Elizabeth Warren
Bio | Elizabeth Warren is a politician and previously served as senator from Massachusetts. She also previously taught as a law school professor and focused on bankruptcy law. |
Status and Position | Current US Senator of Massachusetts |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Massachusetts |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2024 Senate Election Massachusetts 2 | Massachusetts 2 | No | N/A | N/A |
Campaign Financing | Warren is not accepting campaign contributions from any PACs, lobbyists, or other big-money donors. The bulk of her campaign funds come from grassroots donations. |
Voting Rights | Warren has released a proposal to expand voting access to millions of more Americans. Her plan would create federally uniform voting regulations to allow for same-day registration, early voting, and voting by mail in all states. It would also mandate automatic voter registration and make Election Day a national holiday. She would take action to restore voting rights to felons who have served their sentences and been released from prison. Finally, she would seek to improve election security by replacing all voting machines with updated technology to prevent election hacking or interference. Warren has also advocated to abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a popular vote system. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Said she would support government-run healthcare. Warren is supportive of Medicare-for-All proposals, and would ultimately seek to eliminate private insurance. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Nuance | Supported the Affordable Care Act but would replace it with Medicare-for-All. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | Said she would support government-run healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | For | Is an advocate for LGBT rights. Warren is an advocate for LGBT rights. She strongly opposes the transgender military ban, supports banning conversion therapy, and has supported anti-discrimination legislation such as the Equality Act and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. |
| Taxes | For | Supports several measures that would raise taxes, specifically for wealthy Americans. Warren has proposed two specific tax policies that she says would pay for her ambitious proposals. First, a 2% ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax’ on acquired wealth over $50 million, plus an additional 3% tax on wealth over $1 billion. Second, a 7% tax rate on corporate earnings that exceed $100 million. She has said that her tax plans would lower total costs of living for middle class families. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Supports progressive tax rates. Warren has proposed two specific tax policies that she says would pay for her ambitious proposals. First, a 2% ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax’ on acquired wealth over $50 million, plus an additional 3% tax on wealth over $1 billion. Second, a 7% tax rate on corporate earnings that exceed $100 million. She has said that her tax plans would lower total costs of living for middle class families. |
| Abortion | For | Expressed desire to expand abortion access. Warren is supportive of reproductive rights. She has been a vocal pro-choice advocate, and would support repealing the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal money from being used to fund abortion services. She would also push for federal protections for abortion rights and nominate pro-choice judges. |
| Gun Control | For | Supports several gun control measures. Warren has released a comprehensive gun control plan, which would aim to reduce gun deaths in the United States by 80%. This plan would introduce restrictions including universal background checks, mandatory reporting on multiple gun purchases, increased age requirements, federal gun licensing requirements, waiting periods, and bans on high-capacity magazines. She would also seek to increase funding for research on gun violence and to increase oversight on gun dealers and manufacturers. |
| Assisted Suicide | For | Believes it should be allowed after psychological exam. Warren has released a comprehensive gun control plan, which would aim to reduce gun deaths in the United States by 80%. This plan would introduce restrictions including universal background checks, mandatory reporting on multiple gun purchases, increased age requirements, federal gun licensing requirements, waiting periods, and bans on high-capacity magazines. She would also seek to increase funding for research on gun violence and to increase oversight on gun dealers and manufacturers. |
| Government Interference | For | Supports measures such as gun control, environmental regulations, and the abolition of private healthcare. Also supports increased government oversight in several arenas. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Believes Planned Parenthood provides essential healthcare services for women. |
| Welfare | For | Has advocated for the expansion of welfare programs such as SNAP. Throughout her Congressional career, Warren has been a frequent defender of welfare programs. She has introduced bills in Congress to expand access to welfare programs such as SNAP (colloquially called food stamps) and Medicaid. She has also said she would support an expansion of Social Security. |
| Welfare | For | Believes stem cell research has potential to advance medical science. |
| Death Penalty | Against | Would abolish the death penalty. Warren does not believe that capital punishment contributes productively to the justice system and would seek to abolish it. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Supports abolishing mandatory minimums. |
| Military Spending | For | Voted to increase military spending. |
| War on Terrorism | Against | Has pledged to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Would work to strengthen US alliances. Warren has been critical of the Trump Administration's alienation of foreign allies, and would be committed to strengthening relationships abroad. |
| United Nations power | For | Though she has disagreed with some UN policies, she has supported the UN overall. |
| Nationalism | Nuance | Has criticized Trump's nationalist tactics, but embraced policies that have been labeled as 'economic nationalism'. |
| Free Markets | Nuance | Warren is a self-proclaimed supporter of free-markets, but would seek to implement several policies that would reduce the power of free-markets. Warren has stated that she is "a capitalist to [her] bones". However, some of her keystone policies would include restricting the influence of free-market forces on both education and healthcare. She has also been critical of many free-trade agreements. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has not been vocal on the issue. |
| Affirmative Action | For | Would increase affirmative action programs. |
| Government Spending | For | Supports increasing government spending on both social programs and defense. |
| Charter Schools | Against | Opposed a measure to expand charter schools in Massachusetts. |
| Common Core | For | Supports national standards, but would change the implementation of Common Core standards. Warren would allow education standards to be customized on a statewide basis, rather than enforce universal federal standards. |
| Clean Energy | For | Believes the US should increase use of sustainable energy sources. Warren has expressed support for the climate goals outlined in the Green New Deal, although she has also proposed her own climate initiatives. Her ‘Green Manufacturing Plan’ would invest $2 trillion over the next decade into developing clean manufacturing and energy solutions. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Strong advocate for separation of church and state, does not believe that religious freedom includes the right to discriminate. Warren is a strong advocate for the separation of church and state. She supports religious expression, but does not believe that religious freedom includes the right to discriminate against others. |
| Separation of Church and State | For | Believes there should be separation between church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | For | Has expressed support for the idea. |
| Border Control | Against | Released a comprehensive proposal that would, among other things, restructure ICE and CBP. Warren believes that broad reforms should be made to US immigration policy and has released a policy proposal outlining the reforms that she would prioritize if elected. These include restructuring ICE and CBP to prioritize addressing transnational crime such as smuggling and trafficking over illegal immigration. She would seek to create a specific task force within the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of abuse by ICE. Warren opposed the Trump Administration's effort to construct a Southern border wall. |
| Passenger Profiling | Nuance | Is an advocate for racial equality, but has not been outspoken on this particular issue. |
| DACA | For | Would grant citizenship to DREAMers. |
| Sanctuary Cities | For | Believes that sanctuary cities should be protected. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Warren supports efforts to legalize marijuana, and would seek to decriminalize it on a federal level if elected president. |