Summary of political beliefs

[PragmaticPopulist]

Overall: Progressive left.

Social Policy
Abortion: Support, but increase things like sex education to reduce the amount of abortions.
Same-Sex Marriage: Strongly support.
Drugs: Legalize marijuana and decriminalize most others.
Alcohol: Don't care
Death Penalty: Opposed
Gun Control: Strongly support red flag laws and fixing loopholes that make it easier to get illegal guns. While I think an assault weapons ban would also be helpful, since there's no real need for them in hunting, I'm more focused on handguns, which are the cause of more deaths
Affirmative Action: Support as long as its needed
Euthanasia: Support, but only if there absolutely no other option
Prostitution: Undecided. Legal prostitution is safer, but there should be restrictions that discourage it as a long-term job
Pornography: keep legal, except for child porn
Immigration: Give undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship and make legal immigration easier. At the same time, update technology for processing migrants and enforcing borders. Drones etc.
Criminal justice: End private prisons. There should be no cash incentive to incarcerate people. Also end mandatory minimums
Surveillance: Opposed to unauthorized surveillance. Law enforcement must get a fisa warrant to legally intrude on someone's life.
Police: Demilitarize and encourage community outreach.
Economic Policy
Minimum Wage: Raise to $15 and adjust for inflation over time
Right-to-Work: Opposed
Tax Rates: Increase tax rates on the very rich back to pre-Reagan levels. Decrease rates for the lower and middle classes
Healthcare: Universal healthcare for as many people as possible. Medicare-for-all is optimal, but let people keep their private insurance if they really want it
Social Security: protect and expand
Trade: Pro-fair trade. Punish companies that outsource with higher taxes.
Environment: Expand renewable energy. Nuclear energy is fine as a transition energy, but it must have sound restrictions on where nuclear waste can be disposed of. Ban fracking and offshore drilling
Education: Fix the system so students are more prepared for college and careers. Make Community College free.
Transit: expand light rail in urban metros. Create high-speed rail to link cities.
Nationalization: Nationalize the energy sector

Foreign Policy
Foreign intervention: Generally opposed to regime change, as it usually causes more problems than it fixes. However, keep autocrats who slaughter their own people like Assad and Gaddafi on notice. The first step towards any conflict should be diplomacy.
Russia: Continue sanctions and sending aid to eastern European countries that are in conflict with Russia such as Ukraine. Update our cyber infrastructure so it isn't so vulnerable to cyber attacks
China: China has a long-term plan (maybe even a 100-year plan) to become the dominant world superpower and possibly even become an aggressor. Keep their sphere of influence in check with diplomacy and some trade restrictions
Israel: Israel is an ally, but Netanyahu is a demagogue and should not be appeased. Support a 2-state solution
NATO: Support, but make sure other members pay their dues.
UN: Keep as is
Defense budget: Reduce spending

Electoral Reform
Electoral College: move to a popular vote system with RCV.
Gerrymandering: Increase size of the house and implement bipartisan commissions to drawn districts.
Term limits: Opposed to, except for executive offices.
Voter ID: Opposed. ID can have unintended (or intended) effects on voter turnout. Expand vote by mail.
Voter registration: Automatic registration
Voting age: Keep as is
Mandatory voting: Not a bad idea on paper, but I'd rather have more incentives for voting.
Statehood: admit DC and every territory as a state
Supreme Court: Keep the number of justices as is, but implement something like an 18-20 year term limit. Reduce the judiciary's power so it can't be so easy to use as a partisan actor. Judges are supposed to be referees, not players.