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Abortion     Terry McAuliffe: Vetoed anti-abortion laws; honored by Virginia NARAL.

Corporations     Bernie Sanders: Workers should have 45% of board seats, 20% of stock.     Julian Castro: Tax capital gains annually, not when assets sold.     Marianne Williamson: Make it illegal for CEOs to be paid with stock options.     Steve Bullock: Defended state limit on corporate campaign donations.

Crime     Jon Ossoff: Crimes under Trump: act prudently, but accountability.

Energy & Oil     Steve Bullock: Opposed Obama's halting coal mine leasing on Federal land.

Environment     Barbara Lee: Environment relates to racial & economic justice.     Don Blankenship: Environmental movement not great cause but great business.     Steve Bullock: Expanded fishing rights regardless of streambed ownership.

Families & Children     Cory Booker: New estate tax to fund "baby bond" program.     Howie Hawkins: Supports universal healthcare & universal pre-K.

Foreign Policy     Jeb Bush: Passivity hasn't worked on Russia and Ukraine.     Lincoln Chafee: Outspoken backer of Iran nuclear agreement.

Free Trade     Alan Keyes: Tariffs make foreigners share burden of US government.

Government Reform     Brian Schatz: Abolish the Electoral College.     Elizabeth Warren: Every vote matters: so abolish the Electoral College.     Jon Ossoff: Trying to take away sacred right to vote is disgraceful.     Jon Ossoff: Open to discussing getting rid of filibuster.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Abolish the Electoral College.     Tom Udall: Abolish Electoral College; extend vote to DC & territories.

Homeland Security     Jeb Bush: OpEd: Distancing himself from brother & neocons.     Mike Gravel: Fought & beat Nixon White House on Pentagon Papers in 1971.     Mike Gravel: Bush administration's secrecy is worse than Nixon's.     Tim Walz: Retired after 24 years in National Guard,to run for Congress.

Jobs     Bernie Sanders: Tax CEOs making more than 50 times median worker pay.     Kamala Harris: Require "equal pay certification" for government contracts.     Michael Bennet: Hasn't supported a national $15 hourly minimum wage.

Principles & Values     Howie Hawkins: Third parties force issues neglected by major parties.     Jon Ossoff: Multiracial coalition with shared values emerging.     Kendra Horn: Most are a little left of center, a little right of center.     Lincoln Chafee: Mueller investigation a waste of money.     Steve Daines: We're the greatest country in the world.

Social Security     Andrew Yang: Fund Freedom Dividend payments with 10% VAT.     Tulsi Gabbard: Take money for Social Security from military & tax giveaways.

Tax Reform     Abdul El-Sayed: Limit tax foreclosures for over-assessed Detroit properties.     Alan Keyes: Excise taxes allow citizens to control tax rate themselves.     Amy Klobuchar: Return to 39.6% top rate; open to wealth tax.     Bernie Sanders: Wealth tax of 8% on fortunes over $10 billion.     Joe Biden: Undo 2017 tax cut, eliminate "stepped-up basis loophole".     Joe Sestak: End preferential treatment of capital gains.     Julian Castro: Tax inherited windfalls as ordinary income.     Kamala Harris: Higher tax on wealthy to fund Medicare-for-All & teacher pay.     Pete Buttigieg: April: raise top tax rate; October: "soft-pedals" wealth tax.     Tom Steyer: Supports higher estate tax, annual wealth tax.     Andrew Yang: End Social Security cap; favorable capital gains treatment.

Technology     Steve Bullock: Signed executive order requiring net neutrality.

War & Peace     Lincoln Chafee: Neocon advocates for invasions are "delusional".     Lincoln Chafee: Iraq: There was "no evidence" of WMDs, it was a hoax.

Welfare & Poverty     Elizabeth Warren: Raise wealth tax rate for healthcare & affordable housing.

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