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15. 2020 Democratic Party Platform

https://www.demconvention.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-07-31-Democratic-Party-Platform-For-Distribution.pdf

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4 PREAMBLE 5 PROTECTING AMERICANS AND RECOVERING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 8
BUILDING A STRONGER, FAIRER ECONOMY 13
Protecting Workers and Families and Creating Millions of Jobs Across America 14 Raising Wages and Promoting Workers’ Rights 14 Enacting Robust Work-Family Policies 16 Investing in the Engines of Job Creation 16 Building A Fair System of International Trade for Our Workers 20
Putting Homeownership in Reach and Guaranteeing Safe Housing for Every American 20 Leveling the Economic Playing Field 22 Reforming the Tax Code to Benefit Working Families 22 Curbing Wall Street Abuses 23 Ending Poverty 23 Protecting Consumer Rights and Privacy 25 Tackling Runaway Corporate Concentration 25 Guaranteeing a Secure and Dignified Retirement 25
ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL, AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE 26
Securing Universal Health Care Through a Public Option 28 Bringing Down Drug Prices and Taking on the Pharmaceutical Industry 29 Reducing Health Care Costs and Improving Health Care Quality 29
Expanding Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment 30
Expanding Long-Term Care Services and Supports 30 Eliminate Racial, Gender, and Geographic Health Inequities 31 Protecting Native American Health 32 Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice 32 Protecting and Promoting Maternal Health 33 Protecting LGBTQ+ Health 33 Strengthening and Supporting the Health Care Workforce 33 Investing in Health Science and Research 34
PROTECTING COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING TRUST BY REFORMING OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 35
HEALING THE SOUL OF AMERICA 39
Protecting Americans’ Civil Rights 39

Achieving Racial Justice and Equity 39 Protecting Women’s Rights 42 Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights 42 Protecting Disability Rights 43 Honoring Indigenous Tribal Nations 44 Ending Violence Against Women 47 Ending the Epidemic of Gun Violence 47 Supporting Faith and Service 48 Supporting Press Freedom 48 Supporting the Arts and Culture 49
COMBATING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND PURSUING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 49
RESTORING AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY 55
Protecting and Enforcing Voting Rights 55 Reforming the Broken Campaign Finance System 57 Building an Effective, Transparent Federal Government 57 Making Washington, D.C. the 51st State 58 Guaranteeing Self-Determination for Puerto Rico 59 Supporting the U.S. Territories 59 Strengthening the U.S. Postal Service 60
CREATING A 21ST CENTURY IMMIGRATION SYSTEM 61
PROVIDING A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION IN EVERY ZIP CODE 64
Guaranteeing Universal Early Childhood Education 65 Supporting High-Quality K-12 Schools Across America 66 Making Higher Education Affordable and Accessible 69 Providing Borrowers Relief from Crushing Student Debt 70
RENEWING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP 72
Revitalizing American Diplomacy 73 Rebuilding America’s Tool of First Resort 73 Reinventing Alliances 74 International Institutions 74 Foreign Assistance and Development 75
Transforming Our Armed Forces for the 21st century 75 Ending Forever Wars 75 Securing our Competitive Edge 76 Defense Spending 77 Keeping Faith with Our Veterans and Military Families 77 Civil-Military Relations 78
Mobilizing the World to Address Transnational Challenges 78 Global Health and Pandemics 78 Climate Change

Technology 80 Nonproliferation 81 Terrorism 81 Democracy and Human Rights 82
Advancing American Interests 85 Global Economy and Trade 85 Africa 86 Americas 87 Asia-Pacific 87 Europe 89 Middle East