Survey of 2016 Presidential campaign websites

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Darrell Castle: Only candidate of any party that is 100% pro-life.     Evan McMullin: Subsidizing abortion undermines dignity of mother and child.     Lincoln Chafee: Support right to woman's personal reproductive decisions.     Rick Santorum: Pushed legislation to protect the unborn.     Gary Johnson: Government ill-equipped to address abortion; it's personal.     Rand Paul: Stop flow of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.

Budget & Economy     Darrell Castle: End the Federal Reserve.     Darrell Castle: Lower taxes, lower regulations, and lower spending.     Gary Johnson: National debt of $20 trillion is obscene & unsustainable.     John Kasich: Converted Ohio's $8B deficit to $2B surplus.     Martin O`Malley: Why weren't Wall Street CEOs convicted in 2008 meltdown?     Rick Santorum: Spend-o-meter: publicize costs of spending amendments.     Rand Paul: Reform the tax code; address the national debt.

Civil Rights     Darrell Castle: No same sex marriage; no gender neutral bathrooms.     Ajamu Baraka: Protect LGBTQIA+ people from discrimination.     Jill Stein: Protect LGBTQIA+ people from discrimination.     Ajamu Baraka: Beyonce's Superbowl show caricaturized & commodified blacks.     Martin O`Malley: All are created equal, including gay, lesbian & transgender.     Rand Paul: Stand up for Bill of Rights against federal usurpation.     Bernie Sanders: Equal pay for equal work by women.     Ajamu Baraka: Obama serves white power, not MLK's dream.

Corporations     Gloria La Riva: Capitalist banking is a form of organized crime.     Gary Johnson: Eliminate double taxation embodied in business income taxes.     Jill Stein: Break up "too-big-to-fail" banks.     Martin O`Malley: Income gap growing due to concentration of corporate power.     Bernie Sanders: Break up major Wall Street firms.     Bernie Sanders: Worker-owned cooperatives instead of corporate tax breaks.

Crime     Ajamu Baraka: Death penalty for whites is tactic to stop black opposition.     Gary Johnson: Too many unnecessary laws leads to too many in prison.     Lawrence Lessig: Comprehensive reform of mandatory minimum sentences.     Martin O`Malley: Baltimore riot due to hopelessness, not just race & policing.     Rand Paul: REDEEM Act: seal non-violent criminal records to allow jobs.     Rand Paul: Restore federal right to vote to non-violent felons.     Jill Stein: Black Lives Matter: end racism & police militarization.

Drugs     Ajamu Baraka: Replace drug prohibition with harm reduction.     Jill Stein: Replace drug prohibition with harm reduction.     Gary Johnson: Why do we tell adults what they can put in their bodies?     Lawrence Lessig: War on Drugs is most self-destructive war in U.S. history.     Jill Stein: End the racist war on drugs and school-to-prison pipeline.

Education     Darrell Castle: Stop using the education system to corrupt our children.     Evan McMullin: Replace failing education system with local control.     Ajamu Baraka: Treat education as a right.     Jill Stein: Treat education as a right.     Jill Stein: End high stakes testing.     Rand Paul: Don't constrict kids to one-size-fits-all Common Core.     Bernie Sanders: Quality affordable education, from child care to higher ed.     Jill Stein: Mobilize to simply keep public education in existence.

Energy & Oil     Evan McMullin: Expand domestic energy production across the board.     Ajamu Baraka: Green New Deal to turn the tide on climate change.     Jill Stein: Green New Deal to turn the tide on climate change.     Gary Johnson: Man contributes to climate change, but no government fix.     Martin O`Malley: American jobs agenda to build a new renewable energy future.     Rand Paul: Cut red tape to allow energy freedom & traditional energy.     Bernie Sanders: Transform to sustainable system & away from fossil fuels.     Jill Stein: Make wars for oil obsolete: 100% renewables by 2030.

Environment     Darrell Castle: Property rights under assault by "Sustainable Development".     Ajamu Baraka: Adopt the Precautionary Principle.     Bill Weld: Protect environment with competition, not regulation.     Jill Stein: Adopt the Precautionary Principle.     Gloria La Riva: Environmental racism pollutes our neighborhoods.     Lawrence Lessig: We don't own Earth; we hold it in trust for our children.     Jill Stein: Moratorium on GMOs until they are proven safe.     Lincoln Chafee: Proper respect for our natural world & vulnerable species.     Jill Stein: Promote sustainable agriculture & freedom from toxic threats.     Rand Paul: Balance environmental safety with business deregulation.     Jill Stein: Filthy Five: clean up coal plants in Massachusetts.

Families & Children     Martin O`Malley: Gave access to family planning for 35,000 low-income women.     Donald Trump: Stress importance of a strong family, & a culture of Life.     George Pataki: Our parents never felt like victims even in Great Depression.     Rick Santorum: Book "Bella's Gift" about their special-needs youngest child.     Rick Santorum: Patriot Voices: online community to restore American dream.     Rick Santorum: Strong families help produce a strong economy.     Jill Stein: Physician married to a physician; two sons and one dog.

Foreign Policy     Darrell Castle: Withdraw from the United Nations.     Evan McMullin: American leadership instead of withdrawing from the world.     Ted Cruz: Countries aspire to be like America, the exceptional nation.     Gloria La Riva: Immediate lifting of the U.S. blockade on Cuba.     Martin O`Malley: New foreign policy of engagement and collaboration.     Rand Paul: Stand with Israel Act: no US funds to Palestinian Authority.

Free Trade     Evan McMullin: Negotiate stronger trade deals but don't close doors.     Bernie Sanders: End disastrous NAFTA, CAFTA, and PNTR with China.

Government Reform     Evan McMullin: Too much power in Washington and in Executive branch.     Ajamu Baraka: Replace Electoral College with national popular vote.     Jill Stein: Replace Electoral College with national popular vote.     Jill Stein: Reject campaign donations from military-industrial complex.     Ted Cruz: Current administration defies Constitution and rule of law.     Ted Cruz: Authored 70 Supreme Court briefs & argued 9 cases.     Marco Rubio: Next president should appoint in mold of Justice Scalia.     Gary Johnson: Strong advocate of term limits for governors & Congress.     Lawrence Lessig: Voter vouchers: matching funds for federal campaigns.     Lawrence Lessig: Referendum president: pass voting reform, then step down.     Lawrence Lessig: Automatic voter registration; make election day a holiday.     Lawrence Lessig: Ranked Choice Voting: end political gerrymandering.     Jill Stein: Establish a constitutional right to vote.     George Pataki: Empower the citizens to take back our government.     George Pataki: Ban lobbying by former Members of Congress.     Rick Santorum: 1990s "Gang of Seven": exposed congressional scandals.     Rand Paul: End the profession of "career politician" with term limits.

Gun Control     John Kasich: Supports state reciprocity and concealed carry.     Darrell Castle: People in gun free enclaves cower, unarmed.     Evan McMullin: Fundamental right is enshrined in the Second Amendment.     Lincoln Chafee: Common sense adherence to the Second Amendment.     Rand Paul: Oppose laws which would limit the right to gun ownership.

Health Care     Evan McMullin: ObamaCare has driven up costs and reduced access.     Ajamu Baraka: Healthcare for all including contraception.     Jill Stein: Healthcare for all including contraception.     Jim Gilmore: ObamaCare is primary reason our economy is not recovering.     Jill Stein: Single-payer public health insurance program.     Rand Paul: Health system was over-regulated before ObamaCare.     Bernie Sanders: Move toward a single-payer system.     Jill Stein: Healthy People, Healthy Planet: link environment & health.     Donald Trump: Make health insurance premiums tax-deductible.

Homeland Security     John Kasich: Improve veteran healthcare with more options & fewer delays.     John Kasich: Easier licensing for veterans; and more job services.     Evan McMullin: Free America requires strongest in the world.     Ajamu Baraka: Close the 700+ foreign military bases.     Jill Stein: Close the 700+ foreign military bases.     Ajamu Baraka: Public opinion is manipulated to support permanent war.     Jill Stein: Slash dangerously bloated military budget by at least 50%.     Jill Stein: Cancel F-35 project; cancel the Littoral Combat Ship.     Ted Cruz: Provide our veterans the care they have been promised.     Gary Johnson: Founding Fathers would be disgusted about spying on citizens.     Gary Johnson: Overturn simplistic, chaotic, reactive military policies.     Gary Johnson: Reactive military policies allow real threats to flourish.     Lawrence Lessig: The size of our own defense budget induces instability.     Jill Stein: 700+ foreign military bases are bankrupting us.     Jill Stein: End persecution of government and media whistleblowers.     Donald Trump: Increased Veterans Day parade audience from 100 to 1 million.     George Pataki: A strong America is a safe America: strengthen our military.     Rand Paul: Provide veterans support tools to adjust to civilian life.     Ajamu Baraka: Militarization to fight terrorism is permanent war posture.

Immigration     Darrell Castle: No asylum & no path to citizenship.     Evan McMullin: Secure our borders and enforce our laws.     Ted Cruz: Bar refugees from terrorist-ridden regions.     Gary Johnson: Bigger border fence will only produce taller ladders.     Martin O`Malley: Comprehensive reform to bring 11 million out of shadows.     George Pataki: Immigrants come to work, not for government handouts.     Rand Paul: Protect AGAINST feds creating a national ID card.

Jobs     Martin O`Malley: Raise the minimum wage, plus collective bargaining rights.     Bernie Sanders: Raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.     Bernie Sanders: Corporate opposition makes union organizing difficult.

Principles & Values     Marco Rubio: American Strength; American Prosperity; American Values.     Marco Rubio: Next president should appoint in mold of Justice Scalia.     George Pataki: Served as mayor, Assemblyman & state Senator before Governor.     George Pataki: Raised in a small town where the American Dream was real.     Rick Santorum: Won 11 state primaries in 2012 presidential race.

Social Security     Ajamu Baraka: Remove income cap on social security taxes.     Jill Stein: Remove income cap on social security taxes.     Lawrence Lessig: Privatizing Social Security is a sure path to insecurity.     Lawrence Lessig: Apply same Social Security rate to all levels of income.     Rand Paul: Raise retirement age to save program for younger generation.     Bernie Sanders: Strengthen the social safety net, instead of weakening it.

Tax Reform     Darrell Castle: Apportion federal taxes to states by census, not by income.     Evan McMullin: Tax code should be lean, simple, and pro-investment.     Jill Stein: Lower taxes for majority by cutting $2.3T military spending.     Gary Johnson: Current tax code penalizes productivity & investment.     Lawrence Lessig: Taxes in America should be progressive and efficient.     Lincoln Chafee: I voted against every Bush tax cut favoring the wealthy.     George Pataki: Throw out incomprehensible tax code: simpler, lower rates.     Rand Paul: EZ Tax: $700B tax cut via 17% flat tax.     Bernie Sanders: We need a progressive tax system based on ability to pay.

Technology     Marco Rubio: Phase out Mass Transit account; cut gas tax by 80%.     Hillary Clinton: Invest $250B in public transit and NextGen aviation.     Gary Johnson: No government "back doors" into encrypted, private info.     Donald Trump: Emmy award & Hollywood Walk of Fame for "The Apprentice".     Lincoln Chafee: No tapping of our phones without a warrant.     George Pataki: Travel between cities should be in trains faster than planes.     Bernie Sanders: Stop bailing out Wall Street & start repairing Main Street.

War & Peace     Darrell Castle: I don't see why it's any of our business who runs Syria.     Ajamu Baraka: U.S. complicity created Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.     Ajamu Baraka: CIA training & equipment created ISIS in Syria & Iraq.     Jill Stein: We have killed millions of civilians in our war for oil.     Ted Cruz: U.S.-Israel alliance is a strategic bedrock.     Lawrence Lessig: No US ground troops in Syria; but create safe zones.     Lawrence Lessig: Vigorously support nuclear agreement with Iran.     Lawrence Lessig: Work with Sunnis and Iraq against ISIS.     Lawrence Lessig: Maintain 5,500 or more US troops in Afghanistan.     Lincoln Chafee: Averse to foreign entanglements, including Iraq.     George Pataki: Make sure Iran never has a nuclear weapon.     Rick Santorum: We cannot allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.

Welfare & Poverty     Evan McMullin: More government poverty programs aren't the single answer.     Gloria La Riva: Make affordable housing a Constitutional right.     Jill Stein: Economic human rights: food, water, & housing.     George Pataki: Replace dependency with opportunity.

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