
Sarah McBride
Progressive
Democrat
House Representative
Delaware - District At-Large
Current Position: US House Representative DE-At-Large
Running For: House Representative - District At-Large
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For paid family and medical leave, universal childcare, and increased investments in housing and elder care
Business & Labor
- For increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 and indexing it to inflation
- For guaranteed paid sick time and paid family and medical leave
- For strengthening workers' rights and unions, including sponsoring and supporting the PRO Act, enhancing protections for the right to organize, fully funding worker protection agencies, and codifying requirements that federal projects use unionized workforces
- For federal investment and regulation to support fintech, blockchain, and crypto innovation, including modernizing securities and banking laws and passing robust data privacy legislation
Health Care
- For expanding universal health care coverage, including expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing, lowering the Medicare eligibility age, and providing a public option
Environment
- For increased investment in renewable energy and green technology, building on the Inflation Reduction Act, with a goal of net-zero emissions and a unionized workforce in sustainable industries
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights and protecting reproductive health care access; supports expanding Medicaid coverage for reproductive and post-pregnancy care and ending the global gag rule
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For expanding voting access, including vote by mail, early voting, and same-day voter registration; supports passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act to protect voting rights and combat gerrymandering and dark money in politics
Public Safety
- For criminal justice reform, including reducing recidivism, expanding expungements, promoting reintegration after incarceration, expanding police body cameras, and improving police training and transparency
- For ending mass incarceration
- For legalizing marijuana and expunging related convictions
- For stricter gun control measures, including banning assault weapons, strengthening background checks, and instituting safeguards to prevent dangerous individuals from obtaining guns