How I Made the Issue Platforms

Overall issues

• Trump
• Immigration
• Healthcare
• Environment
• Taxes
• Brett Kavanaugh
• Wild Card

https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/california/?noredirect=on

district 10

district 25

district 39

district 45

district 48

district 49

prev R, now dem, but unmarked as key 

district 21

district 50 (not a flip, but key) 

conservative districts

district 1

district 4

district 8

district 22

district 23

district 42

district 50

Candidate #2 walters

• Republican
• Trump
  • Agrees with Trump 99% of the time
  • Supports Mueller investigation
• Immigration
  • Wants to increase security methods at border
  • Supports dreamers
  • End diversity lottery
• Healthcare
  • Does not support universal healthcare
  • Voted to repeal Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) 
• Environment
  • Voted to repeal limits on CO2 emissions
  • Sponsored act that says climate change cannot be regulated by government
• Taxes
  • Supports Trump’s tax reform because more people are getting hired so there is a labor shortage; stock market is doing well, and 401ks are more valuable
• Kavanaugh
  • No statement on Kavanaugh
• National Security
  • “Defeating ISIS and stopping the spread of Islamist ideology must be our highest priority”
  • Wants to increase pay for service members and improve access to healthcare for service members and veteras
  • Wants to prevent sexual assault in military 

Candidate #1 porter

• Democrat
• Trump
  • Generally disagrees with Trump
  • Supports Mueller investigation
• Immigration
  • Need to provide pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
• Healthcare
  • Medicare for All
  • Wants to protect protections for pre-existing conditions
• Environment
  • For environmental preservation
• Taxes
  • Overturn Trump’s tax plan because it  “raised taxes on middle-class families, slashed funding for Medicare and increased out nation’s debt”
  • Wants to have corporations pay “far share” of taxes and “[cut] taxes for the middle-class and small businesses” 
• Kavanaugh
  • Does not support
• PACs
  • Wants to end Citizen’s United
  • Does not take PAC money

Candidate #3 (Ron Cohen) 

• Republican
• Trump
  • Supports Trump
• Immigration
  • • “We must secure our borders, use E-Verify, have a Temporary Workers Program, tighten visitor and student visas, and have every illegal alien case reviewed by a judge to determine their future status”
• Healthcare
  • Wants to repeal Obamacare
• Environment
  • “I am concerned by potential climate change. The scientific evidence is in dispute, but we should not wait to take action”
• Taxes
  • Only income made in the US for corporations should be taxed
  • Would help corporations remain competitive because current taxes restrict corporations
• Brett Kavanaugh 
  • No position given
• Foreign Policy
  • “Avoid Foreign Entanglements. With due respect to the Iraqi and Afghan people, Iraq is a corrupt oil tank, and Afghanistan is an opium farm. Syria’s entire economy is smaller than Apple Computers’ Net Income.”

Candidate #4 (Ro Khanna) 

• Democrat
• Trump
  • Opposes Trump 84.8% of the time
• Immigration
  • Implement pathway to citizenship for undocumented citizens
  • Dreamers should have legal status
  • Give political asylum 
• Healthcare
  • Medicare for All 
  • Wants more reasonable prescription drug prices
• Environment
  • Wants to water conservation and energy efficiency
  • Hold “local polluters accountable”, fight climate change
• Taxes
  • Voted against Trump’s tax reform bill
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Shouldn’t be on Supreme Court
• Internet and Technology
  • Everyone should have access to the internet 

Candidate #5 

• Democrat
• Trump
  • Does not agree with Trump
• Immigration
  • Voted for undocumented immigrants having health coverage
  • Voted for prohibiting landlords from disclosing immigration status of tenants 
  • Voted against statewide sanctuary policy 
  • Voted against medicaid benefits for undocumented children
• Healthcare
  • Supports funding CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) 
  • Supports women’s healthcare
• Environment
  • Protect the environment, fight climate change
• Taxes
  • “I am fighting to keep taxes and spending down” 
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • “By putting this just into electoral politics…it belittles…what Ford was testifying to…[and] what we should be working on as a community and as a nation” 
• Women’s Healthcare
  • Pro-choice
  • Perfect voting record with Planned Parenthood in past two years
  • Voted against health clinics that offered pregnancy services “to provide information about how clients could obtain state-funded abortions” 
  • Did not get Planned Parenthood endorsement

Candidate #6  

• Republican
• Trump
  • Against Donald Trump
• Immigration
  • Wants to fight “the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policies”
  • Against family separation
• Healthcare
  • Wants better access to “quality, affordable healthcare” 
• Environment
  • Wants to protect environment, fight climate change
• Taxes
  • “Balanced budget…cutting wasteful spending, while ensuring a strong social safety net” 
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Against Brett Kavanaugh
• Women’s Healthcare
  • Pro-choice
  • Planned Parenthood endorsement

Candidate #1 

• Demo
• Trump
  • Supports some of Trump’s economic plan
  • Support some of Trump’s foreign policy
• Immigration
  • Doesn’t like sanctuary city policy
  • “supports securing the border to stem the flow of illegal guns and human trafficking”
• Healthcare
  • “will take on Pharma, the HMO’s and the insurance companies and put health care consumers back in charge” 
• Environment
  • Need to prioritize environmental protection, but also keep in mind people who will be impacted b completely stripping corporate interests
  • No off-shore drilling 
• Taxes
  • Repeal the gas tax
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • No position
• Affordability
  • California is too expensive to live in, and the high taxes are responsible for that, which is why the gas tax needs to be repealed

Candidate #2

• Democrat
• Trump
  • Generally disagrees
• Immigration
  • Wants sanctuary state policy
• Healthcare
  • Wants Medicare for all Californians
• Environment
  • Create more jobs by expanding renewable energy
• Taxes
  • No tax cuts
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Against Brett Kavanaugh
• Women’s Rights
  • Wants to close pay-gap, expand female access to STEM and other industries
  • Pro-choice

Candidate #2 

• Democrat
• Trump
  • No statement directly against Donald Trump, but seems to stand against him on most issues
• Immigration
  • Supports path to immigration for undocumented immigrants
  • Wants to pass the DREAM act 
• Healthcare
  • Expand Obamacare by “[supporting]…new protections  to…those suffering the burden of excessive healthcare costs”
  • Supports medicare for all
• Environment
  • Get federal money to update California water system that has suffered from drought
  • Use “scientific practices to manage our forests” to fight against forest fires in California
• Taxes
  • Against GOP tax bill that “increased our national debt…to give…benefits not to the middle class but to the wealthiest few and special interests”
  • Wants more corporate tax 
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Did not state directly whether or not they supports Kavanaugh, but they said they believe that sexual assault is an issue and that sexual assault victims need support and sympathy through federal services to deal with their trauma 
• Life for Rural Californians
  • Increase access to internet in rural areas
  • Support migrant workers
  • Invest in approaches that help agricultural practices while protecting the environment

Candidate #3 lamalfa

• Republican
• Trump
  • Voted w Trump 95.8% of the time
• Immigration
  • Wants to keep undocumented families together
  • Wants “zero-tolerance” policy towards prosecuting undocumented immigrants
• Healthcare
  • Wants to repeal Obamacare, not working “in rural areas where workforce shortages continue to be an obstacle in accessing timely care” 
  • Wants to improve healthcare in rural areas
• Environment
  • Wants updated water resources for California
  • Introduced “the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act….This legislation removes red tape so utility providers can remove hazardous vegetation near power lines before it can cause a wildfire” 
• Taxes
  • Opposes tax increases, likes tax cuts
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Supports Brett Kavanaugh
• Agriculture
  • Believes too much agriculture regulation
  • Wants more development and internet for rural areas

Candidate #11 (Young Kim)

• Democrat
• Trump
  • “Trump’s rhetoric concerns…[them] and…his disparaging remarks about immigrants and women can be frustrating”
• Immigration
  • Wants to “make sure that those brought to this country as children without legal documentation are treated fairly and with compassion”
  • Wants border security, immigration reform
• Healthcare
  • “We must lower healthcare costs, protect those with pre-existing conditions and make care more accessible”
  • Seems to be against universal healthcare, nothing explicitly stated about Obamacare
• Environment
  • Against environmental legislation
• Taxes
  • Low taxes
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • No explicit statement for Kavanaugh, “But on the eve of his and Ford’s testimony” they said they supported an Act that funds the investigation of violent crimes against women
• Education
  • States should determine own education standards, not adopt federal standards 

Candidate #12

• Republican
• Trump
  • Anti-Trump 
• Immigration
  • Supports DREAM Act
  • Give a pathway to citizenship 
• Healthcare
  • Supports Obamacare, wants to work to fix it
• Environment
  • Wants to combat climate change
  • Develop alternative energy
  • Keep national parks
• Taxes
  • Against tax cuts for corporations
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Criticized Kavanaugh, also supports an Act that funds the investigation of violent crimes against women
• Animal Rights
  • Against puppy mills
  • Supports legislation against animal cruelty

Candidate #9

• Democrat
• Trump
  • Supports Donald Trump
• Immigration
  • Wants strict enforcement of immigration laws
  • Wants to build the wall
  • Against sanctuary cities
• Healthcare
  • Wants to repeal Obamacare
• Environment
  • No statement
• Taxes
  • Opposes tax increases
  • Pro-tax cuts 
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • No statement 
• 2nd Amendment
  • “Most outspoken defender of the 2nd Amendment in California. Always got 100% from Gun Owners of CA…and highest marks from NRA” 

Candidate #10

• Republican
• Trump
  • Supports Donald Trump
• Immigration
  • Wants to build a wall
  • Against undocumented imigration
• Healthcare
  • Wants to repeal Obamacare
• Environment
  • Against carbon tax
  • Wants drought relief
  • Pro Keystone XL Pipeline
• Taxes
  • Against increased taxes and new taxes
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • No statement 
• National Security
  • Against Iran Nuclear Deal
  • Wants gov’t to release “a memo that details U.S. government surveillance abuses” 

Candidate #15

• Republican
• Trump
  • Anti-Trump
• Immigration
  • Abolish ICE
  • pro-DREAMER
  • pro-DACA
  • Against family separation
• Healthcare
  • Supports Obamacare
  • Medicare for all
• Environment
  • Wants to support clean air legislation
  • Wants to fund electric vehicles
• Taxes
  • Against GOP tax plan
  • Tried to decrease tax burden on “highest-earning Californians” t
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Criticized Brett Kavanaugh, but criticized for not condemning other prominent sexual abuse scandals quick enough 
• Wild Card

Candidate #16

• Democrat 
• Trump
  • Anti-Trump
• Immigration
  • Against family separation
  • Supports DREAM Act and Daca
• Healthcare
  • Supports Obamacare
• Environment
  • Wants to protect California’s environment
  • Wants to restore parts of the environment
  • Wants to fight against climate change
  • Wants to protect national parks
• Taxes
  • Against GOP tax bill
• Brett Kavanaugh
  • Criticized Brett Kavanaugh, criticized for not acting fast enough on issue