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Key issues
We’re in the final days of this election.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have pitched different plans on an array of issues if they win the presidency.
In this newsletter, PBS News explores the candidates’ promises to voters.
This newsletter was compiled by Joshua Barajas.
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SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
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Social Security could become depleted as soon as 2034. Medicare could be insolvent by 2036. We look at how both campaigns say they'll tackle the issue. |
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Abortion access has been a top political issue since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two years ago. We walk through each candidates’ positions on reproductive rights.
For Democrats, it’s an issue with utmost importance. Earlier this year, Harris toured an abortion clinic, which the White House believes is the first time a sitting vice president — or any U.S. president — has done so. (Meanwhile, Trump doesn’t usually use the word “abortion” in his speeches.) |
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The United Nations has yet again warned that countries are falling short on curbing climate change. Weeks before the election, a series of punishing hurricanes also laid bare the consequences of climate change — and what a future could look like without action in addressing a warming planet.
Harris often talks about climate change as a pocketbook issue. Trump, in stark contrast, has said climate change is a hoax. |
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Another core issue of the overall 2024 campaign season has been how candidates would address the gun violence crisis in America, at a time when Trump himself has been the target of two apparent assassination attempts this year.
When it comes to crime, Harris’ record as a former prosecutor is more nuanced. And here, Trump again sticks out on the ballot, with his own felony convictions. |
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Presidents decide when the U.S. goes to war and how to support its allies in their wars.
We explore the candidates’ positions on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. With the war in Gaza in particular, Harris and Trump both criticize the nature of the conflict, but through different lenses and with different solutions. |
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As has been the case for many years in U.S. elections, immigration is a key issue in the 2024 race. There are humanitarian and security concerns along the southern border that each candidate must address.
Trump and his running mate have raised false claims and heightened anti-immigrant rhetoric on the campaign trail. A closer look at each candidates’ position shows that, while in office, both Trump and Harris have actually increased border security. But from there, things start to diverge. |
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