

He supports the Obama-era "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA) program, which protects from deportation young undocumented people who came to the US as children.Booker is a staunch proponent of comprehensive immigration reform."We need Medicare for all," he said in a tweet on March 21. Booker has since repeatedly signaled that he supports Medicare for All as part of his campaign platform.In early February, he said he would not do away with private healthcare altogether, which is a central aspect of the Medicare for All plan he co-sponsored in 2017. Booker as a presidential candidate has offered somewhat confusing answers on healthcare.The senator was criticized in 2017 by some Democrats for voting against a measure that would've allowed for cheaper drugs by importing them from Canada, but has since reversed his position.Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act, a plan to eliminate private insurance and provide universal healthcare to Americans via Medicare. Booker in 2017 signed on as a c o-sponsor of Sen.Read more about how we're polling this here. We ask people whether they are familiar with a candidate, whether they would be satisfied or unsatisfied with that candidate as nominee, and sometimes we also ask whether they think that person would win or lose in a general election against President Donald Trump. Insider has been conducting a recurring poll through SurveyMonkey Audience on a national sample to find out how different candidate's constituencies overlap. The takeaway is that Booker has considerable overlap with serious contenders, and this could go well - people identify him as a consensus candidate - or it could go disastrously: his potential support is divided among rivals. Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Pete Buttigieg are also well-liked among Booker supporters.That satisfaction rate is roughly 25 percentage points higher than Harris' satisfaction among Democrats overall!

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