WASHINGTON — As the final weekend before Tuesday’s presidential election approaches, voters who want more insight into where the candidates stand on major policy issues can check out the Washington Bureau’s State Newsroom series.
In these 10 articles, States Newsroom reports on the policy positions taken by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, from education to taxes to Social Security and Health Care.
These are:
Reproductive rights
After the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, Democrats made restoring access to reproductive care a central campaign issue.
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Reform of the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has been mired in controversy, from several ethics scandals to calls by Democrats to enhance the number of justices on the court.
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Immigration
One policy issue that Trump has made central to his campaign is immigration. During his campaign rallies across the country, he promised mass deportations of millions of immigrants living in the country without permission.
Harris mainly stated that she would restore bipartisan congressional agreement when it comes to regulating US immigration policy.
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Social security and medical care
Dealing with the Social Security and Medicare trust funds will become an increasingly essential task for the fresh president and Congress over the next decade.
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Climate and Energy
While several states, such as North Carolina and Tennessee, are recovering from Category 4 Hurricane Helene, climate change has received little attention in the 2024 presidential race despite its wide-ranging impacts.
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Apartments
While housing issues are typically resolved at the local level, both presidential candidates want to tackle the housing crisis at the federal level.
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Education
Education policy has rarely been in the spotlight during the campaign, although the candidates’ policies on K-12 and higher education vary significantly.
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Taxes
The 2017 tax bill, crafted under Trump, is set to expire next year, meaning whichever candidate wins the White House will either revise the previous law or extend it.
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Pistols
Both candidates agree that gun violence is a problem, but that’s where Harris and Trump’s agreement ends.
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Foreign policy
Regardless of who wins the White House, the next president will have to deal with several international crises. This includes the war between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to withdraw from Ukraine, and trade relations between the US and China.
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