Alcee L. Hastings
Bio | Alcee Hastings is an American politician. He is currently serving as a U.S. Representative for Florida’s 20th congressional district. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Florida |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Florida |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election FL-20 | FL-20 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | Hastings raised about a half million dollars for his campaign. His top contributors were Fanjul Corp, Amscot Financial, the Electrical Workers Union, and Sea Change Leadership PAC. |
Voting Rights | Unknown. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Hastings supports universal health care. He has spoken out in favor of the ACA, and stated that employees should be required to provide paid medical leave. |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | He strongly supports socialized health care. |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | He has not stated his position on private healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | Unknown | He has not made his position on this issue known publicly. NA |
| Taxes | For | Hastings is for taxation on the richest Americans. He has stated that tax breaks for the rich is a needless scam. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | He has not specified a stance on the flat tax rate. He has stated that tax breaks for the rich is a needless scam. |
| Abortion | For | Hastings is pro-choice. He has come out in favor of Roe v. Wade as a health, safety, privacy, and women's right issue, and has defended it aggressively. |
| Gun Control | For | Hastings supports gun control. He is in favor of stronger regulation of guns in the US. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | He has not stated a position on this issue. He is in favor of stronger regulation of guns in the US. |
| Government Interference | Unknown | He has not stated a position on this issue. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Hastings supports Planned Parenthood, and Planned Parenthood has given him a 100% rating in return. |
| Welfare | For | Hastings supports welfare. He has spoken out against decreases in economic programs like CHIP, and has stated strong support for Social Security and Medicaid/Medicare. |
| Welfare | Unknown | He has not stated his position on this issue. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | He has not stated his position on the death penalty. N/A |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | He has not stated his position on this issue. |
| Military Spending | Nuance | Hastings has a nuanced outlook on defense spending. He has stated that while robust defense programs are critical, there is waste, abuse and fraud in the current system that he would like to see reformed. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | He has not weighed in on this issue. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | He has not weighed in on this issue. NA |
| United Nations power | Unknown | He has not stated his stance on the UN. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | He has not stated his stance on nationalism. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | He has not publicly stated his position on free markets. N/A |
| Brexit | Unknown | He has not stated his stance on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | He has not stated his position on this issue. |
| Government Spending | For | Hastings supports responsible government spending on social programs and defense. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | He has not stated his stance on charter schools. |
| Common Core | Unknown | He has not stated his position on this issue. NA |
| Clean Energy | For | Hastings is for clean energy. He supports government funding of renewable energy development and regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Hastings has not stated a position publicly on this issue. N/A |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | He has not publicly stated his position on this issue. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | He has not publicly stated a stance on this issue. |
| Border Control | Against | Hastings is against border control. He called Trump's proposed wall along the southern border "laughable," and he does not support separating families or returning citizens to their origin countries to await US citizenship. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Hastings's position on this issue is unknown. |
| DACA | Unknown | His position on DACA is unknown, although he supports other immigrant rights issues. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Capito was a co-sponsor of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Nuance | While Capito personally opposes marijuana use, she has said that the federal government should respect the decisions of states that have decided to legalize it. |