Where do Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand on these issues?

WASHINGTON — The tight presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is offering voters starkly different choices on a long list of issues.

From the economy to foreign policy, from abortion rights to the future of the Affordable Care Act, the two candidates have laid out starkly different visions of how they would govern.

Democratic nominee Harris promised “A New Way Forward” in her closing speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and said she would “turn a new page of drama, conflict, fear and division.” He bills himself as “the next generation of leadership in America.”

Republican candidate Trump revived his 2016 promise to “Make America Great Again,” telling the audience in his closing remarks at Madison Square Garden last Sunday, “We will make America affordable again,” and vowed to fight for it. detractors whom he describes as “the enemy within.”

The economy has topped survey after survey as voters’ most important issue. But various polls, including Gallup’s latest survey of registered voters, show that other important issues to voters include immigration, abortion, the state of U.S. democracy, health care, taxes, national security, gun policy, education and the future of the Supreme Court. revealed.

Below are side-by-side comparisons of candidate stands that Newsday compiled from candidates’ statements, campaign materials and news service accounts.

Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname.

ECONOMY AND TAXES

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Promises to restore Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit
• Supports higher minimum wage and newborn child tax credit of up to $6,000 per year
• Supports eliminating taxes on tips for service industry workers
• A new wealth tax is being introduced for those with assets over $100 million
• The issue of whether the SALT limitation will be extended or removed was not mentioned
• Supports increasing the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• He wants the 2017 tax cuts, which will expire at the end of 2025, to be made permanent
• Proposes eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits and carryover income
• Plans to reduce federal spending on certain programs and institutions
• He said he would let the SALT ceiling expire at the end of 2025
• The tax rate for companies manufacturing in the USA will be reduced from 21 percent to 15 percent.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Continues support for NATO and pledges continued aid to Ukraine
• We support a two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians
• Supports an approach that would prevent a complete separation of U.S. and China trade interests
• Reiterated US support for Taiwan

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• He criticizes global alliances, especially NATO
• Claims he can end Russia-Ukraine war but hasn’t offered a specific plan
• He supports Israel’s fight against Hamas but urges Israel to “finish this job as soon as possible”
• He proposes an approach that will prevent a complete rupture in US-China relations
• Proposes tariffs of 60 percent or more on Chinese goods and 20 percent on other foreign goods

MIGRATION

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Pledge to fight for “strong border security” with an earned path to citizenship
• Supports the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform
• Supports Senate bipartisan border security bill that would fund more border agents, judges
• Pledge to address root causes of migration from Central America

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• He vowed to carry out the “largest deportation in American history”
• He vowed to reinstate the initial “Remain in Mexico” program and travel bans
• Calls for termination of birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants
• Plans to complete the border wall and improve implementation measures

ABORTION

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Supports abortion rights
• Pledges to sign federal legislation to protect reproductive freedoms nationwide
• Frames abortion as a matter of personal choice and freedom

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• Roe v. Credited with appointment of three Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Wade
• Supports state-level decision-making on abortion laws
• He tries to take a moderate stance without alienating his conservative base

HEALTH SERVICE

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Supports expanding and strengthening the Affordable Care Act
• Wants to make tax credit improvements that permanently lower health premiums
• It aims to expand seniors’ $35 cap on insulin and $2,000 on medication to everyone else.
• Supports Medicare’s power to negotiate lower drug prices

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• He’s critical of the Affordable Care Act and said he has “the concept of a plan” to replace it
• Promises to protect Medicare
• Could order the US government to pay the best price to other countries’ drug companies
• Offers taxpayer-funded fertility treatments

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Supports the transition to a “clean energy economy”
• Supported major climate initiatives with the Inflation Reduction Act
• Unlike his 2020 campaign position, he no longer supports banning fracking
• Emphasizes job creation in clean energy sectors

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• He summarizes his energy policy as “Drilling, baby, drilling”
• Pledge to increase domestic oil and gas production
• Plans to roll back environmental regulations and Biden administration climate initiatives
• Skeptical of climate change science and opposed to wind energy

EDUCATION

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Supports the continuation and expansion of the role of the U.S. Department of Education
• Opposes private school vouchers and tax credits that divert funds from public schools
• Seeks increased federal funding for Title I, special education and Head Start
• Proposes increasing teacher salaries by an average of $13,500 to close pay gap

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• Says he would eliminate the Department of Education and give control of education to the states
• Supports universal school choice and voucher programs
• Teacher salaries were not mentioned
• Funding cut for schools teaching “critical race theory” or “radical gender ideology”

HOUSING

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Proposes building 3 million new homes in 4 years, a 50% increase on current rates
• Supports providing down payment assistance of up to $25,000 to first-time homebuyers
• Wants to expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to increase affordable housing construction
• Proposes creating a new tax incentive for builders to build starter homes for first-time homebuyers

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• Proposes opening up portions of federal land for large-scale housing construction
• Wants to remove regulations on home building to reduce costs and speed up construction
• Supports lower interest rates to increase housing affordability
• He said deporting millions of undocumented immigrants would reduce demand for housing

WEAPONS AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT

Kamala Harris

DNC Candidate

• Owns a Glock pistol but supports stricter gun control laws
• Supports banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
• Supports universal background checks
• Supports “red flag” laws to keep guns away from potentially dangerous people
• Proposes executive actions on guns if Congress fails to pass legislation

Donald Trump

GOP Candidate

• Supports Second Amendment, gun owner rights and opposes stricter gun control laws
• Pledges to end “Harris-Biden attacks on law-abiding gun owners”
• He promises to challenge US laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons across state lines
• Proposes creating tax credits to support gun purchases and teacher training