2018 US Senate Voters Guide
Bill Nelson (D) vs Rick Scott (R)
The Candidates
Yes. Backed 2017 DISCLOSE ACT requiring ads to disclose funders & major funders to reveal donations.
No position found.
No. Decision “opened the floodgates to dark money in campaigns.”
No. Opposes federal regulation of greenhouse gases. Repealed Florida cap & trade program. Says Paris Accord risked US jobs.
Has historically made rights restoration difficult. Opposes Amendment 4—prefers existing restoration process.
Yes. For instance, supported stimulus bill at height of 2008 recession.
Mostly no. Has focused primarily on tax cuts & associated spending cuts.
No. Says that these tariffs “may start an international trade war.”
Mixed. Backs “free & open trade,” but other countries have to reciprocate.
Supports reservoir. Criticizes Scott’s easing state environmental regulations & cutting $700 million from water management districts. “When you dismantle the environmental agencies,” this is what happens.
Yes. Co-sponsored 2017 DREAM Act, including legal status & path to citizenship.
In 2010 opposed: “I don’t believe in amnesty.” Vetoed DACA drivers licenses. Now supports: Don’t punish children for actions of their parents.
Mixed. Signed law broadening medical, but fought to ban smokable medical marijuana & opposes recreational use.
No. Sees these rules as “burdensome regulations for job creators.”
No. Historically opposed.
No position found. Signed bill for FL renewable credits that had passed unanimously.
No position found on federal aid. Cut higher-ed funding in first term. Recently expanded FL Bright Futures Scholarships & froze student tuition & fees.
No. “Terrible bill”
Unknown. Enacted major FL tax cuts.
Yes. Necessary to prevent fraud. Courts overturned his 2011 regulations on registration drives & 2012 voter purges. Opposed on-campus voting.