Side-by-Side Comparison Chart - 2024 Presidential Election

Above and 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 (for example: click “legal abortion”).

Also, in the table below, “nf” stands for “no position found,” meaning the ProCon team has not found a statement on the topic in our research. And “nc” stands for “not clear,” meaning we have found a candidate statement about the topic, but the statement does not clearly answer the question (you may view the question and statement by clicking the topic).

	Biden	Kennedy	Trump
Legal abortion	pro	pro	nc
Artificial intelligence	pro	con	pro
Path to citizenship	pro	nc	con
Student loan debt	pro	pro	pro
American socialism	con	con	con
Birthright citizenship	nf	nf	con
D.C. statehood	nc	nf	con
Death penalty	con	nf	pro
Book bans	con	nf	nf
Public sector unions	pro	nc	con
Recreational marijuana	nc	nc	nc
Reparations	nc	pro	con
Lower voting age	nc	nf	con
Universal background checks	pro	con	con
Prescription drug costs	pro	nf	pro
Voter ID	con	nf	pro
Free college	pro	con	con
Universal basic income	con	nc	nf
Private prisons	con	nf	pro
Minimum wage	pro	pro	nc
Border wall	con	nc	pro
Social media regulation	pro	nf	nf
Defund police	con	con	con
Puerto Rico statehood	pro	nf	nc
Assault weapons ban	pro	pro	con
Felon voting	pro	nc	con
Corporate income tax	pro	pro	con
TikTok ban	nc	nf	nc
Space colonization	pro	nf	nf
Cancel culture	nf	con	nc
Election day holiday	pro	nf	nf
Fracking	pro	con	pro
Kids' vaccine mandates	pro	con	nf
OTC birth control	nc	nf	pro
Cuba embargo	con	con	pro
Concealed carry	nc	nf	pro
Electoral college	nf	nf	nc

Former Candidates

For each candidate’s positions on the issues covered by ProCon.org during their candidacy, click their name.