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	Burgum	Christie	DeSantis	Haley	Kennedy	Ramaswamy	Trump
Legal abortion	pro	nc	nc	con	nc	pro	nc	nc
Artificial intelligence	pro	pro	pro	nc	nc	con	nc	pro
Path to citizenship	pro	nc	con	con	con	nc	nc	con
Student loan debt	pro	con	con	pro	nc	pro	con	pro
American socialism	con	nc	con	con	con	con	nc	con
Birthright citizenship	nf	nf	nc	con	con	nf	con	con
D.C. statehood	nc	nf	con	con	nf	nf	nf	con
Death penalty	con	nf	pro	pro	pro	nf	nf	pro
Book bans	con	pro	nc	pro	pro	nf	con	nf
Public sector unions	pro	nc	nf	nc	con	nc	con	con
Recreational marijuana	nc	nf	nc	con	nc	nc	pro	nc
Reparations	nc	nf	nf	nf	nf	pro	con	con
Lower voting age	nc	nf	nc	nf	nf	nf	con	con
Universal background checks	pro	nf	con	con	nc	con	con	con
Prescription drug costs	pro	nc	pro	pro	nf	nf	pro	pro
Voter ID	con	pro	nf	pro	pro	nf	pro	pro
Free college	pro	nf	con	con	nf	con	nf	con

Former Candidates

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