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: | UNEMPLOYMENT |
| Winning Issue: | DOMESTIC WORKERS |
COURTS
| Winning Issue: | COURTROOM TV |
| Winning Issue: | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT |
| Winning Issue: | MANDATORY ARBITRATION |
DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING
| Winning Issue: | CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS |
| Winning Issue: | PHARMACEUTICAL ADS |
| Winning Issue: | SOCIAL MEDIA DISINFORMATION |
MILITARY PERSONNEL
| Winning Issue: | MILITARY PERSONNEL HOUSING |
| Winning Issue: | SEA-LAUNCHED NUCLEAR CRUISE MISSILES |
| Winning Issue: | VETERAN’S HEALTHCARE |
| Winning Issue: | MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA |
FISHERIES
| Winning Issue: | ILLEGAL FISHING |
| Winning Issue: | FOREST INFESTATION |
| Winning Issue: | ACID MINE DRAINAGE |
| Winning Issue: | ARSENIC |
| Winning Issue: | BLUE CARBON |
NUCLEAR EVERGY
| Winning Issue: | NUCLEAR ENERGY ACCIDENTS |
| Winning Issue: | NUCLEAR FIRST STRIKE |
ABORTION
| Winning Issue: | ABORTION SERVICES |
| Winning Issue: | TRAP LAWS |
| Winning Issue: | HUMAN CLONING |
SCIENCE
| Winning Issue: | CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING |
| Winning Issue: | PLANETARY DEFENSE |
| Winning Issue: | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
ATHLETES
| Winning Issue: | AMATEUR ATHLETE COMPENSATION |
| Winning Issue: | YOUTH SPORTS PEDs |
| Winning Issue: | TV BLACKOUTS |
CORPORATE TAXES
| Winning Issue: | CORPORATE WELFARE |
| Winning Issue: | OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS |
| Winning Issue: | PROPERTY TAXES |
| Winning Issue: | CHILD TAX CREDIT |
TERRORISM
| Winning Issue: | FIRST RESPONDERS |
| Winning Issue: | DIRTY BOMB |
| Winning Issue: | WAR AUTHORIZATION |
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: | D.C. STATEHOOD |
| Winning Issue: | SOCIAL SECURITY |
| Winning Issue: | OFFICEHOLDER STOCK TRADING |
| Winning Issue: | REVOLVING DOOR |
| Winning Issue: | PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS |
| Winning Issue: | ELECTION INTERFERENCE |
AMMUNITION
| Winning Issue: | ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION |
| Winning Issue: | GUN VIOLENCE |
| Winning Issue: | FIREARM BACKGROUND CHECKS |
| Winning Issue: | CHILD ACCESS TO GUNS |
| Winning Issue: | GUN DEALERS |
| Winning Issue: | UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS |
CANCER
| Winning Issue: | BREAST CANCER |
| Winning Issue: | CHILDHOOD CANCER |
| Winning Issue: | EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS |
| Winning Issue: | HMO COMPETITION |
| Winning Issue: | DRUG SHORTAGES |
| Winning Issue: | DIABETES |
| Winning Issue: | AFFORDABLE CARE ACT |
| Winning Issue: | ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE |
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES RIGHTS
| Winning Issue: | AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT |
| Winning Issue: | CHILD ABUSE |
| Winning Issue: | SCHOOL SAFETY |
| Winning Issue: | HOUSING DISCRIMINATION |
| Winning Issue: | LGBTQ CIVIL RIGHTS |
| Winning Issue: | HOMELESSNESS |
| Winning Issue: | SENIOR CPI-E |
| Winning Issue: | GENDER PAY GAP |