Candidates | Kamala Harris (D) 
https://kamalaharris.com/ | Donald Trump (R) 
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ |
Background | - Vice president of the United States (2020-)
- District Attorney of San Francisco
- Former Attorney General of California
- Former US Senator from California
- Undergraduate degree from Howard University
- Law degree from University of California Hastings College of Law
- Born in Oakland, California
| - Former president of the United States (2016-2020)
- Businessman and television star.
- BS Economics, Wharton School (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
- Took over family real estate business in 1971
- Born in Queens, New York
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Economy | - Cut taxes for the middle class
- Supports affordable childcare and long-term care
- Supports lower housing costs and increase funding for affordable housing programs
- Supports wealth tax to pay for public programs
- Wants to support small businesses and invest in entrepreneurs
- Supports expanding Social Security and Medicare
- Support American innovation and workers
| - Does not support a wealth tax to pay for public programs
- Supports decreasing income taxes to balance the budget
- Promises to end inflation
- Wants to end outsourcing and turn the US into a manufacturing superpower
- Supports tax cuts for workers and no tax on tips
- Pledges to protect Social Security and Medicare
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Healthcare | - Supports single-payer healthcare such as Medicare-for-all
- Supports expanding paid family leave and medical benefits (including maternity leave)
- Restore and protect reproductive freedoms
- Supports government regulation of prescription drug costs
| - Does not support single-payer healthcare such as Medicare-for-all
- Wants to repeal Affordable Care Act
- Promises to increase transparency and promote choice and competition
- Wants to expand access to affordable healthcare and prescription drug options
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Reproductive Care | - Strongly supports reproductive freedom and individuals’ right to choose when and how to get pregnant
- Supports comprehensive sex education and access to contraception
| - Does not support abortion
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Energy, Climate, Environment | - Lower energy costs and tackle the climate crisis
- Supports development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)
- Does not support drilling on public lands
| - Make America the dominant energy producer in the world
- Supports drilling on public lands
- Does not believe in climate change
- Wants to abolish federal agencies like NOAA and FEMA, which warn about and respond to natural disasters (e.g. hurricanes, tornados)
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LGBTQ Rights | - Supports LGBTQ+ rights; officiated the first same-sex wedding after California Proposition 8 was overturned
| - Does not support federal protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity
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Immigration | - Supports increasing security along the border
- Fix broken immigration system
- Does not support requiring immigrants to return to country of origin before they are eligible to apply for citizenship
| - Plans to seal the border and stop all migrants and refugees from entering
- Has pledged to carry out the “largest deportation operation in American history”
- Supports requiring immigrants to return to country of origin before they are eligible to apply for citizenship
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Guns | - Supports gun control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, closing boyfriend loopholes)
| - Does not support gun control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, closing boyfriend loopholes)
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Education | - Provide a pathway to the middle class through quality, affordable education
- Supports forgiving federal student loan debt
| - Wants to abolish Department of Education
- Plans to cut federal funding for school that engage with content about race, sexuality, or gender
- Supports allowing prayer in public schools
- Wants to revoke the Visa of foreign students deemed ‘anti-American’
- Does not support forgiving federal student loan debt
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National Defense | - Pledges to support allies and oppose dictators
- Support service members, veterans, and their families, caregivers, and survivors
- Supports military aid to Ukraine
| - Wants to build an iron dome missile defense shield over US and all made in America
- Believes America should not bow to foreign leaders
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Middle East | - Wants a 2-state solution for Israel and Palestine
- Supports aid and rights for Palestine
- Support Israel’s right to exist
| - Advocates for cutting off all aid to Palestine
- Plans to bar refugees from Gaza
- Wants to expel immigrants who support Hamas
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Crime | - Wants to make communities safer from gun violence and crime by addressing root causes
- Pledges to tackle the opioid and fentanyl crisis
- Wants to ensure no one is above the law
| - Plans to address crime by deporting immigrants
- Wants to “demolish the foreign drug cartels, crush gang violence, and lock up violent offenders”
- Supports protecting law enforcement officers from personal liability in civil lawsuits re: misconduct
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Elections | - Wants to expand voting by mail to make voting more accessible
- Supports requiring states with a history of racial discrimination to get preclearance to change election rules
- Supports regulating indirect campaign contributions from corporations, unions, etc.
| - Wants to eliminate early voting and mail-in ballots, and prioritize same-day voting instead
- Supports requiring voter identification and proof of citizenship
- Prioritizes paper ballots
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