Chuck Schumer
Bio | Chuck Schumer attended Harvard University and went on to Harvard Law School before being elected to the New York State Assembly. |
Status and Position | Current US Senator of New York |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, New York |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2022 Senate Election New York 2 | New York 2 | No | N/A | N/A |
Campaign Financing | Schumer is in favor of campaign finance reforms, he was leading a senate push in 2015 and 2016 to pass a bill putting more limits and campaign finances. in his campaign, he raised more than $20million between 2015 and 2020 and spent more than $23 million with $10 million Cash on hand and no debts |
Voting Rights | Schumer supports voting rights, he lead a move among democrats in 2019 to prioritize voting rights reform , including expanding ballot eligibility |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | he believes that everyone should have access to healthcare but thinks that it will be too hard to achieve. he believes that it will be too hard for government to provide universal healthcare since it will be near impossible to obtain funding for it. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | he is not in favor of socialized healthcare |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | her stand on private healthcare is unknown. She believes that there should be no new innovations with healthcare. She believes that all efforts should be directed towards improving the Affordable Heathcare Act. |
| LGBT Rights | Nuance | in the early 2000s he was against same sex marriage but now he allows states to regulate it making him a little bit mixed on the issue Schumer developed his views about LGBTQ as times changed, in early 2000s he voted against same sex marriage but as time progressed, he updated his views to support same sex marriage |
| Taxes | For | he is for taxes to pay for government spending |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Schumer doesn't have a known specific stand on flat tax |
| Abortion | For | he is a pro life democratic senator from new york his voting record shows that she is in favor of abortion, also his public statements show that too. |
| Gun Control | For | the senator believes we need stricter gun control measures |
| Assisted Suicide | For | he believes that patients should not be left in agonizing pain especially if their death as a result of their sickness is certain |
| Government Interference | For | he believes government should have a say in everyday life as it collects taxes from people and protects them |
| Planned Parenthood | For | he is in favor of protecting the budget of planned parenthood |
| Welfare | For | Schumer has rejected multiple attempts to cut the budget in order to keep the support for welfare programs. he refused any cuts for medicare, medicaid or any welfare programs, or food stamps |
| Welfare | Against | he voted against it in the senate floor in 2007 |
| Death Penalty | Against | Schumer is against the death penalty Schumer thinks that the death penalty is a thing of the past and is expensive for government in addition to being very unhelpful to the society |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | the candidate has no clear stand on the issue |
| Military Spending | For | Schumer is in favor of military spending but not as much as before but to keep the US leading the world in military |
| War on Terrorism | For | Schumer is in favor of war on terror to protect americans at home and abroad |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | he supports the role of the US as an international power Schumer believes the US should continue to be leading the international stage and to protect its allies and keep making more strategic alliances to protect american relations |
| United Nations power | For | Schumer believes that the US should use and lead multilateral organisations like the UN to make the world a better place |
| Nationalism | Unknown | the candidate has no clear stand on the issue |
| Free Markets | For | he supports free markets but with limits schumer supports free markets but thinks there should be limits on businesses to regulate business |
| Brexit | Unknown | the candidate has no clear stand on the issue |
| Affirmative Action | For | he believes affirmative action laws should persist to protect minority rights in the US |
| Government Spending | For | he believes government spending is important to make the lives of american people easier and make the US a better place |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | the candidate has no clear stand on the issue |
| Common Core | Unknown | the candidate has no clear stand on the issue N/A |
| Clean Energy | For | Schumer is in favor of transformation to clean energy Schumer thinks clean energy should be cheaper in order to help with transformation to cleaner energy to improve our environmental state |
| Religious Freedom | For | Schumer is in favor of religious freedom Schumer believes that freedom of religion is one of the main cores of the American identity and is protected by the constitution under the first amendment and should be protected at all costs |
| Separation of Church and State | For | he believes that religion should not be mixed with politics |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | the candidate has no clear stand on the issue |
| Border Control | For | Schumer is in favor of border control Schumer believes that our borders need to be secured to prevent unwanted or unauthorized entry to the united states but we shouldn't be as cruel as the trump administration |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | the candidate has no clear stand on the issue |
| DACA | For | supported the dream act and is standing against the attempts by the Trump administration to repeal DACA |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | the candidate doesn't have a clear stand on the issue |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | the candidate doesn't have a clear stand on the issue |