Political positions of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary candidates

This page describes the stances held by Democratic candidates in the 2020 United States presidential election on a variety of policy issues (e.g. domestic and foreign issues). Only candidates still in the race during the 2020 Iowa caucuses are included.

Domestic policy

Education

Candidate	Tuition-free public college	Debt relief for student loans	Affirmative action	Universal child care	Universal pre-kindergarten	Increase funding for primary and secondary public education
Michael Bennet	Partial^{[note 1]}^[1]	No^[2]	?	Yes^[3]	Yes^[4]	Yes^[4]
Joe Biden	Partial^{[note 2]}^[5]^[6]	Partial^{[note 3]}^[7]	Yes^[8]	Yes^[9]	Yes^[7]	Yes^[7]
Mike Bloomberg	Partial^{[note 4]}^[10]^[11]	?	?	?	?	Yes^[12]
Pete Buttigieg	Partial^{[note 5]}^[13]	Partial^[14]	Yes^[13]	Yes^[15]	Yes^[16]	Yes^[13]
Tulsi Gabbard	Yes^[17]^[18]	Yes^[19]	?	Yes^[20]	Yes^[21]	Yes^[22]
Amy Klobuchar	Partial^{[note 6]}^[17]	Partial^[17]	?	Yes^[23]	?	?
Deval Patrick	Partial^{[note 6]}^[24]	Yes^[25]	Yes^[26]	Yes^[27]	Yes^[28]	Yes^[29]
Bernie Sanders	Yes^[17]	Yes^[30]	Yes^[31]	Yes^[32]	Yes^[33]	Yes^[34]
Tom Steyer	Partial^{[note 6]}^[35]	?	?	?	?	?
Elizabeth Warren	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	?	Yes^[36]	Yes^[36]	?
Andrew Yang	Partial^{[note 7]}^[37]	Yes^[37]	Yes^[38]	Yes^[39]	Yes^[40]	Yes^[41]

^ Supports "debt-free 4 year college and free community college
^ Biden supports tuition-free community college and tuition-free four year college for families with income below $125,000.
^ Supports debt forgiveness for teachers and other educators through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
^ Supports tuition-free college for the "lowest-income students" and two-year public college tuition-free.
^ Supports tuition-free college for "lower" and "middle-income families"
^ ^a ^b ^c Supports tuition-free community college
^ Supports tuition-free or "nearly free" community college

Environmental issues

Candidate	Green New Deal	No Fossil Fuel Money pledge	Nuclear power to reduce emissions	Carbon tax	Paris Agreement	Ban fracking	Ban offshore drilling	Declare climate change a national emergency	End Fossil Fuel Extraction on Federal Land	End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Michael Bennet	No^[42]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[44]	?	Yes^[45]	No^[46]	Partial^{[note 1]}^[47]	No^[48]	?	?
Joe Biden	Partial^{[note 2]}^[49]	Yes^[50]	Yes^[51]	Yes^[52]	Yes^[53]	No^[52]	Partial^{[note 3]}^[54]	Yes^[55]	Yes^[55]	Yes^[55]
Mike Bloomberg	No^[56]	Yes^[57]	Open^[58]	Yes^[59]	Yes^[60]	No^[61]	No^[61]	?	?	?
Pete Buttigieg	Yes^[62]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[63]	Yes^[64]	Yes^[65]	Yes^[66]	?	?	Yes^[55]	Yes^[55]
Tulsi Gabbard	Yes^[67]	Yes^[43]	No^[68]^[69]	No^[70]	Yes^[71]	Yes^[72]^[73]	Yes^[72]	Yes^[74]	Yes^[75]	Yes^[76]
Amy Klobuchar	Yes^[77]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[64]	Open^[78]	Yes^[79]	No^[46]	?	Yes^[48]	Yes^[55]	Yes^[55]
Deval Patrick	?	No^[43]	Yes^{[note 4]}^[80]	?	Yes^[81]	?	?	?	?	?
Bernie Sanders	Yes^[77]	Yes^[43]	No^[82]^[83]	No^[84]	Yes^[85]	Yes^[86]	Yes^[87]	Yes^[48]	Yes^[55]	Yes^[55]
Tom Steyer	Yes^[88]	Yes^[43]	No^[89]	Yes^[90]	Yes^[91]	Yes^[92]	Yes^[93]	Yes^[94]	?	?
Elizabeth Warren	Yes^[77]	Yes^[43]	Unclear^[95]^[96]^[97]	Yes^[98]	Yes^[99]	Yes^[100]	Yes^[101]	Yes^[48]	Yes^[55]	Yes^[55]
Andrew Yang	Partial^{[note 2]}^[102]	Yes^[43]	Yes^{[note 5]}^[103]	Yes^[104]	Yes^[105]	Partial^[106]	Yes^[107]	Yes^[108]	Yes^[55]	Yes^[55]

^ Opposed to new offshore drilling operations
^ ^a ^b Pushes the decarbonization deadline out two decades from 2030 to 2050
^ Will pursue an international ban of offshore drilling in the Arctic
^ Under certain conditions
^ Seen as a Temporary Solution

Gun control

Candidate	Universal background checks	Ban assault weapons	Gun buyback	Require gun license
Michael Bennet	Yes^[109]	Yes^[110]	Voluntary^[111]	No^[111]
Joe Biden	Yes^[112]	Yes^[113]	Voluntary^[114]	Partial^[111]
Mike Bloomberg	Yes^[115]	Yes^[116]	Voluntary^[111]	Yes^[111]
Pete Buttigieg	Yes^[117]	Yes^[118]	Voluntary^[114]	Yes^[111]
Tulsi Gabbard	Yes^[119]	Yes^[120]	Unclear^[111]	Unclear^[111]
Amy Klobuchar	Yes^[121]	Yes^[122]	Voluntary^[111]	Unclear^[111]
Deval Patrick	Yes^[123]	Yes^[124]	Voluntary^[81]	Yes^[111]
Bernie Sanders	Yes^[121]	Yes^[122]	Voluntary^[114]	Partial^{[note 1]}^[111]
Tom Steyer	Yes^[125]	Yes^[125]	Voluntary^[111]	Yes^[111]
Elizabeth Warren	Yes^[121]	Yes^[122]	Voluntary^[111]	Yes^[111]
Andrew Yang	Yes^[126]	Yes^[127]^[128]	Voluntary^[114]	Yes^[111]

^ Only for assault weapons

Health care

Candidate	Support single-payer healthcare system	Support public health insurance option	Eliminate private health insurance	Import prescription drugs from Canada
Michael Bennet	No^[129]	Yes^[130]	No^[131]	No^[132]
Joe Biden	No^[133]	Yes^[134]	No^[131]	?
Mike Bloomberg	No^[135]	Yes^[136]	No^[135]	Open^[137]
Pete Buttigieg	No^[138]	Yes^[139]	No^[131]	Yes^[140]
Tulsi Gabbard	Yes^[141]	?	No^[131]	Yes^[142]
Amy Klobuchar	No^[143]	Yes^[144]	No^[131]	Yes^[145]
Deval Patrick	No^[146]	Yes^[146]	No^[146]	?
Bernie Sanders	Yes^[147]	?	Yes^[131]	Yes^[145]
Tom Steyer	Yes^[148]	?	No^[149]	?
Elizabeth Warren	Yes^[150]	?	Yes^[131]	Yes^[132]
Andrew Yang	No^[151]	Yes^[152]	No^[131]	Partial^[153]

Immigration and border security

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[Debt-free-1] Supports "debt-free 4 year college and free community college

[6] Biden supports tuition-free community college and tuition-free four year college for families with income below $125,000.

[PSLFP-9] Supports debt forgiveness for teachers and other educators through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

[13] Supports tuition-free college for the "lowest-income students" and two-year public college tuition-free.

[17] Supports tuition-free college for "lower" and "middle-income families"

[CommunityCollege-28] Supports tuition-free community college

[43] Supports tuition-free or "nearly free" community college

[54] Opposed to new offshore drilling operations

[ei-n2-57] Pushes the decarbonization deadline out two decades from 2030 to 2050

[63] Will pursue an international ban of offshore drilling in the Arctic

[90] Under certain conditions

[114] Seen as a Temporary Solution

[GL-137] Only for assault weapons

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