How Common Sense Compares
Common sense
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Trump
Biden
Our leaders must act now to solve today’s economic challenges before they become impossible to solve tomorrow.
Washington must stop spending more than it takes in.
America is a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.
An all-of-the-above energy strategy is the best way to lower prices for American families.
The free flow of information is crucial for a democratic society.
Every legal voter should have the ability to vote, every legal vote should be counted and every counted vote should be verified.
Every American deserves respect and freedom from discrimination.
America must strike a balance between protecting women’s rights to control their own reproductive health and our society’s responsibility to protect human life.
Americans have a constitutional right to own guns but society also has a responsibility to keep dangerous weapons away from dangerous people.
No child should be forced to go to a failing school.
Congress must vote on a debt reduction plan from an independent bipartisan commission.
Fix Social Security now to protect beneficiaries from 24% cuts within a decade.
“I will do everything within my power not to touch Social Security.”
Secure the border.
Attract hardworking taxpayers. Protect the Dreamers.
Don't inhibit oil and gas production; do expand reliable, carbon-free nuclear power.
Ban social media companies, government institutions, and political parties from censoring information unfavorable to them.
Restore faith in elections by making it easier to vote by mail and requiring an ID to vote.
Three quarters of Americans support laws to protect transgender individuals from discrimination, but also don’t want sexuality and gender issues taught to young children.
Most Americans do not want bans on abortion, but most do want limits on it.
Universal background checks.
Open 10,000 public charter schools in the next decade.
National debt during term: $19 trillion → $27 trillion.
“Why do we want all these people from s***hole countries coming here?”
“I’m not a believer in global warming.”
“The FAKE NEWS media ... is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!”
"Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country."
“We’re going to defeat the cult of gender ideology.”
“There has to be some form of punishment” for women who get abortions.
Mass shootings are “not a gun problem.”
Says school choice is “the civil rights issue of all time.”
“I guarantee you I will protect Social Security and Medicare without any change.”
National debt during term: $28 trillion → $32 trillion.
2022 saw the most illegal border crossings in U.S. history.
“No more drilling on federal lands. No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill. Period.”
A federal judge said that under President Biden, “the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth” and is potentially guilty of “the most massive attack against free speech in United States history.”
Said voter ID requirements are "an attempt to repress minority voting."
Says efforts by states to limit access to puberty blockers and hormones for minors is “immoral” and “outrageous.”
Supports legislation that would overturn almost all state limits on abortion.
Supports universal background checks.
"I am not a charter school fan.”
Social Security
Immigration
Debt
Energy
Free speech
voting
transgender
abortion
guns
education
Common sense
idea
Trump
Biden
“I will do everything within my power not to touch Social Security.”
“I guarantee you I will protect Social Security and Medicare without any change.”
Congress must vote on a debt reduction plan from an independent bipartisan commission.
National debt during term: $19 trillion → $27 trillion.
National debt during term: $28 trillion → $32 trillion.
Common sense
idea
Trump
Biden
Secure the border. Attract hardworking taxpayers. Protect the Dreamers.
“Why do we want all these people from s***hole countries coming here?”
“Why do we want all these people from s***hole countries coming here?”
2022 saw the most illegal border crossings in U.S. history.
Don't inhibit oil and gas production; do expand reliable, carbon-free nuclear power.
“I’m not a believer in global warming.”
“No more drilling on federal lands. No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill. Period.”
A federal judge said that under President Biden, “the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth” and is potentially guilty of “the most massive attack against free speech in United States history.”
“The FAKE NEWS media ... is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!”
Ban social media companies, government institutions, and political parties from censoring information unfavorable to them.
Said voter ID requirements are "an attempt to repress minority voting."
"Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country."
Restore faith in elections by making it easier to vote by mail and requiring an ID to vote.
Says efforts by states to limit access to puberty blockers and hormones for minors is “immoral” and “outrageous.”
“We’re going to defeat the cult of gender ideology.”
Three quarters of Americans support laws to protect transgender individuals from discrimination, but also don’t want sexuality and gender issues taught to young children.
Supports legislation that would overturn almost all state limits on abortion.
“There has to be some form of punishment” for women who get abortions.
Most Americans do not want bans on abortion, but most do want limits on it.
Supports universal background checks.
Mass shootings are “not a gun problem.”
Universal background checks.
Biden
Trump
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Common sense
Biden
Trump
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Common sense
Trump
Common sense
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Biden
Biden
Trump
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Common sense
Common sense
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Trump
Biden
Biden
Trump
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Common sense
Biden
Trump
Common sense
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Open 10,000 public charter schools in the next decade.
Says school choice is “the civil rights issue of all time.”
"I am not a charter school fan.”