Our Mission

Our Platform

The Maricopa County Democratic Party has developed the following platform – a living doctrine that can be adjusted and changed with the times. We agree these important objectives align with the principles of our diverse party and constituents.

• Diversity and equity are what strengthens our communities and party.
• Private, for-profit prisons must be eliminated.
• No border wall.
• No immigration ban.
• Stop the deportations.
• No human being is illegal.
• Every citizen has the right to vote.
  
• People’s voices and grassroots movements to elicit change cannot be ignored.
• The right to peaceably protest must be protected.
• We must overturn “Right to Work” and build strong unions (both private and public sector) that will help provide better living wages for workers.
• Ban the box!
• We believe in a strong separation of church and state
• Public education must be properly funded and teachers should receive the pay they deserve.
• Public schools are our priority – not vouchers.
• The right to call for referendum is vital to free society.
• Climate change is real. It must be addressed immediately.
• Black Lives Matter.
• Higher education is not a luxury.
  
• College, trade schools, and universities should be, as stated in the state constitution, as “nearly free as possible”.
  
• We support the rights of all tribal people and their sovereignty rights.
  
• Corporations are not people. Dark money must be removed from politics.
  
• We support net neutrality. The internet must remain free from corporate control.
  
• We support common-sense gun reform which includes a ban on assault weapons, studying gun violence as a public health risk, and no guns for domestic abusers.
  
• All People should have equal status and protection under the law regardless of gender, race, disability/ability, religious affiliation or lack thereof, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
  
• Women’s rights are human rights.
  
• The right to choose is essential to women’s rights.
  
• Disability rights are civil rights.
  
• A barrier-free, inclusive, diverse community empowers and values each individual while creating autonomy, opportunity, and dignity.
  
• Healthcare is an inalienable right and there should be universal healthcare for all.
  

Our Bylaws

The Maricopa County Democratic Party has developed the following platform – a living doctrine that can be adjusted and changed with the times. We agree these important objectives align with the principles of our diverse party and constituents.