Steve Bullock

Steve Bullock is a POTUS1 candidate. Scroll down for his detailed policy positions.

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Candidate’s Grade

B+

Grading Methodology

A+: comprehensive democracy plan with impressive public financing plan, promise to fix democracy first

A: comprehensive democracy plan with a strong policy in each category

B: notable proposals but overall plan lacks depth regarding scope and/or implementation

C: few democracy reform proposals, campaign makes infrequent mentions of reform

D: no meaningful democracy plan

F: active opponent of democracy

Candidate Policy Positions

Everyone’s Vote Should Count (Equally)

Statehood for D.C.
End gerrymandering with independent redistricting commissions

Voting Rights

Same day registration
“Incentivize” automatic voter registration
Early voting
Limits on voter purges
Election Day holiday
Improve language access
End felon disenfranchisement for those who have served their sentence
Expand number of polling places
Expand voting rights to 17 year old Americans for primaries who will be 18 by the general election.
Update the Voting RIghts Act
Ensure that a tribal ID issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs is accepted by states as an eligible form of documentation for registration or voting

Money in Politics

Require public companies, large private companies and all government contractors to disclose all political contributions
Overturn Citizens United
Increase disclosure
Reforming the Federal Election Commission

Candidate Overview

Bullock has pledged to fix democracy first!

His democracy reform proposals are strong and comprehensive, though he does not support public financing of elections—a glaring omission.

Click here to see his democracy reform platform.

Here are some policies he could adopt to improve his platform:

Make clear that a national law would mandate automatic voter registration
Public financing of elections
Repeal discriminatory voter ID laws and other voter suppression policies
Representation for Puerto Rico
Eliminate the Electoral College
A full end to felon disenfranchisement
Ranked-choice voting

If you want to see Steve Bullock embrace these policies, check the bottom of the page for his staffers’ contact information.

In His Own Words

“If we don’t address the corrosive influence of money in politics, which has really been the fight of my entire career, we’re not going to address all the other big issues that we need to.”