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New York County, NY
Alvin Bragg
Manhattan District Attorney
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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Raw: -48 of 26 dynamic max
· 13 of 30 answered
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-50
foreign-influence adjustment
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#8,962 of 8,966 · bottom 0.0% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Base score 2/100 → Adjusted -48/100
- Open Society / Soros donor network-50Manhattan District Attorney; backed by Color of Change PAC (Soros-aligned) and other Soros-funded vehicles in his 2021 race. Aggregate documented support over $1M.The Open Society Foundations and the Democracy PAC vehicles tied to George Soros / Alex Soros are direct funding rails for the WEF / ESG / Davos capture agenda — Soros is a founding World Economic Forum attendee and OSF is one of its largest civil-society partners. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented Soros-network contributions as a failure on economic_stewardship/q5, the question that asks whether the candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels — accepting money from the architect of that capture is a revealed preference against it. The same Soros DA network is documented to decline prosecution of attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and refuse to enforce state abortion restrictions; that pattern is tracked separately under sanctity_of_life claims. A dollar-bracket adjustment is also applied to the total score.
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Official Profile
Religion: Christian (Baptist — Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem)
Education: AB Harvard College; JD Harvard Law School
Background: Former federal prosecutor (AUSA, SDNY) and Chief Deputy NY Attorney General; elected Manhattan DA 2021 (first Black Manhattan DA); re-elected Nov 2025 with 73.8% over Maud Maron (R); term to Jan 2030. Lifelong member and Sunday-school teacher at Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Next Election Year: 2029
Manhattan DA, re-elected Nov 4 2025 (73.8% vs Maud Maron R 20.8%); term ends Jan 1 2030. Evidence-finalized 2026-06-10. HARD contrary evidence: signed the June 2022 Fair & Just Prosecution post-Dobbs pledge to refrain from prosecuting abortion; Jan 2022 'Day One' memo downgraded charges, declined prosecution of several offense categories, and limited bail requests to a short list (partially walked back Feb 2022 under NYPD/public pressure); publicly defended NY bail reform; office published transgender/nonbinary-community prosecution recommendations and runs LGBTQ-focused hate-crimes Pride outreach; office policy seeks dispositions avoiding immigration consequences, wants ICE out of courthouses, said at a 2025 debate he is examining prosecuting ICE agents; post-Bruen statement committed to enforcing NY's 'toughest gun laws in the country.' Public-health gun-violence framing (first-ever Executive ADA for Gun Violence Prevention, buybacks, root-cause programs). public_justice q0 null under the high-bar rule: mixed record (daily gun-case partnership with NYPD touted, but the Day One memo declined standalone resisting-arrest charges and drew sustained police-union opposition; no affirmative anti-defund advocacy found). Credit where earned: documented personal public profession of Christian faith in office (christian_liberty q0 TRUE). Soros funding (precise): Soros gave $1M to Color of Change PAC on 2021-05-14, six days after it endorsed Bragg pledging ~$1M; the PAC ultimately spent just over $500K supporting him; no direct Soros contribution (Jonathan Soros + wife gave $20K directly). See data/soros_adjustments.json for the adjustment layer. Daniel Penny prosecution (manslaughter indictment; charge dropped after jury deadlock, acquitted on remainder, Dec 2024) noted for context.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
FALSE (0)[2]
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Named signatory to the June 2022 Fair & Just Prosecution post-Dobbs joint statement pledging to refrain from prosecuting those who seek, provide, or support abortions — contrary to affirming personhood from conception. Unclassified
Named signatory to the June 2022 Fair & Just Prosecution post-Dobbs joint statement pledging to refrain from prosecuting those who seek, provide, or support abortions — contrary to affirming personhood from conception.
- [2]His office published recommendations for prosecutors to better serve the transgender, gender-nonconforming and nonbinary community, produced with LGBTQ advocacy groups — affirms rather than rejects gender ideology. Unclassified
His office published recommendations for prosecutors to better serve the transgender, gender-nonconforming and nonbinary community, produced with LGBTQ advocacy groups — affirms rather than rejects gender ideology.
- [3]Expanded the office Hate Crimes Unit with explicit LGBTQ-protection Pride-season outreach; institutional promotion of LGBTQ identity in office policy. Unclassified
Expanded the office Hate Crimes Unit with explicit LGBTQ-protection Pride-season outreach; institutional promotion of LGBTQ identity in office policy.
- [4]Expanded the office Hate Crimes Unit with explicit LGBTQ-protection Pride-season outreach; institutional promotion of LGBTQ identity in office policy. Unclassified
Expanded the office Hate Crimes Unit with explicit LGBTQ-protection Pride-season outreach; institutional promotion of LGBTQ identity in office policy.
- [5]Publicly professes Christian faith while in public office: lifelong Abyssinian Baptist member, teaches Sunday school, says his Bible informs his work ('Restoration… service, human dignity'). Documents public profession in office, not policy advocacy. Unclassified
Publicly professes Christian faith while in public office: lifelong Abyssinian Baptist member, teaches Sunday school, says his Bible informs his work ('Restoration… service, human dignity'). Documents public profession in office, not policy advocacy.
- [6]Publicly professes Christian faith while in public office: lifelong Abyssinian Baptist member, teaches Sunday school, says his Bible informs his work ('Restoration… service, human dignity'). Documents public profession in office, not policy advocacy. Lean Left
Publicly professes Christian faith while in public office: lifelong Abyssinian Baptist member, teaches Sunday school, says his Bible informs his work ('Restoration… service, human dignity'). Documents public profession in office, not policy advocacy.
- [7]Office policy seeks dispositions that avoid immigration consequences; said at a 2025 debate he is examining prosecuting ICE agents — contrary to mandatory-deportation support. Official
Office policy seeks dispositions that avoid immigration consequences; said at a 2025 debate he is examining prosecuting ICE agents — contrary to mandatory-deportation support.
- [8]Office policy seeks dispositions that avoid immigration consequences; said at a 2025 debate he is examining prosecuting ICE agents — contrary to mandatory-deportation support. Unclassified
Office policy seeks dispositions that avoid immigration consequences; said at a 2025 debate he is examining prosecuting ICE agents — contrary to mandatory-deportation support.
- [9]Defends limiting local cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement (ICE out of courthouses); under House Judiciary scrutiny over NYC sanctuary-law enforcement. Unclassified
Defends limiting local cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement (ICE out of courthouses); under House Judiciary scrutiny over NYC sanctuary-law enforcement.
- [10]Post-Bruen: committed to enforcing NY's strict carry-licensing regime ('toughest gun laws in the country… we will continue to use these statutes'); office increased gun-possession prosecutions post-Bruen. Unclassified
Post-Bruen: committed to enforcing NY's strict carry-licensing regime ('toughest gun laws in the country… we will continue to use these statutes'); office increased gun-possession prosecutions post-Bruen.
- [11]Post-Bruen: committed to enforcing NY's strict carry-licensing regime ('toughest gun laws in the country… we will continue to use these statutes'); office increased gun-possession prosecutions post-Bruen. Unclassified
Post-Bruen: committed to enforcing NY's strict carry-licensing regime ('toughest gun laws in the country… we will continue to use these statutes'); office increased gun-possession prosecutions post-Bruen.
- [12]Publicly committed to enforcing NY's full strict gun-law regime (which includes the SAFE Act AWB and red-flag law) and runs sustained gun-control programming; no statement opposing any gun-control measure found. Unclassified
Publicly committed to enforcing NY's full strict gun-law regime (which includes the SAFE Act AWB and red-flag law) and runs sustained gun-control programming; no statement opposing any gun-control measure found.
- [13]Own Jan 2022 'Day One' memo directed charge downgrades, non-prosecution categories, and limited bail requests; publicly defended NY bail reform; 2021 campaign backed by Soros-funded Color of Change PAC (~$500K+ spent). Unclassified
Own Jan 2022 'Day One' memo directed charge downgrades, non-prosecution categories, and limited bail requests; publicly defended NY bail reform; 2021 campaign backed by Soros-funded Color of Change PAC (~$500K+ spent).
- [14]Own Jan 2022 'Day One' memo directed charge downgrades, non-prosecution categories, and limited bail requests; publicly defended NY bail reform; 2021 campaign backed by Soros-funded Color of Change PAC (~$500K+ spent). Unclassified
Own Jan 2022 'Day One' memo directed charge downgrades, non-prosecution categories, and limited bail requests; publicly defended NY bail reform; 2021 campaign backed by Soros-funded Color of Change PAC (~$500K+ spent).
- [15]Own Jan 2022 'Day One' memo directed charge downgrades, non-prosecution categories, and limited bail requests; publicly defended NY bail reform; 2021 campaign backed by Soros-funded Color of Change PAC (~$500K+ spent). Lean Left
Own Jan 2022 'Day One' memo directed charge downgrades, non-prosecution categories, and limited bail requests; publicly defended NY bail reform; 2021 campaign backed by Soros-funded Color of Change PAC (~$500K+ spent).
- [16]Day One memo set a presumption against incarceration for most offenses with carceral sentences as last resort (portions walked back Feb 2022 under pressure) — contrary to proportional-punishment posture. Unclassified
Day One memo set a presumption against incarceration for most offenses with carceral sentences as last resort (portions walked back Feb 2022 under pressure) — contrary to proportional-punishment posture.
- [17]Day One memo set a presumption against incarceration for most offenses with carceral sentences as last resort (portions walked back Feb 2022 under pressure) — contrary to proportional-punishment posture. Unclassified
Day One memo set a presumption against incarceration for most offenses with carceral sentences as last resort (portions walked back Feb 2022 under pressure) — contrary to proportional-punishment posture.
- [18]Runs an explicit public-health/root-causes gun-violence strategy (first-ever Executive ADA for Gun Violence Prevention, community-investment programs, buybacks) alongside prosecution. Unclassified
Runs an explicit public-health/root-causes gun-violence strategy (first-ever Executive ADA for Gun Violence Prevention, community-investment programs, buybacks) alongside prosecution.
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