“People Over Profits!”

What this campaign is about

This campaign is dedicated to removing the influence of big money in politics, ensuring that politicians prioritize the issues that matter to working-class Americans not cater to corporate donors.

That’s why we’ve pledged never to accept big-dollar donations and are building a grassroots movement powered entirely by small-dollar contributions, labor unions, and progressive organizations. By centering our campaign on populist policies that would benefit everyone in this nation, we are fighting to build a system that represents all Americans, NOT just the top one percent!

Who is Jackson Franklin:

  • Muncie-area native

  • Grassroots Populist

  • Combat medic & Staff Sergeant in the Indiana Army National Guard

  • Paramedic

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End Corruption; Reform Campaign Finance

As a campaign that only accepts small-dollar contributions, we are committed to fighting the legalized corruption that occurs at every level of our political system.

To do this, we need to overturn the disastrous Supreme Court decision of Citizens United, which allowed unlimited money to be dumped into political campaigns. The millionaire and billionaire classes essentially buy our elections, making our politicians beholden to them, NOT the working class.

Here in America, we have the best democracy that money can buy. Our democracy should consist of elections, not auctions.

Medicare For All

Our healthcare system is fundamentally broken.

More than 68,000 Americans die every year due to lack of healthcare, and millions more are uninsured or underinsured. This campaign is calling for our country to catch up to the rest of the developed world and guarantee Medicare for every citizen across the country.

Medical bills are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the United States.

We should be spending money on doctors, nurses, mental health specialists, dentists, and other professionals who improve and protect our health. Our current system wastes billions of dollars a year on profiteering, executive compensation packages, and outrageous administrative costs.

The giant pharmaceutical and health insurance lobbies have spent billions of dollars over the past decades and have donated to our opponent in this race to ensure that their profits come before the health of the American people. We must defeat them!

Restore Women’s Rights

Our campaign recognizes that women’s rights are human rights!

We need to ensure that all women have the right to control their own bodies, equal access to workplace safety, equal pay, paid parental leave, full access to healthcare, and more.

Roe v. Wade protected women’s right to a safe and legal abortion for nearly 50 years, but the current extremist Supreme Court has stripped away that basic right. We stand with women in their right to have open access to safe, legal, affordable abortion, birth control, and family planning services. We believe people deserve access to affordable pre- and post-natal care, regardless of income, location, or education.

This campaign supports passing federal legislation to codify reproductive healthcare and the right to have an abortion into federal law. Let’s give women their rights back.

Legalize Cannabis & End The War On Drugs

Indiana is one of only 11 states left not to have any form of legalized cannabis.

The criminalization of marijuana has ruined lives, and disproportionately affected communities of color. It’s time to decriminalize it, expunge past marijuana-related convictions, and ensure that the revenue gained by legalization will be reinvested into the communities hit hardest by the disastrous “war on drugs.”

The United States spends over $80 billion each year on incarcerating people. This campaign wants the government to invest intentionally in education, housing, healthcare, and employment. I also believe addiction should be treated, not punished.

Legalize. Tax. Regulate.

“Now is the time to create a government which represents all Americans and not just the 1%.”
— Senator Bernie Sanders, VT