2 weeks Ago By Chelsea Sheasley
As the presidential race enters the critical final phase before Election Day, the candidates are mobilizing their last blitz of podcast interviews, political ads, and get-out-the vote efforts. The majority of voters, meanwhile, are worried about the election. And 52% of Americans say it’s “difficult to determine what is true and what is not” about the candidates and their campaigns when following news coverage, according to Pew Research Center.
To help readers understand Vice President Kamala Harris’ and former President Donald Trump’s positions on key topics, this article and a related series are examining “Harris vs. Trump: Where they stand on the issues.” From economy to immigration, the summary of our series is below, with links from each topic to the longer story about each issue.
Access to abortion is one of the hottest topics in the 2024 election – the first presidential contest since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade in June 2022. Read the full story by Linda Feldmann: Abortion to IVF: Where Harris and Trump stand on reproductive issues In some ways the candidates’ plans are similar. Both pledge to keep taxes low for the vast majority of Americans.
Both favor efforts to produce more goods at home rather than importing them. And in pursuing their policies, both largely ignore an ever-rising national debt. But they have big differences, too.
Read the full story by Laurent Belsie : Harris and Trump spar over economic impact of taxes and tariffs Both candidates paint a future with abundant energy. While differing on which energy sources they support, for instance, both have said they want it to be easier for energy companies to get approval for new infrastructure. Read the full story by Stephanie Hanes : Harris and Trump think big on energy – in very different directions Family is perhaps unusually visible as a priority in the presidential campaign.
Issues of safety, education, financial security, gender roles, even immigration, all funnel into a family framework. The campaigns agree on certain goals but differ in policies. For many analysts, the biggest difference between the two presidential candidates when it comes to U.
S. relations with the world can be boiled down to two words: multilateral and unilateral. Read the full story by Howard LaFranchi : The Trump-Harris worldview divide: Fly solo, or with allies? America’s shortage of affordable housing increasingly affects communities nationwide.
Home prices hit an all-time high this year, and about 1 in 4 renters spend more than half their income on housing and utilities. Read the full story by Laurent Belsie : How Harris and Trump propose fixing the U.S.
housing crisis What the next president can accomplish on immigration will partly depend on factors beyond their control – other countries, courts, and Congress, which hasn’t united on major immigration reform since the 1990s. Read the full story by Sarah Matusek: On immigration, Harris and Trump talk tough – with critical differences When it comes to how to address vital national interests, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump differ sharply. Big differences exist on two current hot spots: Ukraine and the Middle East.
Read the full story by Anna Mulrine Grobe: On military policy, Trump and Harris offer starkly different approaches.
