THE ISSUES / SOCIAL ISSUES
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Editor's note: This chart features brief summaries of candidates' viewpoints on some issues, based on their statements and records. Most candidates have offered more comprehensive explanations of their positions on these and other issues. More information may be found on their campaign Web sites.
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Abortion |
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Death penalty |
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Drug policy |
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Gun control |
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Education reform |
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Supreme Court |
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Supports a woman's right to an abortion |
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Apply only for extreme crimes; calls for inquiry into system |
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Do not decriminalize drugs, but drug use public health issue |
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Keep federal laws; improve enforcement; give states leeway |
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Calls NCLB Act a "huge unfunded mandate" |
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Appoint judges based on experience and merit, not litmus tests |
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Supports a woman's right to an abortion; planning resources |
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Opposes death penalty |
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More police; aggressively target traffickers; fund treatment |
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Close gun show loophole; require child safety locks |
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Bar vouchers; fully fund NCLB, special ed., school building |
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Appoint judges committed to law, civil and abortion rights |
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Opposes except cases of rape, incest or to save woman's life |
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Supports death penalty |
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Reduce illegal drug usage by 10 percent over two years |
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Protect
gun makers from lawsuits |
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Signed NCLB; federal budget has not fully funded legislation |
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Has cited Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia as model justices |
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Abortion |
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Death penalty |
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Drug policy |
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Gun control |
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Education reform |
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Supreme Court |
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• AG: Attorney General; ANWR: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; CAFÉ: Standards that provide tax and other incentives for consumers to purchase and alternative fuel vehicles; COPS: Community Oriented Policing Program; DOMA: Defense of Marriage Act; GLBT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered; NCLB: No Child Left Behind; NMD: National Missile Defense;