If we ' re talking about parties then you ' re not completely right . Whereas the Greens , the far left , under Jill Stein want to ban GMOs , the debate among the Democrats the most relevant face of liberalism is over labelling laws , and they are divided over that . Partially the argument is about state rights as well , which is a perennial issue in America basically in this case CT formed a GMO labelling law and republican controlled federal congress tried to undermine it to make it voluntary or have the standard so low as to be meaningless a cryptic QR code could have sufficed . So that stirred up the democrats . With nuclear power , there are a number of political considerations that may outbalance a simply scientific minded approach namely , prevalent NIMBYism and the associated political fallout , the expensive startup costs , the potential environmental impact of reliance on yet more of a mined resource , the problems of high level waste storage and fears about nuclear proliferation and weapons . While not all of these may seem Prima facie relevant to the pure scientific argument , you can see how for people living in a political world of public perception they are problematic hurdles when they can sell the idea of solar wind and hydro power with much less backlash . The Democratic Party is split on this . And only 35 % have publically supported future nuclear power plant development . This is however , a lot better than the Greens whose position statement isMoratorium on new nuclear plants retire existing onesAll processes associated with nuclear power are dangerous , from the mining of uranium to the transportation and disposal of the radioactive waste . The generation of nuclear waste must be halted . It is hazardous for thousands of years and there is no way to isolate it from the biosphere for the duration of its toxic life . We oppose public subsidies for nuclear power . Cost is another huge factor making it unfeasible , with each new nuclear power plant costing billions of dollars . The Green Party calls for a formal moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants , the early retirement of existing nuclear power reactors , and the phaseout of technologies that use or produce nuclear waste , such as nuclear waste incinerators , food irradiators , and all uses of depleted uranium . Greens support the use of hydrogen as an energy storage medium however we oppose the use of nuclear technologies or carbonbased feedstocks for hydrogen production . Source Green Party Platform adopted , July 1215 2012 in Baltimore , Jul 15 , 2012 I think dismantling current nuclear power plants would be a minority view among the democrats .