TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS DEADLOCKED IN FINAL DAYS BEFORE HISTORIC U.S. ELECTIONS

THE LONDON DAILY MAIL GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED THIS INSTRUCTIVE GRAPH ON WHERE BITH CANDIDATES STAND ON THE UMPORTANT ISSUES

Immigration has been the focus of Trump’s campaign. He’s promised the ‘largest domestic deportation operation’ in history and to restart building the border wall.
He’s called for illegal migrants convicted of murdering U.S. citizens or law enforcement officers to face the death penalty. He has also proposed the death penalty for people convicted of sex trafficking women and children.
Wants to end birthright citizenship and revoke the visas of Pro-Palestinain student protesters. Noncitizen graduates of US colleges and universities would automatically get green cards under his administration.

Harris wants to resurrect the bipartisan border security bill which would increase border security personnel and technology.
The Democratic nominee supports an ‘earned pathway to citizenship’ – but hasn’t provided broader details.
She has called the separation of families who cross the border ‘human rights abuse,’ but hasn’t articulated a position on it during her 2024 campaign.

The foundation of Trump’s economic plan is to cut taxes, raise tariffs and reduce regulation.
He has vowed to ‘steal’ back manufacturing jobs that have been moved overseas and renegotiate trade deals to focus on American production.
He wants to use more American resources including oil and gas in energy and manufacturing.

The Democratic nominee has proposed a federal ban on corporate price-gouging, but it’s unclear exactly how it would work.
Harris has proposed giving small businesses a $50,000 tax deduction for startup expenses – up from the current $5,000.
She has pitched getting rid of degree requirements for federal workers and doubling union apprenticeships to increase employment.

He wants to reduce corporate income tax to 15 percent for companies that make their products in the U.S. and extend his 2017 tax cuts which could run out next year.
As part of a string of no-tax pledges, the Republican nominee has said he will get rid of taxes on tips and overtime.
Has promised to end ‘double taxation’ for Americans living abroad.

Like President Joe Biden, Harris has pledged not to raise taxes on Americans who make less than $400,000 annually.
She plans to expand the Child Tax Credit to provide a $6,000 tax cut to families with newborn children.
Harris wants to increase the tax rate on long-term capital gains for those earning more than a million dollars a year to 28 percent.

Has vowed to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits.
He argues the move would help Americans fully fund their retirements and could lead to more economic growth.
But it would increase the budget deficit by $1.6 trillion over 10 years and could accelerate the insolvency of Social Security, opponents say.

Has vowed to protect Social Security for America’s seniors who have paid into system.
Backed passage of the American Rescue Plan which bailed out the Teamsters pension fund.
Harris hasn’t talked in detail about Social Security during her campaign.
In the Senate, Harris co-sponsored a bill that would have required the wealthy to pay higher Social Security taxes and made benefits more generous for some.

SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION

Vowed to send thousands of troops – some from overseas – to the Southern Border and use military force on drug cartels.
As part of his mass deportation plans, he wants the military to build detention camps and use troops to round up migrants.
He believes the U.S. gives far more than other countries to international alliances like NATO. Has said he would start peace talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin on day one.

She has called Iran the ‘greatest adversary’ to the United States and said preventing them from achieving nuclear power is a top priority.
Harris has stressed the importance of working with US allies against bad actors to promote US security across the globe.
Has ruled out bilateral peace talks with Vladimir Putin in a bid to end the war in Ukraine.

Trump has claimed the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas would have never happened if he was president and blamed it on the weakness of the Biden-Harris administration.
He has called for Israel to do a ‘better job’ with public relations and to get the war in Gaza ‘over with’.
When asked during the presidential debate with Harris if he supported an independent Palestinian state, he said: ‘I’d have to see’.
Has been in contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the build-up to the election.

The vice president insists Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas but has also pushed for a ceasefire and called for an end to Palestinian ‘suffering’.
When the war in Gaza ends, she has called for a two-state solution. Harris supports a proposed hostage for extended ceasefire deal that aims to bring all remaining hostages home.
Has dodged questions on whether she believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dragging out the war to impact the U.S. election.

Trump says crime is on the up and has blamed Democrat politicians and migrants.
In an interview with DailyMail.com, he said he would lift the moratorium on federal executions if elected.
Would use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 – a wartime authority allowing the president to detain or deport members of an enemy nation – to get rid of migrant crime gangs.
Supports pro-marijuana legislation, including legalizing recreational weed use in his home state of Florida.
If elected, Trump would be the first president convicted of a crime after he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the New York hush-money trial.

The former prosecutor has urged voters she will be tough on crime after years in the criminal justice system.
Has admitted she owns a Glock, but has called for more background checks for gun buyers and pushed for more gun-control legislation.
Said Americans should ‘not be going to jail for smoking weed’ and is pushing for the legalization of marijuana.
The Trump campaign has focused on her past statements on backing defunding the police and being ‘weak’ on crime.

Part of Trump’s housing plan is tied to his immigration strategy, blaming migrants for soaring prices.
Plans to prioritize single-family homes over multi-family, low-income housing and has promised to ‘keep criminals out of your neighborhood’.
Trump also wants to reduce regulation and open up federal land for large-scale construction projects.

Proposes up to $25,000 down payments to help first-time home buyers.
Wants three million new housing units over the first four years of her administration, increasing the total called for by Biden.
Wants to expanding tax incentives for businesses that build affordable rental housing and create new incentive for building starter homes.

Trump has promised to roll back federal regulations and crack down on mandates for EV sales.
He opposes California wanting to ban the sale of all gas-powered cars in the state after 2035.
He refers to American oil as ‘liquid gold’ and has promised to allow almost all permits to drill in the U.S. ‘Drill baby drill’ is a favorite line of his at his rallies.
He has brushed off the threat of global warming and said sea levels are rising extremely slowly.

Harris is a strong believer in combatting climate change and was an early backer of the Green New Deal. As vice president, she announced more than $1 billion in grants to address flooding and extreme heat exacerbated by climate change.
Harris has changed her position on the oil and gas drilling technique known as fracking. When she ran for president in 2019, Harris supported a fracking ban, but now she has said repeatedly: ‘I will not ban fracking.’
She promotes ‘clean energy.’ In 2022, Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies for electric cars and other clean-energy technology.

Trump has taken credit for overturning Roe v. Wade, but believes abortion laws should be left up to the states.
He said he would vote against a measure in his home state of Florida to protect abortion rights.
Has vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as ‘Obamacare’. He wants to replace it with a plan that costs Americans ‘less money’.
Running mate J.D. Vance has said chronically-ill patients should be grouped in healthcare insurance pools based on their risk.

Harris had made her support for abortion rights a signature issue in her campaign. She has vowed to work with Congress to sign a law codifying the federal protections that existed under Roe v. Wade into law.
Harris supports an expansion of Medicare. She has proposed providing federal funding to cover home care costs for older Americans, as well as hearing and vision coverage.
She also wants to extend to all Americans the $35 cap on insulin and the $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket spending now offered through Medicare to senior citizens.
She is a strong proponent of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, and wants to strengthen and expand it.