JB Pritzker

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Left–right estimates (academic)

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 100% of 2022 Illinois governor candidates

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Score−0.51 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Compared with7 members of 2022 Illinois governor candidates

Covers1996–2022

● This person Republicans (6)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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Economy
Work and wages
← More collective worker protectionsMore individually negotiated flexibility →
- Record: 100% toward more collective worker protections · medium confidence · 2 answers
- Statements: 100% toward more collective worker protections · medium confidence · 2 answers
From the record
- Should pay and conditions be negotiated mainly through collective agreements or individual agreements?
  Strongly More collective agreements
  Signed laws prohibiting local right-to-work rules and curtailing employer captive-audience meetings aimed at discouraging unionization.
  100% of readings agreed
  Executive action · Signed the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act · Apr 13, 2019 · Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a bill that prohibits local governments from enacting so-called "right-to-work" laws that are aimed at weakening the power of labor unions.”
  Executive action · Signed the Worker Freedom of Speech Act · Jul 31, 2024 · Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at curtailing the practice of "captive audience" meetings - a strategy businesses sometimes use to dissuade workers from forming a union.”
  Executive action: Signed the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act, Apr 13, 2019, Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  Executive action: Signed the Worker Freedom of Speech Act, Jul 31, 2024, Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
- Should employees have a formal collective role in major workplace decisions or influence those decisions through individual agreements?
  Strongly Formal collective representation
  Signed laws protecting union collective bargaining rights and restricting employer efforts to discourage unionization.
  100% of readings agreed
  Executive action · Signed the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act · Apr 13, 2019 · Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a bill that prohibits local governments from enacting so-called "right-to-work" laws that are aimed at weakening the power of labor unions.”
  Executive action · Signed the Worker Freedom of Speech Act · Jul 31, 2024 · Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at curtailing the practice of "captive audience" meetings - a strategy businesses sometimes use to dissuade workers from forming a union.”
  Executive action: Signed the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act, Apr 13, 2019, Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  Executive action: Signed the Worker Freedom of Speech Act, Jul 31, 2024, Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
From their statements
- Should pay and conditions be negotiated mainly through collective agreements or individual agreements?
  Strongly More collective agreements
  Opposed right-to-work laws by signing the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act and supported workers' rights to organize and join unions.
  100% of readings agreed
  Position reported in news · Remarks on signing the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act · Apr 13, 2019 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “From the start, right-to-work was an idea cooked up to lower wages, slash benefits and hurt our working families. Right-to-work has always meant right to work for less money, and it's wrong for Illinois.”
  Position reported in news · Remarks on signing the Worker Freedom of Speech Act · Jul 31, 2024 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “And as people recognize that more and more, they organize and they join a union.”
  Position reported in news: Remarks on signing the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act, Apr 13, 2019, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  Position reported in news: Remarks on signing the Worker Freedom of Speech Act, Jul 31, 2024, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
- Should employees have a formal collective role in major workplace decisions or influence those decisions through individual agreements?
  Strongly Formal collective representation
  Supported collective bargaining rights and workers' ability to organize and join unions.
  100% of readings agreed
  Position reported in news · Remarks on signing the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act · Apr 13, 2019 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “From the start, right-to-work was an idea cooked up to lower wages, slash benefits and hurt our working families. Right-to-work has always meant right to work for less money, and it's wrong for Illinois.”
  Position reported in news · Remarks on signing the Worker Freedom of Speech Act · Jul 31, 2024 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “And as people recognize that more and more, they organize and they join a union.”
  Position reported in news: Remarks on signing the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act, Apr 13, 2019, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  Position reported in news: Remarks on signing the Worker Freedom of Speech Act, Jul 31, 2024, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
Safety net
Liberty
Change and tradition
← More continuity with established customsMore adaptation to changing norms →
- Record: 67% toward more adaptation to changing norms · medium confidence · 2 answers
- Statements: 67% toward more adaptation to changing norms · high confidence · 4 answers
From the record
- When social expectations change, should public institutions put more weight on preserving established customs or adapting to newer norms?
  Somewhat Adapt to newer norms
  Signed legislation designating Juneteenth as an official state holiday, adapting public institutions to newer cultural norms.
  67% of readings agreed
  Executive action · Signed law designating Juneteenth as an official state holiday · Jun 17, 2021 · Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “At a bill signing ceremony in front of a signed copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Gov. JB Pritzker signed House Bill 3922 into law, designating June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Illinois.”
  Executive action: Signed law designating Juneteenth as an official state holiday, Jun 17, 2021, Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
- When a community changes, should public ceremonies preserve long-standing customs or change to reflect newer ones?
  Somewhat Reflect newer customs
  Signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as an official state holiday, updating public ceremonies to reflect newer customs.
  67% of readings agreed
  Executive action · Signed law designating Juneteenth as an official state holiday · Jun 17, 2021 · Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “At a bill signing ceremony in front of a signed copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Gov. JB Pritzker signed House Bill 3922 into law, designating June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Illinois.”
  Executive action: Signed law designating Juneteenth as an official state holiday, Jun 17, 2021, Official action reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
From their statements
- When social expectations change, should public institutions put more weight on preserving established customs or adapting to newer norms?
  Somewhat Adapt to newer norms
  Signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a state holiday and requiring it to be taught in schools.
  100% of readings agreed
  Position reported in news · Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill · Jun 17, 2021 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “With this new law, no longer can a child grow up in Illinois without learning about Juneteenth in school," Pritzker said. "With this change, the people of Illinois will have a day to reflect on how the freedom that we celebrate just two weeks later, on the Fourth of July, was delayed to Black Americans.”
  Position reported in news: Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill, Jun 17, 2021, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
- When the meaning of a public holiday is contested, should its established traditions be retained or revised?
  Somewhat Revise the traditions
  Signed legislation making Juneteenth a state holiday to reflect on how freedom celebrated on the Fourth of July was delayed to Black Americans.
  100% of readings agreed
  Position reported in news · Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill · Jun 17, 2021 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “With this new law, no longer can a child grow up in Illinois without learning about Juneteenth in school," Pritzker said. "With this change, the people of Illinois will have a day to reflect on how the freedom that we celebrate just two weeks later, on the Fourth of July, was delayed to Black Americans.”
  Position reported in news: Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill, Jun 17, 2021, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
- When a community changes, should public ceremonies preserve long-standing customs or change to reflect newer ones?
  Somewhat Reflect newer customs
  Signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a state holiday to reflect on the historical delay of freedom for Black Americans.
  100% of readings agreed
  Position reported in news · Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill · Jun 17, 2021 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “With this new law, no longer can a child grow up in Illinois without learning about Juneteenth in school," Pritzker said. "With this change, the people of Illinois will have a day to reflect on how the freedom that we celebrate just two weeks later, on the Fourth of July, was delayed to Black Americans.”
  Position reported in news: Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill, Jun 17, 2021, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
- Should schools give more emphasis to established cultural traditions or to emerging cultural perspectives?
  Somewhat Emerging cultural perspectives
  Supported requiring schools to teach children about Juneteenth to reflect on the history of delayed freedom for Black Americans.
  100% of readings agreed
  Position reported in news · Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill · Jun 17, 2021 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “With this new law, no longer can a child grow up in Illinois without learning about Juneteenth in school," Pritzker said. "With this change, the people of Illinois will have a day to reflect on how the freedom that we celebrate just two weeks later, on the Fourth of July, was delayed to Black Americans.”
  Position reported in news: Statement on signing Juneteenth state holiday bill, Jun 17, 2021, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
Institutions
← More direct public controlMore independent institutions →
- Record: Not in the record
- Statements: 67% toward more independent institutions · low confidence · 1 answer
From their statements
- Should major local decisions rely more on direct public votes or on independent bodies with clear mandates?
  Somewhat More independent bodies
  Supported amending the constitution to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps.
  67% of readings agreed
  Position reported in news · Campaign remarks on independent redistricting commission · Apr 29, 2021 · Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
  “We should amend the constitution to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps.”
  Position reported in news: Campaign remarks on independent redistricting commission, Apr 29, 2021, Reported by capitolnewsillinois.com
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