The Democratic Party believes that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. For more, read the party platform.  

The Democratic Party believes that there should be more federal support for schools. College should be made more affordable for all students. For more, read the party platform.  

The Democratic Party seeks to strengthen and more strongly enforce existing environmental protection legislation. The Democrats also support the proctection of national parks from mining for new sources of energy. The Democrats support U.S. involvement in international global environment protections. For more, read the party platform. 

The Democratic Party seeks to strengthen and more strongly enforce existing environmental protection legislation. The DP also supports the proctection of national parks from mining for new sources of energy. The DP supports U.S. involvement in international global environment protections. For more, read the party platform.

The Democratic Party seeks to reform health care through: strengthening Medicaid, expanding children's healthcare programs, and offering individuals and businesses tax incentives in an effort to reduce health care costs, among other initiatives. For more, read the party platform.  

The Democratic Party calls for a new approach to homeland security. According to the platform, this should address "five challenges":  "We need to improve our ability to gather, analyze, and share information so we can track down terrorists and stop them before they cause harm. We need to do a better job securing our airports, seaports, and borders. We need to harden likely terrorist targets. We need to improve domestic readiness. Finally, we must win the war on terror without losing the values of freedom and justice for all that make us so proud to be Americans."  For more, read the party platform.  

The Democratic Party believes that existing laws do not accurately reflect the values of the nation and will seek to reform legislation. For more, read the party platform. 

The Democratic Party seeks "equal responsibilites, benefits, and protections for gay and lesbian families," and believes the definition of "marriage" should continue to be determined at the state, not the federal, level. For more, read the party platform.  

The Democratic Party supports maintaining Social Security and opposes privatizing Social Security or raising the retirement age. For more, read the party platform.  

The Democratic Party proposes that, "...we need a new national security policy guided by four new imperatives: First, America must launch and lead a new era of alliances for the post-September 11 world. Second, we must modernize the world's most powerful military to meet the new threats. Third, in addition to our military might, we must deploy all that is in America's arsenal – our diplomacy, our intelligence system, our economic power, and the appeal of our values and ideas. Fourth and finally, to safeguard our freedom and ensure our nation's future, we must end our dependence on Mideast oil." For more, read the party platform.  

To succeed in Iraq, the Democratic Party feels that America must do the hard work of engaging the world's major political powers in this mission. We must build a coalition of countries, including the other permanent members of the UN Security Council, to share the political, economic, and military responsibilities of Iraq with the United States." For more, read the party platform.