Democratic Atlas

Fixed propositions

Where James P. McGovern stands

Supports 7Opposes 2Unclear 1Not yet researched 0Reviewed so far: A-grade candidate statements and B-grade legislative evidenceHow we grade evidence →

No.Proposition
PositionEvidence
P01
Establish a single-payer Medicare for All system that replaces most private health insurance.
support: Medicare for All / Champions Medicare For All
Supports
P02
Create a public health-insurance option that competes with private plans.
support: public option (historical cosponsorship)
Supports
P03
Raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.
support: $15+ federal minimum wage / Backs Raise the Wage Act, $17 by 2028
Supports
P04
Expand the Child Tax Credit beyond current law, in amount or refundability.
support: expanded Child Tax Credit
Supports
P05
Impose or expand rent regulation (rent caps, rent control or rent stabilization), at any level of government.
unclear: co-signed the 2023-01-09 Bowman/Warren letter to President Biden urging FHFA "anti-price gouging protections" and an FTC rule on "excessive rent increases"; no rent cap named (conflict-rulings item 85)
Unclear
P06
Use federal policy to loosen local zoning and land-use rules so more housing gets built.
support: cosponsor of the Community Housing Act (Unlocking Possibilities grants to reform zoning codes; HUD Office of Community Land Use and Zoning Reform); bill text read (rule 13)
Supports
P07
Enact legal protections for workers against replacement or displacement by AI, such as notice, bargaining rights or limits on replacement.
support: original cosponsor of the AI Data Center Moratorium Act, which conditions lifting the moratorium on laws including policies to prevent job displacement due to AI
Supports
P09
US weapons to Israel: support or oppose
support: blocking/conditioning offensive arms to Israel / Generic support for Israel's right to defend itself + two-state; not arms-specific
Opposes
P10
Increase federal funding for border security and enforcement (CBP, barriers, technology, personnel).
oppose: voted No on final passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act (roll call 214, 2026-06-09), which provides about $70 billion to CBP and ICE for border security and enforcement (conflict-rulings item 27: Nay = oppose)
Opposes
P11
Limit new data-centre construction, including AI data centres, or make operators pay the full cost of the power, water and grid upgrades they use.
support: cosponsor of H.R.9939 No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act (119th), whose text bars AI data centres on federal land / support: cosponsor of H.R.9442 Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act (119th), whose text limits data-centre construction or makes operators bear power, water or grid costs / support: cosponsor of H.R.6983 PRICE Act (119th), whose text limits data-centre construction or makes operators bear power, water or grid costs
Supports

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✓ Supports: The displayed label summarizes the candidate’s position on the question or proposition shown. Votes and cosponsorships are evidence, not a score.
Unclear: The candidate addressed the question or proposition, but not clearly enough to classify.
Opposes: The displayed label summarizes the candidate’s position on the question or proposition shown.
Evidence grade: How direct the evidence is. A is the candidate’s own statement; B is legislative action, such as cosponsoring a bill; C is a formal platform or pledge endorsement.
Not yet researched: No evidence has been reviewed for this question or proposition yet. It does not mean the candidate has no position.

Sources

Ballot statusBallot source ↗
Candidate filingFEC · H4MA03022 ↗
Legislative recordCongress.gov · H.R.3069 ↗
Legislative recordCongress.gov · H.R.265 ↗
Legislative recordCongress.gov · H.R.2743 ↗
Legislative recordCongress.gov · H.R.2763 ↗
Legislative recordCongress.gov · H.R.9540 ↗
Legislative recordCongress.gov · H.R.9442 ↗
Legislative recordCongress.gov · H.R.3565 ↗

Affiliations

None documented yet.

Affiliation means documented membership or endorsement, backed by a dated source. Agreeing on policy is not affiliation, and membership never fills in a candidate's positions. Constituency caucuses represent communities, not ideologies, so their membership isn't a policy position. If no relationship is shown, none has been documented yet. That doesn't prove there is none.

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Israel–Palestine

What the candidate has said or done, in their own record. Not scored against any group.

Military aid to Israel: Not yet researched
Limits on arms sales to Israel: Supports
supporter of Israel’s right to exist and defend itself
Foreign Policy | Congressman Jim McGovern · Undated · Evidence grade A
House vote · H.R.3565
To provide for a limitation on the transfer of defense articles and defense services to Israel.
Condition or scope: named offensive systems / arms-sale disapproval
H.R.3565 (119th) — To provide for a limitation on the transfer of defense articles and defense services to Israel. · 2025-06-09 · Evidence grade B
A ceasefire: Not yet researched
Humanitarian aid for Gaza: Not yet researched
Recognising a Palestinian state: Not yet researched

Five questions, each answered only from the candidate’s own words, their campaign’s published position, a joint statement they issued, or a recorded House vote. Any condition or limit they attached is shown with the quote. “No public position found” means a reviewed search of their campaign site and official statements found nothing; it is not a position. This section is not scored against any group and does not feed the DSA Scare-O-Meter.