2024 Senate Election Delaware 2
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| Politician | Status | Jurisdiction | Poll Rankings | |
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Thomas R. Carper | N/A | Delaware | N/A |
Trending Issues
Universal Healthcare
Universal healthcare programs ensure that all citizens in a given nation have access to affordable healthcare, regardless of personal wealth. Prominent examples of countries with universal healthcare programs include the United Kingdom and Canada.
Socialized Healthcare
Socialized healthcare is healthcare that is provided by the state. Medicare and Medicaid are the best examples of socialized healthcare programs in the United States.
Private healthcare
Private healthcare is healthcare that is provided by private corporations rather than by the state. Most insurance plans in the United States are private.
LGBT Rights
LGBT rights legislation aims to extend equal rights and protections against discrimination to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Examples of LGBT rights include the legalization of same-sex marriage and protections against workplace discrimination.
Taxes
Taxes are the primary source of income for governments. There are many types of taxes, which include, but are not limited to, income taxes, sales taxes, capital gains taxes, and wealth taxes.
Flat tax rate
Flat-rate tax systems tax all incomes, regardless of wealth, at the same rate. This contrasts to progressive taxes, which tax higher incomes at progressively increasing rates.
Abortion
Abortion is a form of reproductive healthcare in which pregnant people are able to terminate their pregnancies for medical, financial, or other personal reasons. The majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester of pregnancy, although in very severe circumstances, abortions can be performed in later trimesters.
Gun Control
Gun control is a broad term for specific pieces of legislation that aim to increase standards for gun ownership. These include proposals to implement universal background checks, raise the age limits for firearm ownership, and even ban certain types of firearms.
Assisted Suicide
Doctor-assisted suicide is when healthcare providers assist in ending their patients' lives in cases of incurable terminal illness.
Government Interference
Government interference refers to the level of involvement by the government in social and economic activity. It frequently refers to regulatory policies.
Planned parenthood
Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization focused on providing affordable reproductive health care services for women and low-income individuals. It is partially funded by the government, which has prompted critique from the pro-life movement.
Welfare
Welfare distributes a portion of tax-payer dollars programs meant to increase the quality of life of impoverished citizens; this includes programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (which provides food stamps).
Stem Cell Research
Stem-cell research can be used to develop life-saving medical technologies. It is particularly controversial due to its use of embryonic tissue, which is usually sourced from embryos that have been produced from in vitro fertilization and then donated for research purposes; proponents of the pro-life movement have argued that this is a violation of fetal rights.
Death Penalty
The death penalty is a facet of the justice system in which people convicted of serious offenses can be executed by the government as punishment for their crimes.
Mandatory Prison Sentence
Mandatory sentencing laws, or 'mandatory minimums', require people convicted of certain crimes, often drug related, to serve a set amount of time in prison for their offenses.
Military Spending
Military spending refers to the portion of the US budget that is allocated towards funding the military.
War on Terrorism
The 'War on Terrorism' is the military initiative pursued by the United States and its allies following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It is considered to be one of the most prominent examples of preemptive warfare in the modern era.
Foreign Policy International Interaction
There are various ways in which states interact with each other, including through trade agreements and treaties. Some people believe that the emergence of transnational issues such as terrorism and climate change warrants increased international cooperation, while others take a more isolationist position, believing that nations should prioritize addressing domestic issues.
United Nations Power
The United Nations, particularly its Security Council, has the power to legislate and enforce international law, a role that is sometimes critiqued for infringing on national sovereignty.
Nationalism
Nationalism is a form of national identification in which individuals regard their nation's culture and identity with a sense of supremacy, often to the extent that it becomes detrimental to the interests of other nations and/or transnational organizations.
Free Markets
Free markets are defined by the absence of restrictions on commerce between private enterprises. This applies to both domestic and transnational trade.
Brexit
Brexit is the colloquial term for the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union. The withdrawal formally took place on January 31, 2020, almost four years after the initial vote to do so in 2016.
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action is the practice of granting consideration to the circumstances of marginalized groups such as women and people of color during application processes in order to increase opportunities for underrepresented demographics.
Government spending
Government spending refers to the use and allocation of taxpayer dollars to fund services and initiatives by the federal government.
Charter schools
Charter Schools are schools that receive state funding, despite functioning independently of public education systems.
Common Core
The Common Core initiative sets standards on what all students should achieve proficiency in by the end of each academic year.
Clean Energy
Clean energy is energy that is produced from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, that do not emit carbon as a byproduct.
Religious Freedom
The principle of religious freedom advocates for the right of individuals to practice their religion, or choose not to practice a religion, without interference or discrimination from the government.
Separation of Church and State
Proponents of separation of church and state argue that religion must not intersect with the government, as mandated by the First Amendment.
Slavery Reparations
Reparations for slavery would mandate a form of monetary reparations be distributed to direct descendants of African slaves.
Border Control
Border control refers to the various measures taken to protect a nation's borders from unlawful immigration and trafficking. Currently, most discussions of border control in the US are centered around the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as various security techniques, including technology and the construction of a border wall.
Passenger Profiling
Passenger profiling is a technique used to identify travelers that may pose a threat to public safety, based on their appearance or behavior.
DACA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, provides opportunity for undocumented immigrants that were brought to the United States as children to receive protection from deportation and permission to work legally in the US.
Sanctuary Cities
Sanctuary cities are municipalities that opt out of cooperating with federal immigration laws in order to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Legalizing Marijuana
There are various levels of support for legalizing marijuana; some politicians support legalizing for both recreational and medicinal purposes, while others support only legalizing it medicinally. Others support decriminalization, which would entail eliminating criminal charges for possession of small amounts of marijuana, while retaining legal consequences for selling or trafficking the drug.