LibGuides: 2024 Election Guide: Presidential Candidates on the Issues

Presidential Candidates on the Issues

Compare 2024 Presidential Candidate Positions

A Side-by-Side Comparison Between Candidates on Key Issues*

	Kamala Harris (Democratic party)	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Independent)	Chase Oliver (Libertarian party)	Donald Trump (Republican party)
Legal abortion	pro	pro	pro	nc
Artificial intelligence	nc	con	nc	pro
Path to citizenship	pro	nc	pro	nc
Student loan debt	pro	pro	pro	pro
American socialism	con	con	nf	con
Birthright citizenship	nf	nf	nf	con
D.C. statehood	pro	nf	nf	con
Death penalty	con	nf	con	pro
Book bans	con	nf	nf	nf
Public sector unions	pro	nc	con	con
Recreational marijuana	pro	nc	pro	nc
Reparations	pro	pro	nf	con
Lower voting age	nf	nf	nf	con
Universal background checks	pro	con	con	con
Prescription drug costs	pro	nf	pro	pro
Voter ID	nc	nf	nf	pro
Free college	pro	con	nc	con
Universal basic income	nf	nc	nf	nf
Private prisons	con	nf	con	pro
Minimum wage	pro	pro	con	nc
Border wall	con	nc	con	pro
Social media regulation	pro	nf	con	nf
Defund police	con	con	nf	con
Puerto Rico statehood	nf	nf	nf	nc
Assault weapons ban	pro	pro	con	con
Felon voting	nc	nc	nf	con
Corporate income tax	pro	pro	nf	con
TikTok ban	con	nf	con	nc
Space colonization	pro	nf	nf	nf
Cancel culture	nf	con	nf	nf
Election day holiday	pro	nf	nf	nf
Fracking	con	con	nf	pro
Kids' vaccine mandates	nf	con	con	nf
OTC birth control	pro	nf	pro	pro
Cuba embargo	con	con	nf	pro
Concealed carry	nc	nf	pro	pro
Electoral college	nc	fn	nf	nc
Police body cameras	nc	nf	pro	nc
Congressional term limits	nf	nf	nf	pro
Nuclear energy	pro	nc	pro	pro
Court packing	con	nf	nf	con
Social security privatization	con	nf	con	nc
Universal healthcare	pro	nc	con	nc
"Bump stock" ban	pro	nc	con	pro
Anthem protests	pro	nf	nf	con
Performance enhancing drugs	con	nf	nf	con
Filibuster	nf	nf	nf	nc
DACA	pro	nf	pro	con
Ghost guns ban	pro	nf	con	nc
Medical marijuana	pro	nc	pro	pro
Gun show loopshole	pro	nf	con	nc

* from https://2024election.procon.org/side-by-side-comparison-chart/ (accessed Aug 8, 2024)

"nf" stands for "no position found" meaning that ProCon team has not found a statement on the topic in their research

"nc" stands for "not clear" meaning that ProCon team found a candidate statement on the topic, but the statement does not clearly answer the question