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Today, members of Penn Democrats were proud to partner with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, to encourage Penn students to write to their congressional representatives and remind them to take action on comprehensive gun safety legislation. #Enough #NeverAgain
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In our newest blog post, Luke Yamulla argues that, given Trump's aggressive support of the death penalty for drug dealers, it's time for those Democrats who support any use of capital punishment to rethink their position.
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By Penn DemsApril 15, 2018Luke Yamulla The death penalty has been a controversial issue for decades, but unlike many other issues it does not have a clear partisan divide one way or the other. Typically, more Democrats than Republicans oppose the death penalty, but 32 percent of Democrats still supp...
Thank you to Larry Arata, Lindy Li, Ashley Lunkenheimer, Mary Gay Scanlon, Molly Sheehan, and David Wertime for joining us last night! It was great to hear from all of these candidates in Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District, and to get to speak to them about how we can help flip this important seat!
Our newest blog post comes from Haven Lerner, who argues that, despite the Democrats' desire to win back white voters who flipped to Trump, abandoning our social principles would constitute a betrayal to the Democratic base.
The Democratic Party Cannot Abandon Identity Politics – University of Pennsylvania Democrats
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By Penn DemsApril 7, 2018Haven Lerner Going into the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential election, a big conflict for the Democratic Party, one which began to emerge in the 2016 primary and the general election, is how the party is going to address “identity politics,” issues that f...