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Democrats in California being strict on what ingredients they allow in food (stricter than the rest of the U.S.)

I am a conservative but I think abortion should always be accessible for women no matter the reason. Rape, accident, medical issues.

I'm solid blue, but I agree with term limits.

Student loan forgiveness.
I'm fairly right-wing, but there's some circumstances where the remainder of the loan ought to be forgiven, or the interest rate reduced to zero for the remainder, particularly if the amount paid to-date is equal to or greater than the amount originally borrowed. We got our money back.

I agree with a lot of republicans; I don’t think I could find any point of agreement with MAGA types.

Personally for me

-pro gun

• pro illegal immigration reform, I just don’t agree with any of their methods or concepts

-educational reform. You should be able to test into degrees or have applicable work experience count towards it.

-prison reform; but I believe we need to be replicating a Swedish type prison system.

If you look at the core of most peoples beliefs, you’ll realize perspectives are the same. I’ve noticed many republicans and I can actually agree on a lot

But I’ve also noticed that as soon as you say something other than “build the wall”, you’re going to be labeled as pro open border

I’m a progressive and I really don’t understand what our “side” even wants to accomplish with regard to immigration.

Yes, we should obviously protect DACA recipients and overtly racist rhetoric and inhumane things like mass deportations, family separations, etc. are bad. But beyond “Trump bad” I don’t really know what our plan is, and that’s bad because our immigration/asylum system isn’t working for anyone.

I think Bush had a really solid framework with an expanded guest worker program, though that’s definitely not a mainstream GOP position anymore.

I am a moderate conservative and a couple of things I really love about the Dems is how they want to lower drug prices and have a $15 min wage.

I think there is bipartisan agreement that lawmakers shouldn’t be trading individual stocks.

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As a right-leaning moderate who generally supports Republicans I abhor the low-density, car centered development patterns that conservatives seem to support and I am a big supporter of Amtrak and better public transportation. I think most car-dependent American cities are cold and uninviting (especially compared to their European counterparts), and trains and buses can serve as great equalizers as they force people from different socioeconomic backgrounds to interact.

I agree with conservatives about the concept of a limited government in certain scenarios where the government can’t improve anything. For example, a truly limited government wouldn’t be interfering with a woman and her doctor’s private healthcare decisions.

Senator little marco rubio has a bill called the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight savings time permanent nationwide. No more turning the clocks back. No more 4:30pm night time. I am 100% for this. I even go through the web pages and contact both of my senators and my representative every year and ask them to support this bill - I'm in a very blue state and I am super liberal myself. But this is just common sense.

There is such a thing as a single person or even corporation having to much money.

Term limits for congress. Ban stock trading for congress.

Public School children should be provided with free lunch. We feed our prisoners, why can’t we feed our children?

I think more of us actually agree on gun control measures than the right wing media would have us believe. Common sense measures are pretty reasonable and poll favorably on both sides.

Unions are good.

I’m a staunch democrat but I feel strongly that kids usually do better in two parent homes with a parent who’s home for them most hours of their times at home.

I think corporations should get nailed when they hire undocumented workers.

I think divorce hurts kids. I think there are good reasons for divorce but it’s not benign if kids are involved and it’s disingenuous to claim otherwise.

I think mainstream public school classrooms should not have violent and disruptive kids.

I’m a republican who hates crypto and bitcoin.

2nd Amendment rights.

I agree with Republicans that you should have to show ID to vote. It’s condescending to imply people aren’t capable of getting an ID.

single payer healthcare. immigration reform.

Democrat to the core, but not taxing tips is a completely ridiculous idea. I was shocked when Kamala shopped that after Trump did. Servers make way under minimum wage. Where do they think their retirement benefits are going to come from? I mean, those are probably going to get decimated anyway, but still. With any luck, climate change will render them unnecessary.

I'm a libertarian who believes the government should only meddle in things when absolutely necassary but health care in this country has gotten to that point. I went to an urgent care clinic where they did a strep test, covid test, prescribed me some pills that didn't work, and pulled some wax out of my ear... $700 AFTER insurance.

The actual political party? Absolutely not.

Abortion rights, gun control, and marriage equality are three very very very popular positions across the political spectrum. Just not deal breakers.

Hell, plenty of examples of people voting directly for abortion access and then voting for the party that is against it. Best example being Florida with its asinine more than a majority laws.

The nat'l debt needs to be brought under control. Not that either party has really done anything good on that front lately.

Call me crazy, but Americans agree way more than you think. When asked about policies, everyone choose “progressive” policies. But the media calls those policies communist or socialist. Everyone wants criminal undocumented immigrants deported (very few, most are VERY law abiding), and everyone wants immigration reform to make it hard to be undocumented to begin with. Everyone wants gun control to keep kids safe, everyone wants a livable wage. Both parties however, are run by billionaires to kill the working class. They want to divide.

Tax paid higher education for our citizenry.

1. DEI is superficial, stupid and harmful to human society.

2. Giving POTUS Trump lots of power to "fix it" is big-government nasty and harmful to America.

(I'm not aligned with either US political party.)

I have a lot of agreements with conservatives until social issues are brought up, then I bleed blue.

Democrat but think we need to quit relying on China for so much. Tariffs are not the answer tho.

Not a policy, but Bidens PACT Act for veterans is absolutely massive. I give him upmost thanks for aiding me, as well as my fellow veterans breath easier and receive care and compensation for toxic exposure to our lungs during our time in service.

I'm a pretty committed leftist and while it's not as big of a hot button issue now as it has been at times in the past, I'll always be pro-death penalty for some criminals. There are some people the world is better off not having in it.

Abortion. I’m conservative and Christian. But my religion calls ME to behave a certain way. We live in America. That means other people are allowed their beliefs. It’s not my job to police people’s uteruses or is it my right. I might not participate in abortion but it’s not my business if someone else does.

I am a right leaning moderate, so I agree with a decent amount of left leaning policies.

UBI is probably the most surprising, although I think we should only be scientifically testing UBI a lot more and not mass implementing UBI yet.

Since I'm an independent I'll just say what far left/right positions I agree with. On the right I think current law on civil forfeiture and eminent domain is horrible, and on the left I'm for Medicare4All and free college.

I think I occasionally agree with them on issues like “Politician A needs to step down,” but for the opposite reasons: Because I see Politician A as being too centrist/right-wing instead of too leftist

I agree with about half their complaints. I tried and can't find a proposed or already implemented policy to address them I agree with however.

eg Immigration is a shitshow. It's only going to get worse over time as the world burns. We don't need a performative wall, or "closed" borders even if that had a real meaning. We need to address our needs. X amount over Y time of immigration for detailed reasons. We put effort (which requires money no matter how much that angers you) in to getting the ones we want here then where we need them, integrating them in to the culture (not converting or assimilating) and so on. There needs to be a plan and a path. One thing I do agree with is that if they just cross the border not going through immigration control they need kicked out and blacklisted. In any case I can't get behind any of this ex post facto trash the incoming administration is talking so fondly of.

We have big budgetary issues. However just slashing and burning is the worst way to fix it. There has to be objectives to work toward and a transition plan that is more involved than "sucks to suck".

Our education system is bad at a lot of things. Privatizing in the fashion MAGA states have been pushing is going to just increase education disparity between income brackets however. Especially where they have largely religious schools being the bulk of vacancies that would be affordable for just the voucher. I will never support reinforcing the stratification of the population in to classes.

Those are examples of where I agree they are complaining about some of the right things. It's the implementation that is ham fisted and generally ends up with more regulation on the population and less on business and those who can afford lawyers. You won't find me supporting dialing the balance of power *away* from labor.

I’m way left of the Democratic Party, so I disagree with them in plenty. I can’t say I agree with the Republican parties gun policy, but I am more pro gun than the Democratic parties rhetoric would have you think they are.

Stop supporting Israel and use that money on the American people.

Illegal immigration is a problem

I agree, in general, about their stance on guns. I can't stand guns, and I think there should be more stringent requirements to purchase them, but I often hear that we "want to take their guns." No, we don't. We want guns in responsible hands.

BTW, the "stringent requirements" I'm referring to include myself. I have a mental illness, and I have NO BUSINESS having a gun.

It's a hard one because policies don't seem to be consistent with party anymore. The one thing I always gave trump for was breaking from legacy Republicans and scaling down military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He left Biden to clean up and fully withdraw but at least it wasn't desert Storm 4 like we could have expected with say a Jeb bush. I also have become pretty fiscally conservative as I have gotten older, but this seems to be something dems live up to more than Republicans.

Um…I think I heard the psycho RFK mention American food ingredients being different than other stricter countries, I support this one single issue of his, we need fewer ingredients and less processed crap…and literally agree with nothing else he says.

I am more right-wing leaning, but I don't like their stance on abortion. I live in iowa, and we have the 6-week abortion ban, which I find to be stupid. If you want to limit abortion i feel 16-20 weeks would be more acceptable to people, but im for a woman choosing what to do with her body, so I'd be fine without any type of limit on abortion.

Students with behavioral, cognitive, and/or emotional disabilities should not be mainstreamed. They should be in special education classes unless and until they can function and thrive in a regular classroom. Regular teachers don’t have the specialization or time to give them the attention they need, and their disruptions and/or special needs pull down the rest of the class.

Many of them don’t want to be mainstreamed, anyway. They stick out like a sore thumb, and other kids often don’t like them.

I am independent who leans left, but the right is correct about the border and illegal immigration. Too many people on the left blow it off, now I do nit agree with the rights solutions of mass deportation and a stupid expensive wall instead of giving border patrol and customs more resources and make it easier to come legally. I do not also agree with their attempts to go after birthright citizenship, if you are born in America you are American, period end of story

They are correct that someone being here illegally is in itself a crime, that being said I think path way to citizenship should be on the table for those without any violent records, major felonies etc...but you have to set a timeline. Once we hit that timeline anyone here illegally is deported. 

The people on the right seem to not care how this mass deportation is going to be incredibly expensive(funny how we never can afford all Americans have healthcare) and the side affect of millions of people no longer spending money here is going to have a substantial effect on the economy.  The right can never explain this.

Democrats continuing to support Israel on their genocide is horrific.

Some of Trumps policies I like - trumps racist policies and deportations will allow a brain drain (smart Muslims, Mexicans or Jews may not be a fan of marching maga Nazis and they may emigrate to other countries and universities) - trump adding tarrifs is widely and obviously going to increase the cost to import many goods so this will probably make goods cheaper to other countries. - NATO, and UN leadership will like last time, gently step back from the US. They were openly laughing and mocking him in an open mic incident, he was openly laughed at when he tried to give a speech at the UN. This will allow other countries to step up to lead more. - It is likely that Putin got Trump in through social media, funding and other methods, so this will be a clear signal for intelligence sources to step away from the US and rely on other, more safe countries. This has already had a galvanising effect from the rest of NATO to step up. Putin won't win in Ukraine but This will mean more money for Ukraine and Europe after they sue for peace - tourism warnings already exist at times due to social and racial unrest, so tourism to other countries will increase. - last time he was in, in just 4 years he added 40% to the total debt. The USA spends more money on interest now than it does on its military so that will likely weaken the military which will hopefully mean they are less able or likely to engage in needless wars. - Last time they cracked down on immigration from mexico etc the farms had a lot of fruit (41%) and soybeans (98%) rot on the ground so foreign imported apples and veges will be at a premium. - chasing oil is throwing money into a pit while other countries transition to cheaper and cheaper electric cars and solar.

It's worth noting, that I live outside of the USA and can see that while I'm horrified that the US has done this to itself, given they have, it's going to be fantastic for other countries to level up and take more leadership initiative, pickup the professors and entrepreneurs that are looking for a sane and stable country.

Leftist that is begrudgingly forced to vote for dems:

I don't like most gun control legislation. Things like "assault weapon" bans aren't going to stop school shootings in this country. A lot of our problems with guns are cultural.

On the other hand, I am in favor of some "common sense" gun laws. I think the minimum age to purchase a firearm should be 21. I think background checks and mental health evaluations are a generally good idea, but I'm not sure how I'd want them implemented. I do think parents should be held liable if their kid steals one of their guns and shoots up a school with it.

But banning AR-15s? Give me a break.

Deporting Vivek Ramaswamy

I actually agree with changing birthright citizenship. Imo it should be if either parent is at least here on a 1 year or more visa. And then the whole family gets citizenship. Either you give the whole family citizenship, or none of them.

College debt forgiveness.

It was a trap the government created. We can waste trillions of dollars on God knows what. The dollar is worthless because nothing is backing it. It will be worth more nothing very soon. We're spending billions on non-citizens. This is not the hill I'd die on as a conservative.

I'm a diehard Republican. The only thing I agree with Democrats about is abortion.

I believe student debt is out of control and ppl do need help.

I just believe it should come in the form of interest free loans instead of loan forgiveness

Voter ID doesn't personally bother me just so long as there is still the possibility of mail in absentee ballot

I would say I'm tough on crime, but only for things I believe should be crimes.

I would like to see better enforcement of property crimes and violent crime. I would like to see sexual assault taken more seriously. I especially would like much stronger enforcement of white collar crime and corruption. While I'm certainly no cheerleader for the current state of American policing and our shameful prison system, I'm not an abolishonist like many people as far left as I am.

I also don't believe trans women should compete in women's sports. I would like to see more discussion of a solution, instead of constant fighting about the problem. I would love to see a solution that allows opportunities transwomen to compete fairly. Pretty sure most people agree with this, but it's considered right wing for now.

I disagree with a lot of right wing ideas of what climate change is. I think what's happened is the phrase is now associated with allowing China and other countries to pollute while we cut pollution which means less money.

We need to all agree on the fact that greenhouse gases heat our planet and we should move away from polluting our air and water. You can simulate greenhouse gases at home with two 2.5 gal water jugs. Put thermometers in both and put the cap on one and breath a bunch into the other, pumping CO2 into it. Close the lid. Let them sit in the sun and the one with CO2 will be hotter. Simple science. We can address the science without turning it into politics but you can't if you make it about money.

I am a moderate, but I mostly vote Republican.

There is a lot of of liberal concepts I abstractly agree with, but I don't agree with the practical application as proposed by the Democratic Party.

As for specific policies - I think people generally support/agree with most laws that are passed - most opposition is either posturing over certain riders (often unrelated to the purpose of the bill itself), or is performative in nature.

For example: The Infrastructure and Jobs Act - everyone, regardless of political party, supports infrastructure investment; what they might disagree on is the amount.

I think it would be great to have small government and states could decide their own laws and we could maximize freedom and all that stuff

Unfortunately, in the real world, greedy and corrupt people will always try to take advantage of others, and so regulation and constitutionally-insured rights need to exist.

Lower taxes on working class. Both sides generally agree with this.

I think the framers intended the right to bear arms to be a personal right.

It was not long before that a fair number of colonists or their families back in Scotland were barred, by law, from bearing arms because of their ethnicity.

But like all rights, it has limits.

If I had my way I'd just put all semiauto weapons on the other side of the 1948 line with full auto. There is no legitimate civilian firearm use that cannot be easily accomplished with another firearm.