List of policy persuasive speech topics
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Adoptees Right-to-Know Law
Art / Music / Entertainment Censorship
Specific Tax Policy
Change School Start Times
School Funding
Global Warming Laws
High School Service Learning Programs
Legalize Prostitution
Police Issues (body cameras, racial
profiling, brutality, etc.)
10. Racism and Racial Slurs (1st Amendment)
11. Regulation of the Internet
12. Teachers and Tenure
13. Teen Dating Violence Laws Strengthened
14. Increased Sexual Violence policies at
universities
15. Trying Children as Adults
16. Voting System (electoral college)
17. Women in the Military (specific jobs)
18. Legalizing the sale of human organs
19. Negotiating with terrorists
20. Our constitution should protect hate speech
21. Parents should be held responsible for their
children’s actions
22. Citizens United (corporate personhood)
23. Mandatory Recycling
24. Schools should teach both creationism and
evolutionism theories
25. The morning-after pill should be freely
prescribed in drugstores and pharmacies
26. The use of animals in medical research is a
necessary evil
27. Cell phone/driving laws
28. Agricultural subsidies
29. Education reform
30. Improving the active learning curve in
education
31. Voter registration laws
32. Reinstate the Voting Rights Act
33. Defense budget priorities
34. Affirmative Action
35. Solutions to gun violence
36. Emergency Procedures
37. Drug Testing in the Workplace
38. Drug Testing in Sports
39. Drug Testing in Schools
40. Equal Employment Opportunities
41. Videotaping In The Workplace
42. Student Loan Policies
43. Financial Assistance for Students
44. Lowering the cost of college
45. Policy to avoid betting in sporting events
46. Immigration Policies
47. Encouraging vocational school over
traditional college
48. Tracking in education
49. Merit Pay for Teachers
50. Internet Gambling
51. Expanding Oil and Gas Drilling
52. Prison Reform
53. Decriminalizing drug offenses
54. Counter-Terrorism
55. Save Wildlife
56. Economic Growth
57. Economic Development
58. Domestic Violence Drug Policy
59. Foreign Policy
60. Health Care Policy
61. Social Security Reform
62. Welfare reform
63. The Patriot Act
64. “Sin” taxes
65. Climate Change Policy
66. Domestic Violence Policy
67. Agricultural Policy
68. Poverty
69. Homelessness
70. Mental Health Reform
71. Legalization of marijuana
72. Regulation of domestic drones
73. Genetically Modified Crops
74. Mandatory water regulations
75. Increasing public transportation
76. Outsourcing in U.S. corporations
77. Reducing meat consumption
78. Physician-Assisted Suicide
79. Renewable Energy
80. Churches should pay taxes
81. Term limits for politicians
82. Campaign finance reform
83. Raise the minimum wage
84. Increased regulation on wild animals in
zoos/aquariums
85. Outlaw big game “trophy” hunting
86. Raise food service wages and eliminate
tipping
87. Improving quality of veteran care
88. Improving quality of senior care
89. Mandatory preschool
90. Drone warfare
91. Improved foster care
92. Improved child abuse detection/prevention