aid spending?

Should there be restrictions on government arms sales to countries accused of committing human rights violations?

Military Spending

Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

Do you support the government calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza?

Iran

Should the U.S. go to war with Iran?

United Nations

Should the U.S. remain in the United Nations?

Torture

Should the military be allowed to use enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, to gain information from suspected terrorists?

Terrorism

Should foreign terrorism suspects be given constitutional rights?

Drones

Should the military fly drones over foreign countries to gain intelligence and kill suspected terrorists?

Should Ukraine join NATO?

Foreign Elections

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections?

Should the government continue to support Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership of the Israeli government?

North Korea Military Strikes

Should the U.S. conduct military strikes against North Korea in order to destroy their long-range missile and nuclear weapons capabilities?

NATO

Should the U.S. defend other NATO countries that maintain low military defense budgets relative to their GDP?

Should the military use weapons guided by artificial intelligence?

Jerusalem

Should Jerusalem be recognized as the capital of Israel?

India Arms

Should the U.S. sell military weapons to India in order to counter Chinese and Russian influence?

NSA Surveillance

Should the U.S. continue NSA surveillance of its allies?

Should the government support peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran?

Do you support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Cuba

Do you support President Obama’s move to lift the trade and travel embargo on Cuba?

F-35

Should the government cancel production of the F-35 fighter?

Public Transportation

Should the government increase spending on public transportation?

Homeless Encampments

Should homeless individuals, that have refused available shelter or housing, be allowed to sleep or encamp on public property?

Should the government incentivize the construction of high density residential buildings?

Military Congressional Approval

Should the President be able to authorize military force against Al-Qaeda without Congressional approval?

Foreign Assassination

Should the US assassinate suspected terrorists in foreign countries?

Should the President mobilize the U.S. military against Mexican Drug Cartels?

Should President Biden be impeached on allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption?