Editor’s note: These excerpts are reproduced from the printed election guide. The platform edition/year is not identified in the source; they should not be read as a verified statement of the parties’ current platforms.

Life and Abortion

…Committed to protecting and advancing reproductive health, rights, and justice [so that] every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. We will … restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood. (Pg. 32)

Immigration

“Immigrants are essential to our society and our Economy.… They grow our food, care for our loved ones, serve in our armed forces… Democrats believe it is long past time to provide a road-map to citizenship for the millions of undocumented workers” (pgs. 61-64)

Religious Freedom

“Religious freedom is a core American value and a core value of the Democratic Party… will protect the rights of each American for the free exercise of his or her own Religion… and will … advocate for religious freedom throughout the world. Democrats … recognize the paramount importance of maintaining the separation between church and state enshrined in our Constitution. “ (Pg. 48)

Education

“Believe that education is a critical public good not a commodity, and that it is the government’s responsibility to ensure that every child, everywhere, is able to receive a world-class education that enables them to lead meaningful lives, no matter their race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability status, language status, immigration or citizenship status, household income or ZIP code.” (Pg. 64)

2nd Amendment

“…Will enact universal background checks, end Online sales of guns and ammunition, ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons…” “Democrats believe that gun companies should be held responsible for their products and will prioritize repealing the law that shields gun manufacturers from civil liability.” (pgs. 47-48)

Climate Change & Environmental Policy

“Climate change is a global emergency.” Wants to reverse all Trump Admin. Rollbacks on environmental protections… believe we must embed environmental justice, economic justice, and climate justice at the heart of our policy and governing agenda. Dem’s agree … that the United States and the world must achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, and no later than 2050. (pgs. 49-51)

Democrat Party Platform can be found at democrats.org under Where We Stand