2024 Presidential Election Candidate Comparison

Below, the candidates are listed in alphabetical order; clicking their names in the chart will open their biographies. For more information on each question and to see each candidate’s full statement, click the topic.


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Harris Kennedy Oliver Trump
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
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
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
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 NC
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 NF NF NC
Police body cameras NC NF Pro NC
Congressional term limits NF NF NF Pro
Nuclear energy Pro NC 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