Where the Candidates Stand on Five Key Issues

May 31, 2016

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This chart highlights where presidential candidates stand on five key issues:

Taxes

Clinton	Sanders	Trump
A series of targeted tax credits for the middle class. Raise capital gains taxes.	Raise income tax rates for those making over $250,000. Tax capital gains the same as dividends from work.	Fewer tax brackets with lower tax rates.

Climate Change

Clinton	Sanders	Trump
Create more good-paying jobs: by investing infrastructure and clean energy, by making it possible once again to invest in science and research, and taking the opportunity posed by climate change to grow our economy.	Tax carbon emissions and eliminate tax breaks for fossil fuel companies. Opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline and Arctic drilling.	"I am not a believer in climate change."

Gun Control

Clinton	Sanders	Trump
Ban several types of assault weapons. Repeal protections for gun makers. Create a comprehensive background check system and close loopholes.	Ban assault weapons. Repeal law protecting some gun manufacturers. No federal handgun waiting period.	Limit restrictions on guns. Ban some assault weapons and extend the waiting period for purchase. Pledged to veto any new gun control measure.

Clinton

Sanders

Trump

Ban several types of assault weapons. Repeal protections for gun makers. Create a comprehensive background check system and close loopholes.

Ban assault weapons. Repeal law protecting some gun manufacturers. No federal handgun waiting period.

Limit restrictions on guns. Ban some assault weapons and extend the waiting period for purchase.

Pledged to veto any new gun control measure.

Healthcare

Clinton	Sanders	Trump
"Affordable health care is a basic human right." Would build on the Affordable Care Act to reduce premiums and expand coverage.	"First, health care must be recognized as a right, not a privilege. Second, we must create a national healthcare system that provides quality healthcare for all in the most cost-effective way."	"Obamacare is a catastrophe that must be repealed and replaced." In "The America We Deserve" Trump wrote that he supported universal healthcare and a system that would mirror Canada's government-run healthcare service.

Clinton

Sanders

Trump

"Affordable health care is a basic human right."

Would build on the Affordable Care Act to reduce premiums and expand coverage.

"First, health care must be recognized as a right, not a privilege. Second, we must create a national healthcare system that provides quality healthcare for all in the most cost-effective way."

"Obamacare is a catastrophe that must be repealed and replaced."

In "The America We Deserve" Trump wrote that he supported universal healthcare and a system that would mirror Canada's government-run healthcare service.

Immigration

Clinton	Sanders	Trump
Supports comprehensive immigration reform; would continue programs to waive deportation. Give undocumented residents a path to legal status.	Offer path to citizenship. Waive some deportations now.	Build a wall on our southern border; deport undocumented immigrants. Ban Muslims from entering the country.