Mike Rounds
Bio | Mike Rounds has been serving as the U.S. Senator for South Dakota since 2015 and previously served as the Governor for South Dakota. He studied Political Science at South Dakota State University and worked as a former partner at Fischer Rounds & Associates. |
Status and Position | Current US Senator of South Dakota |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, South Dakota |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Senate Election South Dakota 1 | South Dakota 1 | Yes | Running | 50.0% |
Campaign Financing | Rounds major finances come from Leadership PACs, Security and Investment, Commercial Banks, Insurance and Retired. Top backers are NextEra Energy, Sanford Health, Alticor Inc, Land O' Lakes and LG Everist Inc. |
Voting Rights | Rounds has made no clear stance on this issue. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Rounds has stated that government run healthcare is bad. Voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and has openly protested government-run insurance programs. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Has openly opposed government run health insurance. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Does not believe private insurance should be abolished. |
| LGBT Rights | Nuance | Has mixed views on the LGBT community. Has stated that allowing them to be able to file taxes jointly, allow hospital visitation and the like to gay couples that are normally allowed only for married couples, but not allowing them to be married calling it "silly." |
| Taxes | Against | Is for the cutting of taxes Though has not made any key votes recently, has voted yea to the Tax Cuts and Jobs act. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. Though has not made any key votes recently, has voted yea to the Tax Cuts and Jobs act. |
| Abortion | Against | Rounds is pro-life. Has Co-sponsored the the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and voted yes to the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Also signed bill that would require clinics that offer abortions to legally ask every person is about to have the operation if they would like to view a sonogram first. |
| Gun Control | Against | Rounds has voted against gun control acts and bills. Voted against the bill that Prohibits the Transfer of Firearms to Suspected Terrorists, Against the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2016. Is also an advocate for universal concealed carry license. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. Voted against the bill that Prohibits the Transfer of Firearms to Suspected Terrorists, Against the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2016. Is also an advocate for universal concealed carry license. |
| Government Interference | Against | Rounds has stated that he hold Reagan Ideals and that people should not rely on the federal government. Also introduced the RESPECT Act which would remove outdated laws and restrictions in place towards Native-Americans. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Rounds has actively worked to defund planned parenthood. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. N/A |
| Welfare | Against | Signed bill in 2004 to ban stem cell research and human cloning. Has made no other efforts since. |
| Death Penalty | For | Is for the death penalty Voted for the Lethal Injection Reform and voted for Physicians to be Phased out at execution for dosaged of lethal injections. Has made no other key votes or comment since. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | For | Voted for Stop Illegal Reentry Act which would lengthen jail time for illegal immigrants. |
| Military Spending | For | Voted against most bills proposed for the withdraw and softening of American troops in foreign areas and did not vote on all the others. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on that issue. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Has a militaristic stance on international interaction and affairs. Has voted to keep military influence active in middle east. Voted for the Two-State Solution and Voted for Mike Pompeo. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. N/A |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has no clear stance on this issue. |
| Affirmative Action | Against | Has stated in debate that he does not support any type of affirmative action in 1998. Has made no other comment since. |
| Government Spending | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue but has put forth and voted for TRUST Act. |
| Charter Schools | For | Voted to pass Pilot Charter School which would give federally recognized tribes of American-Indians Access to a charter school. Also voted for Betsy Devos. |
| Common Core | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. N/A |
| Clean Energy | Nuance | Rounds backs on aspect of clean energy. Rounds has stated that Wind is a great resource and voted against bill that would reduce tax refunds for wind farms. Heavily backs "clean" coal and ethanol but these are not clean energy resources. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Rounds backs religious freedom Has stated that religious freedom is a pillar in our nation. Has voted for the protection of religious views when gay marriage was being voted on. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. Has used religion to back certain views though. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Border Control | For | Rounds backs border security. Rounds voted for the stop illegal reentry act, has stated that ICE is vital part of immigration enforcement and did not vote for emergency and humanitarian assistance to southern border. Also voted for the Immigration Security and Opportunity Act. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue |
| DACA | Nuance | Though has made no open claim for DACA, did vote yeah for the Immigration Security and Opportunity Act. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | Rounds opposes sanctuary cities and voted for the Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Has stated that legalizing marijuana will lead to more hard core drug abuse. |