top of page

Alamosa Democratic
Party Platform 2024

adopted March 16, 2024

Democracy
 
-Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.
-Support representation for US Territories and Washington DC.
-Reverse Citizen's United — money is not the same thing as speech.
-Corporations are not people and should not have the same rights as humans.
-Limit the power of the Supreme Court by:
     1. limiting terms of each justice,
     2. imposing Congressional limits to judicial review,
     3. imposing similar ethic standards on justices of the Supreme Courts as on judges of other     
         federal courts.
-Eliminate dark money groups.
-All organizations proposing legislation, such as ALEC, must be registered as an official lobbyist   
  entity and 
identify its donors.
-Congressional and state legislators must not vote on issues involving government contracts if
  they have received 
donations over $1,000 from invested parties.
-Congressional and state legislators should be barred from individual stock trading.
-Any candidate running for federal office shall be required to disclose his or her last three years of
  tax returns.
-Any candidate running for federal office shall not have participated in nor supported an insurrection.

 
Economic Policies
 
-Broadband should be managed as a public utility.
-Support creation of a state bank and/or postal savings bank.
-The wealthy should be taxed at a higher rate than the middle class.
-Simplify the tax code.
-Fully fund the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and IRS.
-End predatory bank junk fees such as $35 overcharge.
-Cap home rental price increases from year to year.
-Hold utility companies accountable for damages they cause.


Education
 
-Support access to free or affordable higher education.
-Colleges and universities should not be for-profit institutions.
-Support prioritizing educational funding at all levels for rural counties.
-Oppose book banning in public schools and libraries.
-Increase funding for higher education state wide.
-Support an accurate and robust teaching of history and an understanding of Democracy and the 
  “American 
Experiment.” Support and encourage lifelong civic participation.
 
Environment
 
-Adopt a state-wide policy to prohibit new inter-basin water transfers.
-Support reduction of CO2 and methane emissions.
-Change to renewable energy resources.
-Support procedures to save scarce water resources.
-Promote renewable energy to 100% by 2040.
-Keep public lands public.
-Require environmental review of oil and gas drilling and any other significant change in land use.
-Reform mining claims laws.
-Support carbon neutral transit options.


Health Policy
 
-Support a Colorado and a national constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom,
  including abortion.
-Support Medicare for All, including dental, vision, mental and behavioral health, hearing, and long
  term care services.
-Support termination of Medicare Advantage Plans and all variants of Direct Contracting Entities.
-Keep the VA clinic in Alamosa.
-Prisoners in county jail should have medical benefits.
-Health care is a human right.


Human Rights
 
-Oppose attempts to restrict voting rights.
-Support governmental housing programs.
-Support rehab and preventative services for drug abuse.
-Support the reclassification of legal limits on amounts of drugs such as fentanyl (4 grams of fentanyl is
 more lethal 
than 4 grams of heroin, etc.).
-Support the bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform.
-Support humane immigration policies, preserve DACA, provide a reasonable path to citizenship.
-Reform police budget to include continued paid expertise in managing mental health crises.
-Ban military-style assault weapons and bump stocks.
-Support red flag laws.
-Support universal background checks in order to buy a gun.
-Protect citizens against unauthorized use/sales of social data.
-Prohibit forced arbitration agreements between customers and corporations.
-Make the child tax credit permanent.
-Ban police officers convicted of excessive violence from transferring to a different police force within the
 state (of 
Colorado) or from other states.
 
Integrity and Accountability
 
-Support requiring all candidates and elected officials to act with integrity and be held accountable for
 their transgressions.

US Foreign and Military Policy

-Follow laws banning US military assistance to foreign governments that commit human rights violations.
-Work to ban nuclear weapons.
-Create and fund a Department of Peace.
-Ban political contributions from corporations receiving federal government or military contracts.
-Refund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) for Palestine Refuges in the Near East.

CONTACT US

Reach out to find out more about your local Democratic Party, find out about the issues, candidates, and the challenges faced by

Alamosa County citizens.

  • Facebook

Alamosa, CO 81101

Phone: (970) 946-5611

Join Our Mailing List to

Stay Informed

Thanks for Joining!

BE THE FIRST TO KNOW

© 2024 Alamosa Dems. Powered and secured by Wix

bottom of page