Barack Obama
Bio | Barack Obama is an American politician and lawyer. He previously served as the 44th President of the U.S. |
Status and Position | Former President of White House Executive Branch |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, White House Executive Branch |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| none |
Campaign Financing | Major contributions came from the University of California, Goldman Sachs, Google Inc., etc. |
Voting Rights | Supportive of voting rights and advocates to restore minority protections for it. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Believes in the importance of affordable and qualitative healthcare. In 2010 Obama passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare, to lower health costs and enable more accessibility to healthcare for those who could not afford it. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Not supportive of socialized health care |
| Private Healthcare | For | He is supportive of individuals keeping their private insurance. |
| LGBT Rights | For | He has strongly advocated for the LGBT community and made significant strides in change of laws to better help them. He voted for legislation that would enable same-sex marriage, LGBT health, and prevent bullying and discrimination at schools |
| Taxes | Against | He supported legislation that incorporated tax cuts. He signed a $858 billion tax cut deal that was signed in 2010 and extended the Bush tax cuts and unemployment benefits. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | He opposes flat tax rates, which is why he incorporated tax cuts into legislation He signed a $858 billion tax cut deal that was signed in 2010 and extended the Bush tax cuts and unemployment benefits. |
| Abortion | For | Supportive of women's choice regarding abortion Expresses his belief and support for abortion and reproductive freedom |
| Gun Control | For | Supportive of taking gun control measures Vocalized support for gun control, but did pass legislation that actually restricted it. |
| Assisted Suicide | For | He supports assisted suicide Vocalized support for gun control, but did pass legislation that actually restricted it. |
| Government Interference | For | Supports government interference on gun control, environmental conditions, etc |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Supportive of planned parenthood |
| Welfare | For | Supportive of welfare The government directed a lot of funding towards welfare during Obama's presidency |
| Welfare | For | Lifted restrictions on stem cell research that prohibited funding projects that extended the 60 extant cell lines |
| Death Penalty | Against | Not supportive of death penalty. Has expressed how he finds the death penalty disturbing |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Believes in reforming mandatory prison sentencing to reduce harshness of its guidelines and rules |
| Military Spending | For | Under the Obama administration military spending increased a lot |
| War on Terrorism | For | Led the fight against the Taliban and executed Osama bin Laden. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Led the U.S into war in Iraq and Afghanistan Expressed the importance of ending the war on Iraq during a Global Affairs meeting, agreed to participate in the International Climate Agreement, etc. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding this |
| Nationalism | Against | Has expressed concerned about the aggressiveness and racial tension that Nationalism could bring |
| Free Markets | For | Supportive of free markets Believes that a free market would greatly improve the economy and supports capitalism |
| Brexit | Against | Vocally warned Britons to consider their choice of leaving the European Union and that the decision would move the U.K behind in trade deals |
| Affirmative Action | For | Supportive of guidelines that encouraged it like how diverse student body would benefit a university |
| Government Spending | Against | Advocated for decreasing government spending like in misspent tax dollars in every agency and department in the federal government |
| Charter Schools | For | Increased funding 5 percent from the previous year for charter schools |
| Common Core | For | Obama's administration is a strong supporter of the Common Core In 2009 Obama announced the "Race to the Top" competitive grants to motivate schools to integrate Common Core Standards |
| Clean Energy | For | Advocated for solar energy, which its use increased 30 fold, and solar jobs increased twelve times faster than the rest of the economy Promoted The Clean Energy Savings For All Initiative to increase access to solar energy, especially in low and moderate income communities |
| Religious Freedom | For | He is a strong supporter of religious freedom Signed to update U.S law protecting religious freedom like setting up a way to track religious prisoners overseas and require that all foreign officers undergo training in religious liberty |
| Separation of Church and State | For | Has expressed support of separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Against | He has been vocal about not making an efforts to bring about slavery reparations |
| Border Control | For | During Obama's administration he was actively supportive of increasing border control Obama's administration supported building facilities to house migrant children who were caught illegally crossing the border and passed the "Zero-Tolerance" policy that put all adults in criminal procedures awaiting trial. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | He does not have an explicit stance on this issue. |
| DACA | For | Reformed the policy to include undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S prior to 2010, lengthened the renwal deferral period to two years, and removed the requirements that applicants had to be younger than 31 years old |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | Changed federal policy regarding sanctuary cities that will allow prisoners finishing serving their sentences to automatically go into immigration custody when authorities are seeking deportation |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | He is supportive of legalizing marijuana. |