Candidate Pros and Cons

Elizabeth Alexander, Features Editor

WHAT THEY STAND FOR

 

HILLARY CLINTON

 

Pro:

 

  • Death penalty
  • Federal tax increase
  • Tuition-free colleges/universities
  • Abiding by Native American treaties
  • Fracking
  • Gun control
  • Gun-free school zones
  • Closing Guantanamo Bay
  • Renewable/Green energy
  • LGBT+ and Racial rights/justice
  • Same-sex marriage
  • Black Lives Matter

 

 

Con:

 

  • Private prisons
  • Continuing war on drugs
  • Troops to enforce immigration laws
  • Parental permission to abortion-seeking minors
  • Terror Watch List subjects to purchase guns
  • Embargo against Cuba
  • Private social security
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
  • Photo ID requirement to vote

 

 

DONALD TRUMP

 

Pro:

 

  • Growth of charter schools
  • Third party candidates
  • Fracking
  • Building power plants
  • Employee immigration status
  • “Building the wall”
  • U.S./Russia alliance against terrorism
  • Sending troops to fight ISIS
  • US Military Budget Increase
  • Interrogation Torture Techniques
  • NSA Continuation of Phone Numbers and Metadata

 

 

Con:

 

  • Embargo against cuba
  • Iran nuclear arms deal
  • Gun control
  • Legalized abortion
  • Obamacare
  • Syrian refugees
  • Closing Guantanamo Bay
  • Renewable/Green energy
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership
  • Common core standards
  • Tuition-free colleges/universities
  • Increasing federal taxes
  • Subsidizing oil companies