We are the base. What's your NUMBER ONE ISSUE?

[superpatriotman]

Mine is healthcare.

[marble falls]

1. Sweeping the elections. All of them.

[superpatriotman]

4. Clearly

What is your most important issue beyond the win?

[Hortensis]

29. Yes. The purpose is to rescue our democracy from the

grave threat of further destruction and takeover to an authoritarian state, most likely fascist in nature given the fast-increasing fascistic behaviors on the right, and in the process to restore our national stability and wellbeing.

[hlthe2b]

2. Nothing happens without turning out Trump and his Republican enablers--that's my #1

[superpatriotman]

5. Clearly

What is your number one issue beyond the win?

[hlthe2b]

11. Restoring Federal agencies and Policies including environmental, climate change, health care

provisions and protections, booting the destructive RW political "plants", restoring scientific data deleted from websites, restoring regulatory authority and consumer protections.

You want a single issue: restoring REAL, HONEST, WORKING Government.

Those who think one can simply say, Environment, Global warming, Abortion, Jobs, or any other "single issue" are missing the point. The top priority is both booting Trump AND THE RW in Congress, then working quickly to restore our governmental institutions. EVERYTHING stems from there and NOTHING can be accomplished without the former.

[rownesheck]

3. Making

millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share of taxes AND a complete rework of the power grid to transfer completely to green energy.

[Hortensis]

34. Good! But imo, #1's far too modest.

Nancy Pelosi agrees. This is Nancy quoting Justice Louis Brandeis at her swearing in:

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

On transforming that power grid, we probably should also make it sustainable defense-wise so whole regions and big cities can't be taken down and kept down by one attack. Cyber is a wonderfully flexible WMD that makes nuclear bombs mostly obsolete.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Getting Donald Trump out of office, ASAP,

followed by the rest of that stinking GOP party.

[ooky]

7. Making sure that people who don't have access to affordable

health care get it immediately.

[Takket]

8. Healthcare

[Cartoonist]

9. Get religion out of government

Abortion rights is part of that.

Unfortunately for Pete, I can't support him because he talks religion too much.

[Shrek]

10. Judicial appointments n/t

[GeorgeGist]

12. Global warming ...

and its effect on Climate.

[cally]

13. climate change

[bdamomma]

14. There are so many issues to choose from

Climate change must be dealt with for us and other generations. We must take the vital steps to take care of our planet.

[MoonRiver]

15. So many important ones, but I think health care is mine also.

Just to add, health care of course includes access to safe and legal abortion.

[shanny]

16. Climate.

[abqtommy]

17. My overriding concern is for

fair elections, free from the corrupt practices that have led to where we are now. Without fair and free elections we're stuck with whatever the corrupt Reich Wing decides to put over on us.

[Delmette2.0]

25. +1

Without fair elections we will never have action on climate change, women's healthcare including abortions, millionaires and billionaires paying their fair taxes and that includes corporations.

[ananda]

18. Climate change

nt

[StarfishSaver]

19. We're PART of the base

A whole lot of our base doesn't belong to or post on Democratic Underground.

[StarfishSaver]

20. Judges

[RobinA]

21. Getting Regulatory Agencies

back up an running and healthcare. Healthcare will take awhile, so let's make it at least a little harder for giant corporations to run roughshod over all our lives. Looking at you, banks!

[Codeine]

22. On a national level the judiciary.

On a state and local level homelessness.

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. Judiciary is only EVERYTHING, as in dont look to work on climate change if judges side

with polluters over people, etc.

Homelessness is a huge issue and must be addressed. A friend of mine just yesterday was talking about it, Los Angeles and elsewhere.

[Wiseman32218]

23. Healthcare

Healthcare, I suffered a stroke/brain aneurysm on 2/12/2019 and am in recovery. Short term disability insurance will not pay out funds because I do not have an available return to work date. Dr. states I am permanently disabled but they are saying he needs to be more specific with prognosis. HTF can some lackey in an insurance company contest the findings of a Neurologist????

This has become a total nightmare.

[lunatica]

36. I'm so sorry you're going through this

I hope your recovery is complete.

[Wiseman32218]

41. Thanks for Your Concern!!!

Hopefully things will work out, now without health insurance (was let go by employer after 3 months of Short Term Disability and COBRA rates are absurd) my weekly blood testing is on hold so my blood thinner medication is all messed up. Very depressing and frustrating.

[lunatica]

47. I hope it works out for you

Sincerely. No one should have to go through what you’re going through. Yet so many do and it’s heartbreaking.

And welcome to DU.

[lunasun]

49. Not sure of all your details

Look in your area or online for health care advocate if you can afford it at the most you should ask for a peer to peer review appeal of your case yes somebody that deals in insurance should not be making the final decision Or holding you off on payment
Again not sure of your details are what has occurred already good luck good health

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Truth.

My number one issue is truth.

From there, everything else follows.

[TruckFump]

26. Get rid of tRump and make the US Congress Blue.

[Lunabell]

27. Healthcare

Clinate change, LGBTQ issues, abortion.

[Thomas Hurt]

30. Seizing the narrative and turning it on the GOP.

[superpatriotman]

37. Narratives tell a story

Our (Democrats) story needs to be told one issue at a time.

Target Messaged, if you will.

Per OP, I'd like to know DU's number one issues.

What is your issue?

[JustAnotherGen]

31. Retaliation Against Russia

Which means we have to win.

[CrispyQ]

32. 1. Revamp the entire electoral process & get money out of it!

We will never reclaim our government as long as money equals speech & we have black box voting.

[onethatcares]

33. Healthcare and treating our Veterans

in the manner they deserve.

Healthcare/Homelessness/Veterans

[lunatica]

35. Global warming.

Because even if we start doing something about it right now it will take a lot of time to first stop and then reverse the destruction of climate change. There will be an upheaval of refugees that will be worldwide and devastating to modern civilization. Even in the wealthiest of countries. Wars will be started over water and food. Nothing we think is important now will will stay the same.

[zipplewrath]

38. Restoring and defending the middle class

We've eroded the middle class to a serious point in this country. We need to rebuild unions, defend workers in general, and have trade and global policies that will bring safety and security to the middle class.

[Hekate]

39. NUMBER ONE: Get Trump out or we get nothing. Any Democrat will work to get you healthcare...

That includes the one who said passing the ACA was a BFD (tho some here are gratuitously kicking him around and they need to stop).

Any Democrat in the field will get those babies out of cages -- and the climate refugees out og concentration camps.

But you know what else? As long as Mitch McConnell is running the Senate, any Democrat in the field is going to be hard-pressed to pass legislation, however high the priority.

Get rid of Trump. Get rid of McConnell. Keep the House. Get the Senate back. Because without that -- we got nuttin'

[watoos]

40. Holding Trump and his enablers accountable,

if we do that we remove them from office for a start. When we win control of states we need to return to paper ballots.

[Blecht]

42. Getting banned from an airline for vaping in the toilet

[mr_lebowski]

51. I would say that was mine too but I already got busted for that ...

And didn't get banned from the airline ... or ticketed ... or fined.

So I'm going to move on to more important issues like legalizing opioids ...

BTW, was that YOU, man?

[Maru Kitteh]

43. The war on women.

[IcyPeas]

44. getting rid of fox news and calling out REAL fake news

(yeah, I know this isn't really an issue)

[GoCubsGo]

45. Campaign finance reform.

Healthcare is also right up there with it, but corporate money needs to be removed from our elections. It's what's keeping us from a sane healthcare system, among other things.

[SlogginThroughIt]

46. Climate change

[redstatebluegirl]

48. Winning the elections, the Presidency, retaining the House and winning the Senate

Any Democrat is better than any Republican, the policies are important AFTER we win.

[lpbk2713]

50. Homelessness.

When you are in that situation it is easy to lose hope. Many people have contempt for people who look shabby. They are harrassed by law enforcement. They don't always know where their next meal or shower is coming from. Heaven help you if you need health care. It's bad enough for an individual but some times families with young children find themselves suddenly out on the street. Like has been said before, many people are one paycheck away from homelessness.

[Funtatlaguy]

52. Voter suppression/fair and clean elections.

Because if Dems don’t win, no other issues matter with Repubs in charge.

[BlueJac]

53. Removing The Cancer from the White House...

followed by removing Mitch the Bitch, then we might get started on the real issues!

[mr_lebowski]

54. Probably overturning Citizens United ... the source of so many other evils (nt)

[Turin_C3PO]

55. Healthcare.

Followed very closely by climate change.

[OneGrassRoot]

56. Inclusion and diversity...

dismantling racist, bigoted systems and institutions.

[Raine]

57. Global climate change

I will not give a vote to any candidate who doesn't address this issue and have some workable solutions no matter their stands on anything else.

[Ferrets are Cool]

58. Winning

[enid602]

59. taxes

Mine is coming up with a new tax rate code. Revenues are down what, $1T per year? Deficit this year on track to be$1.5T.

[tinrobot]

60. Removing Republicans from office

All of them need to go.

[area51]

61. Healthcare/Medicare for All n/t

[mantis49]

62. Climate change and healthcare are tied for me.

n/t

[cbdo2007]

63. Currently - National Security, usually - the Economy

[PufPuf23]

64. Over the short term is removal of Trump / GOP from the WH and Senate.

Long term is myriad, each issue is entangled with all others.

[missingthebigdog]

65. Education

The erosion of standards in the primary grades and rise of “college as an industry” have resulted in a populace that lacks the ability to think critically.

Unless and until this improves, we are doomed to continuously put out the flames fanned by those that can manipulate this weakness to their advantage.

Smart people choose smart leaders, and make smart choices. Education is the solution to almost everything.

[Meowmee]

66. Beat the fascists and hold them accountable

Then healthcare and repair the damage done.

[Karadeniz]

67. Without a planet, we're done. Climate.

[MLAA]

68. I agree completely (if it isn't already too late, which I expect it is)