This article will simplify the views of our candidates for the 2016 presidential elections! All of the topics listed will have a short description of their meanings below.
Death Penalty
This is capital punishment decided on by the state where a person is put to death for a crime.
Donald Trump: Agree
Hillary Clinton: Agree
Bernie Sanders: Disagree
Gary Johnson: Disagree
Racial Profiling
This is the discrimination and targeting of individuals for crimes based on their race, religion, ethnicity, or where they are from.
Donald Trump: Agree
Hillary Clinton: Disagree
Bernie Sanders: Disagree
Gary Johnson: Disagree
Flat Tax
This is a tax system that sets the same tax rate to every tax payer regardless of their income bracket.
Donald Trump: Unknown
Hillary Clinton: Disagree
Bernie Sanders: Disagree
Gary Johnson: Disagree
Privatized Social Security
Social security privatization takes money out of Social Security and puts it into individuals' accounts.
Donald Trump: Unknown
Hillary Clinton: Disagree
Bernie Sanders: Disagree
Gary Johnson: Agree
Fracking
A way of extracting gas by drilling into the earth and releasing a high pressure mixture of water, chemicals, and sand.
Donald Trump: Agree
Hillary Clinton: Agree
Bernie Sanders: Disagree
Gary Johnson: Agree
Enacting More Gun Control Laws
These laws help regulate the use, sale, and possession of firearms and ammunition.
Donald Trump: Disagree
Hillary Clinton: Agree
Bernie Sanders: Agree
Gary Johnson: Disagree
Abortion Legalization
This is a safe, legal way of terminating a pregnancy by removing the fetus or embryo. This is normally performed in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.
Donald Trump: Disagree
Hillary Clinton: Agree
Bernie Sanders: Agree
Gary Johnson: Agree
Is Obamacare a Good Choice?
Also known as the Affordable Care Act, this is a health reform act signed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Donald Trump: Disagree
Hillary Clinton: Agree
Bernie Sanders: Agree
Gary Johnson: Disagree
Deportation Raids
This is the targeting of immigrant families by the federal government as a way to enforce immigration laws.
Donald Trump: Agree
Hillary Clinton: Disagree
Bernie Sanders: Disagree
Gary Johnson: Disagree
Human Activity Causing Climate Change
Climate change is the change of weather patterns over long periods of time. This simplifies whether or not the candidates believe that human activity is a primary cause of climate change.
Donald Trump: Disagree
Hillary Clinton: Agree
Bernie Sanders: Agree
Gary Johnson: Agree