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CORY
BOOKER
Booker has served as a senator for New Jersey since 2013 and was the mayor of Newark for seven years before
that. Booker comes with little baggage but little name recognition as well. His 2020 platform mainly focuses on
his plans for gun control — a lightning rod issue in this country. Booker states his intention to “ close dangerous
lbopholes” in gun laws on his first day in office. Beyond that, his campaign is short on policy specifics, but has
focused on him being the one to unite a politically fractured country.
Garnered a significant amount of support and praise for her stern questioning in the confirmation hearings of
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and has served as a senator of Minnesota for the past 12 years. She is
the only candidate to lay out a trillion-dollar infrastructure policy and list it as her number one budget priority.
Unlike most other candidates, she’s very focused on mental health Support, criminal justice and drug pricing.
On the other hand, she has been reported to have been emotionally abusive to her staff, and again, of not being
progressive enough.
TULSI
GABBARD
AMY
KLOBUCHAR
She’s the first American-Samoan and Hindu member of Congress along with being an Iraq War Veteran, but
comes with a complex backstory. She doesn’t have any particular standout policies, but agrees with most of the
popular plans proposed to Congress. She’s been a proponent in the past of using the phrase “ radical Islam”
and hasheen on record working with Anti-LGBTQ organizations in 2002 and prior. She also voted on approving
extreme vetting measures, so comparatively, she seems the least progressive of all.
ANDREW
YANG
Polling Percentage
Last, but not least, Yang is a former tech executive and non-profit founder, who is particularly keen on the idea
of a universal basic income. In his plan, any adult over the age of 18 would receive $1,000 per month, since he
believes artificial intelligence and automation will wipe out millions of jobs and ruin the economy if a universal
basic income isn’t considered. He has sittiilar goals in mind to other 2020 hopefuls, but is Hindered by the fact
that he isn’t well know and has no governmental experience.
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