Barbara Boxer
Bio | Barbara Boxer is an American retired politician. She served as a U.S. Senator for California and as a U.S. Representative. |
Status and Position | Former US House of Representatives of California |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, California |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| none |
Campaign Financing | Boxer raised $28,187,907 for her 2010 cmapaign. Source: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=2545581 |
Voting Rights | Boxer supported the Help America Vote Act, which mandated voting machines across the US. These machines are used for recounts of votes. In 2015, she introduced a bill to remove the Electoral College. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Boxer supports universal healthcare. Boxer wants to expand prescription coverage under Medicare. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| LGBT Rights | For | Boxer supports LGBT rights. Boxer opposed Proposition 8 which would have prohibited same0sex marriage in California. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| Taxes | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Abortion | For | Boxer supports abortion. Boxer is pro-choice and has voted in favor of legislation that expands access to contraceptives. She sponsored the Freedom of Choice Act of 2004, which establishes that every woman in the US has the choice to give birth to a child. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| Gun Control | For | Boxer supports gun control. She voted in favor of a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| Assisted Suicide | Against | Boxer voted in favor of a bill that restricts funding to physician-assisted suicide. Source: https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/105/senate/1/44 She voted in favor of a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| Government Interference | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Boxer supports funding Planned Parenthood with federal money. Source: https://www.bustle.com/articles/101895-barbara-boxer-owns-planned-parenthood-opponents-in-less-than-three-minutes-video |
| Welfare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Welfare | For | Boxer has advocated for stem cell research in the past. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| Death Penalty | For | Boxer supports the death penalty. In 1993, Boxer voted against replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment. Source: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/53274/barbara-boxer/71/death-penalty |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Military Spending | Against | Boxer opposes military spending. Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-15-mn-35455-story.html |
| War on Terrorism | Against | Boxer opposed the invasion of Iraq. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Boxer supports international interaction. Boxer has been prominently anti-war; protesting the Vietnam War in the 1970s and voting against the Gulf War in the 1990s and the Iraq War in the 2000s. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Brexit | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Affirmative Action | For | Boxer opposed Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action in California. Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/why-california-rejected-affirmative-action-again/617049/ |
| Government Spending | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Common Core | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Clean Energy | For | Boxer supports clean energy. Boxer has sponsored bills to reduce pollutants and increase the usage of clean energy. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |
| Religious Freedom | For | Boxer supports religious freedom. Boxer voted in favor of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993. However, she condemns the way people have used the law. For instance, some religious business owners deny their employees insurance coverage on contraceptives. Source: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2014/07/10/boxer-says-court-decision-turns-religious-freedom-act-on-its-head-wants-to-overturn/ |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Border Control | For | Boxer supports border control. While Boxer supports limiting immigration, she opposes separating children from their families. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/25/barbara-boxer-regret-dhs/ |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| DACA | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Sanctuary Cities | For | Boxer supports sanctuary cities. Source: https://www.ontheissues.org/international/Barbara_Boxer_Immigration.htm |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Boxer opposes legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational reasons. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer#LGBT_rights |