Issues
Welcome. The duration of a Democracy Rules presentation cycle is 21 days. Click here for details.
Polling: You may select one issue in each sub-category displayed in this column. Polling remains open for 7 days, after which time the winning issues advance to the Pledging section.
Pledging: If you wish to affect the issues displayed in these columns, you may pledge money, write a letter to your representatives, or both. Pledges will be accepted from Day 8 through the end of each cycle. Issues remain in the pledging section for one week in order to allow administrators enough time to prepare effective trustee candidates.
Trustee Elections: Members who have pledged funds to an issue may vote for a recipient, or trustee, of those funds. This column is displayed from Day 15 through midnight (PST) of Day 21, the last day of the cycle.
| Issue List | Advocate Trustee List | "Support" Legislator Trustee List |
Week 1 - Polling
Week 2 - Pledging
LABOR
CHILD LABOR
ORGANIZED LABOR
WORKERS
WORKING CONDITIONS
LEGAL SYSTEM
COURTS
LAWS
TORT
MEDIA & ADVERTISING
DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING
INVASIVE ADVERTISING
MEDIA
MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
POLICY
VETERAN’S RIGHTS
WOMEN WARRIORS
NATURAL RESOURCES
FISHERIES
FORESTS
MINING
WATER
WETLANDS
NUCLEAR
NUCLEAR EVERGY
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
REPRODUCTION
ABORTION
ABORTION ACCESSIBILITY
FERTILITY
SCIENCE, SPACE & TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE
SPACE
TECHNOLOGY
SPORTS
ATHLETES
COMPETITION
REGULATION
TAXES
CORPORATE TAXES
OVERSEAS TAXES
TAX RATES
TAXES
TERRORISM
TERRORISM
TERRORISTS
WAR POWERS
LABOR
CHILD LABOR
| Winning Issue: | FORCED LABOR |
| Winning Issue: | FEDERAL CONTRACTORS |
| Winning Issue: | WORKER SAFETY |
| Winning Issue: | REMOTE WORKERS |
COURTS
| Winning Issue: | JUDICIAL ETHICS |
| Winning Issue: | MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING |
| Winning Issue: | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE |
DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING
| Winning Issue: | POLITICAL ADS |
| Winning Issue: | TELEMARKETING FRAUD |
| Winning Issue: | MEDIA DIVERSITY |
MILITARY PERSONNEL
| Winning Issue: | MILITARY PERSONNEL HEALTH |
| Winning Issue: | DEFENSE SPENDING |
| Winning Issue: | UNEMPLOYED VETERANS |
| Winning Issue: | WOMEN IN COMBAT |
FISHERIES
| Winning Issue: | LONGLINE FISHING |
| Winning Issue: | WILDFIRES |
| Winning Issue: | MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING |
| Winning Issue: | WATER TREATMENT |
| Winning Issue: | WETLANDS CONSERVATION |
NUCLEAR EVERGY
| Winning Issue: | NUCLEAR WASTE |
| Winning Issue: | NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION |
ABORTION
| Winning Issue: | SEX EDUCATION |
| Winning Issue: | PLANNED PARENTHOOD |
| Winning Issue: | INFERTILITY |
SCIENCE
| Winning Issue: | ELECRTOMAGNETIC FIELDS |
| Winning Issue: | SPACE EXPLORATION |
| Winning Issue: | AUTOMATION COMPENSATION |
ATHLETES
| Winning Issue: | NCAA |
| Winning Issue: | PEDs |
| Winning Issue: | STADIUM SUBSIDIES |
CORPORATE TAXES
| Winning Issue: | PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS |
| Winning Issue: | REPATRIATED CORPORATE PROFITS |
| Winning Issue: | UPPER INCOME TAX RATES |
| Winning Issue: | FAIR TAX |
TERRORISM
| Winning Issue: | FIRST RESPONDERS |
| Winning Issue: | DOMESTIC TERRORISM |
| Winning Issue: | RENDITION & TORTURE |
Week 3 - Trustee Elections
FOREIGN POLICY & IMMIGRATION
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
EMBARGOS & SANCTIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
IMMIGRANT CITIZENSHIP
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
GLOBALIZATION
CHINA
GLOBAL FINANCE
GLOBAL HEALTH
GLOBAL TRADE
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
ELECTION REFORM
GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT POLICY
LAWS
POLITICS
STATUTES
GUNS
AMMUNITION
CRIME
OWNERSHIP
RESPONSIBILITY
TRAFFICKING
WEAPONS
HEALTHCARE
CANCER
CHILDREN
EMERGENCY SERVICES
HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALS
ILLNESS
REGULATION
SENIORS
HUMAN RIGHTS
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES RIGHTS
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
CIVIL RIGHTS
DISCRIMINATION
LGBTQ RIGHTS
POVERTY
SENIOR'S RIGHTS
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
FOREIGN POLICY & IMMIGRATION
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
| Winning Issue: | CHINA/TIBET |
| Winning Issue: | CUBAN EMBARGO |
| Winning Issue: | CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS |
| Winning Issue: | DREAMERS |
| Winning Issue: | GUEST WORKERS |
| Winning Issue: | BORDER SECURITY |
CHINA
| Winning Issue: | COVID-19 ACCOUNTABILITY |
| Winning Issue: | INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND |
| Winning Issue: | NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES |
| Winning Issue: | RESHORING |
ELECTION REFORM
| Winning Issue: | ELECTION REFORM |
| Winning Issue: | ANTITRUST REFORM |
| Winning Issue: | SOCIAL SECURITY |
| Winning Issue: | WHISTLEBLOWERS |
| Winning Issue: | WAR ON DRUGS |
| Winning Issue: | TERM LIMITS |
| Winning Issue: | ELECTORAL COLLEGE |
AMMUNITION
| Winning Issue: | AMMUNITION BACKGROUND CHECKS |
| Winning Issue: | SCHOOL SHOOTINGS |
| Winning Issue: | RED FLAG LAWS |
| Winning Issue: | FIREARMS REPORTING |
| Winning Issue: | GUN THEFT |
| Winning Issue: | ASSAULT WEAPONS |
CANCER
| Winning Issue: | COLORECTAL CANCER |
| Winning Issue: | TOXIC CHEMICALS |
| Winning Issue: | EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS |
| Winning Issue: | UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE |
| Winning Issue: | NURSING SHORTAGE |
| Winning Issue: | MENTAL HEALTH |
| Winning Issue: | GENERIC DRUGS |
| Winning Issue: | PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES |
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES RIGHTS
| Winning Issue: | WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES |
| Winning Issue: | CHILD SUPPORT |
| Winning Issue: | VOTING RIGHTS ACT |
| Winning Issue: | AFFIRMATIVE ACTION |
| Winning Issue: | LGBTQ YOUTH |
| Winning Issue: | HUNGER |
| Winning Issue: | LONG TERM CARE |
| Winning Issue: | FAMILY POVERTY |