Title: Political positions of the Democratic Party - Wikipedia
Headings: Political positions of the Democratic Party
Political positions of the Democratic Party
Contents
Economic issues
Fiscal policy
Minimum wage
Health care
Education
Environment
Renewable energy and fossil fuels
Trade agreements
Social issues
Equal Opportunity
Voting rights
Abortion and reproductive rights
Immigration
LGBT rights
Puerto Rico
Legal issues
Gun control
Death penalty
Torture
Right to privacy
Patriot Act
Foreign policy issues
Iraq War
Iran sanctions
Invasion of Afghanistan
Israel and Palestine
See also
Notes
References

Content: Ideological social elements in the party include cultural liberalism, civil libertarianism, and feminism. Some Democratic social policies are immigration reform, electoral reform, and women's reproductive rights . Equal Opportunity
The Democratic Party strives for equality of opportunity for all Americans regardless of sex, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, or national origin. Many Democrats support affirmative action programs to further this goal. Democrats also strongly support the Americans with Disabilities Act to prohibit discrimination against people based on physical or mental disability. As such, they pushed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, a disability rights expansion that became law. Voting rights
The 2012 Democratic Party platform believes the right to vote and to have one's vote counted is an essential American freedom, and opposes laws placing unnecessary restrictions on those seeking to exercise that freedom, such as voter ID laws. Many Democrats also support automatic voter registration, which ensures that all Americans over the legal voting age are registered to vote upon reaching the aforementioned age, and are never required to re-register. Abortion and reproductive rights
See also: Abortion in the United States
The 2012 Democratic Party platform endorses maintaining Roe v. Wade, a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay, and a woman's decision to have a child by providing affordable