Political positions of the 2016 United States presidential candidates by political affiliation
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The United States presidential candidates in the 2016 United States presidential candidates by political affiliation hold a wide variety of stances on issues related to domestic and foreign policy and their political ideological views.
Domestic policy
Capital punishment
Political party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | ||||
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Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | ||||
Federal capital punishment | Yes[1] | Unitary state position | Yes[2] | Unitary state position | No[3] | No[4] |
LGBT rights
- Executive positions
Political party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | ||||
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Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | ||||
Arizona Senate Bill 1062 | No[5] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby | No[6] | Yes[7] | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Cap out-of pocket expenses for people with HIV/AIDS | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Define the term "sex" in federal statute, federal agencies, and courts to include discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Equality Act of 2015 | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Executive Order 13672 | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | ||||
Every Child Deserves a Family Act | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Expand the utilization of HIV prevention medications, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
H.R. 2802 and S. 1598 | Unknown[9] | Yes[9] | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Indiana Senate Bill 101 | No[10] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Kansas Senate Bill 175 | No[11] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Law enforcement training on interactions with LGBT individuals. | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
LGBT Data Inclusion Act | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
LGBT adoption | No[8] | Unitary state position | Unknown[12] | Federalist position | Unknown | Unknown | ||
Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Mississippi House Bill 1523 | No[13] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
North Carolina House Bill 2 | No[11] | Unitary state position | Yes[14] | Federalist position | Unknown | Unknown | ||
Obergefell v. Hodges | No[8] | Unitary state position | No[15] | Federalist position | Unknown | Unknown | ||
Proposition 1 | Yes[16] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Reporting of hate crimes data based on a victim's actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity | Yes[8] | Unitary state position (federally collected data only) Federalist position (state and territorial collected data only) |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Safe Schools Improvement Act | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Same-sex marriage | Yes[8] | Unitary state position | No[15] | Federalist position | Yes[17] | Unitary state position | Yes | |
Shelby County v. Holder | No[18] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Student Non-Discrimination Act | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Transgender individuals to change their gender marker on identification documents | Yes[8] | Unitary state position (federally issued identification documentations only) Federalist position (state and territorial issued identification documentations only) |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |||
U.S. Department of Defense regulations allowing transgender people to openly serve in the U.S. military | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
U.S. Department of Justice to require that data be collected on hate crimes committed basis of sexual orientation and gender identity whenever demographic data is collected | Yes[8] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Voter ID laws | No[18] | Unitary state position | Yes[19] | Federalist position | Unknown | No |
- Appointments
Abortion
- Executive positions
Political party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | ||||
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Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | ||||
Roe v. Wade | Yes[20] | Unitary state position | No[citation needed] | Federalist position | No[21] | Federalist position | Unknown |
- Appointments
Foreign policy
Iran
Political party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | ||||
Iran Deal | Yes[22] | No[23] | No[24] | Unknown |
Political ideologies
Political party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein |
As described by themselves | "modern progressive"[25] "moderate" "centrist"[26] "progressive who gets things done"[27] |
"liberal on healthcare"[28] "commonsense conservative"[29] |
"libertarian" "fiscally conservative" "socially-accepting liberal"[30] |
Unknown |
See also
- Political positions of the Democratic Party presidential primary candidates, 2016
- Political positions of the Republican Party presidential primary candidates, 2016
- Political positions of Hillary Clinton
- Political positions of Donald Trump
- Political positions of Gary Johnson
References
- ^ "Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Abolishing the Death Penalty". The New York Times. 28 October 2015.
- ^ Johnson, Jenna (2015-12-10). "Donald Trump wants the death penalty for those who kill police officers". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Alex Pareene (September 22, 2011). "Reasons to be grateful that Gary Johnson will attend tonight's debate". Salon.com. Salon Media Group, Inc.
- ^ "Jill Stein on Crime". Ontheissues.org. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Arkin, Daniel. "Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Vetoes Anti-Gay Bill". Nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Greenfield, Jeff (2014-06-20). "Clinton blasts Hobby Lobby ruling". Politico.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Donald Trump Republican Called for abortion to be illegal and punishment for women who have one". Plannedparenthoodaction.org. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s The Briefing. "Fighting for Full Equality for LGBT People". Hillaryclinton.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ a b "Cruz, Rubio, Carson, Fiorina Pledge to Sign the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA)". Americanprinciplesproject.org. 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Ferrechio, Susan (2 April 2015). "Hillary Clinton confronts 'religious freedom' laws – including her husband's". Washingtonexaminer.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ a b Johnson, Chris (2016-03-24). "Clinton, Sanders denounce new anti-LGBT laws in N.C., Kansas". Washingtonblade.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Debate Recap: Cruz, Trump and Kasich Double Down on Anti-LGBT Rhetoric". Hrc.org. 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Johnson, Chris (6 April 2016). "Clinton, Sanders speak out against Miss. 'religious freedom' law". Washingtonblade.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Donald Trump says he now supports anti-transgender law in North Carolina". Pinknews.co.uk. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ a b "Donald Trump: Opposes Nationwide Marriage Equality". Hrc.org. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Ford, Zack (2015-10-31). "If You Think You Understand Houston's 'Bathroom Ordinance,' You Probably Don't". Thinkprogress.org. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Mike Riggs (2012-05-10). "Gary Johnson on Obama's Gay Marriage Remarks: "I guess the President is still more worried about losing Ohio, Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia than he is in doing the right thing"". Reason.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ a b The Briefing. "Voting Rights Briefing". Hillaryclinton.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Zachary Roth (2016-04-19). "Here's what Donald Trump thinks about voting". Msnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Hillary Clinton on Abortion". Ontheissues.org. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Our America Initiative (2011). "Abortion". Our America Initiative: Issues. Our America Initiative. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- ^ "Hillary Clinton Backs Iran Nuclear Deal, With Caveats". The New York Times. 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Trump cheered at AIPAC for vow to dismantle Iran deal, oppose UN". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Libertarian Gary Johnson Clarifies Foreign Policy Stances". 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Part I: CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debate transcript".
- ^ By Dan MericaUpdated 1:51 PM ET, Thu September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10). "Clinton 'pleads guilty' to being a moderate". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
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- ^ "Donald Trump on Health Care". Ontheissues.org. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Diamond, Jeremy (2016-02-16). "Trump: 'I'm a commonsense conservative'". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Sho Chandra ShoChandra (2016-06-04). "Gary Johnson Says Most Americans Are Libertarian But Don't Know It". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
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