Hillary Clinton
Bio | Hillary Clinton is an American Democratic politician who served as First Lady from 1993 to 2001 and won the Democratic Party nomination for President in 2016. She began her career in politics as a U.S. Senator from New York and then served as the U.S. Secretary of State in the Obama Administration. |
Status and Position | Former Secretary of State, Senator of White House Staff |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, White House Staff |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
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Campaign Financing | Received contributions from a variety of sources like JPMorgan Chase & Co, University of California, and Alphabet Inc. |
Voting Rights | Believes that every citizen should be automatically registered to vote when they turn 18 and that the Voting RIghts Act should be repaired |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | She is supportive of the Affordable Care Act Believes that incentives should be put in place to expand Medicaid, reduce the cost of copays, and expand the Affordable Care Act |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | She is supportive of universal health care |
| Private Healthcare | Against | She is supportive of universal health care |
| LGBT Rights | For | Supports and fights for federal equality of all LGBT individuals Believes that "Conversion Therapy" should be ended along with discriminatory treatment of LGBT family adoptions and treatment of elderly |
| Taxes | Against | Believes that the tax system should be remodeled to be fair for all individuals Wants to cut taxes for small businesses so they can grow and hire more employees and provide tax relief to working families, |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Believes that the tax system should be reformed, but not set to a flat tax rate Wants to cut taxes for small businesses so they can grow and hire more employees and provide tax relief to working families, |
| Abortion | Against | Advocates for women to choose other options, but still believes that abortion should be legal and rare Support adoption and foster care facilities and reduce abortions |
| Gun Control | For | Wants to increase restriction for obtaining weapons Wants to reinstate the assault-weapons ban, expand background checks, and amend legislation that allows individuals with mental illness to obtain a gun |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding it Wants to reinstate the assault-weapons ban, expand background checks, and amend legislation that allows individuals with mental illness to obtain a gun |
| Government Interference | For | Believes in gun control and Planned Parenthood |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Wants to expand and protect access to reproductive health care |
| Welfare | For | Believes in supporting welfare Supports increasing spending of federal dollars in communities with generational poverty and in the welfare reform |
| Welfare | For | Believes that more funding should be directed towards stem cell research |
| Death Penalty | For | Strong supporter of death penalty Believes that it should only be reserved for heinous crimes |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | She has not made a clear statement regarding mandatory prison sentencing |
| Military Spending | Against | Supports providing budgetary certainty to enable long-term planning for military spending that will end defense and nondefense spending |
| War on Terrorism | For | Advocates to fight homegrown terror and continue supporting anti-ISIS actions |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Supports foreign policy international interaction Supports women's rights in international policy and strong funding for international development |
| United Nations power | For | Supports U.S reform because the U.S will gain more benefits from it |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding nationalism |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding free markets Has not made a clear statement regarding free markets |
| Brexit | Against | Worries that Brexit will undermine peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland |
| Affirmative Action | For | Fights for systemic racism in education and employment and proposes a New Deal for Communities of Color |
| Government Spending | Against | Proposes a balanced budget that includes spending cuts |
| Charter Schools | Against | Not supportive of how charter schools usually do not accept difficult students |
| Common Core | For | Supportive of Common Core Believes that the common core is very important to integrate into the U.S education system |
| Clean Energy | For | Defends implementing smart pollution and efficiency standards Supports cutting wasteful tax subsidies on oil and gas, eliminate methane emissions, and invest in clean energy infrastructure |
| Religious Freedom | For | Is supportive of religious freedom Supports international religious freedom |
| Separation of Church and State | For | Strong supporter of separation between church and state |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding slavery reparations |
| Border Control | For | Voted for legislation that supports border control Voted for a wall on the Mexican border and believes that there should be a focus on deporting violent criminals |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Has not made a statement regarding passenger profiling |
| DACA | For | Has vocally supported DACA against partisan attacks |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding sanctuary cities |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Believes that the country should move towards recreational and medical legalization |