page_title: Jill Stein 2016 presidential campaign
section_title: Platform and issues
hierarchical_section_title: Jill Stein 2016 presidential campaign / Platform and issues
caption_attribution_description: English: Boston, Massachusetts. Old South Church. 2016
context_page_description: Jill Stein, a physician from Massachusetts, announced her entry into the 2016 United States presidential election on June 22, 2015. Stein, who had been the Green Party's presidential nominee in 2012 would once again secure the Green Party nomination and lose in the general election, this time receiving 1.07% of the popular vote and no electoral college delegates.
  She formally announced her second presidential bid during an appearance on Democracy Now! on June 22, 2015.
  On June 15, 2016, she reached the necessary number of delegates for the presumptive Green nomination. On August 1, 2016, Stein announced that she had selected international human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as her running mate.
  Stein officially received the Green Party presidential nomination on August 6, 2016, at the party's nominating convention in Houston, Texas.
context_section_description: The Stein platform is labeled a 'power to the people plan.'
  The main issues of Stein's platform are: 
  A Green New Deal
  Jobs as a Right
  End Poverty
  Health Care as a Right
  Education as a Right
  A Just Economy
  Protect Mother Earth
  Racial Justice Now
  Freedom and Equality
  Justice for All
  Peace and Human Rights
  Empower the People
caption: Stein with supporters at a rally in Boston, Massachusetts
exif: {"Image Make": "Apple", "Image Model": "iPhone 6s", "Image Orientation": "Rotated 90 CW", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "10.0.2", "Image DateTime": "2016:10:30 16:17:43", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "194", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1694", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "10849", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/15", "EXIF FNumber": "11/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2016:10:30 16:17:43", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2016:10:30 16:17:43", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "13229/3386", "EXIF ApertureValue": "7983/3509", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "-2517/3568", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "83/20", "EXIF SubjectArea": "[1064, 1992, 354, 356]", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "359", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "359", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4032", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3024", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "29", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[83/20, 83/20, 11/5, 11/5]", "EXIF LensMake": "Apple", "EXIF LensModel": "iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2"}