2008 presidential election

Introduction
Candidate issues
- Side-by-side comparison chart
- Crime and justice
  - Rehab v. jail
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Death penalty
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
  - Gun control
    - Pro
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
- Domestic policy
  - DC statehood
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
  - Marriage amendment
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin,
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Journalists’ sources
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Federal marijuana raids
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
  - National ID
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader,
    - Not clear or none found
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
  - Federal funds to religious organizations
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
  - NASA
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
  - Social Security
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama,
  - Embryonic stem cell research
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
    - Not clear or none found
      Ralph Nader
  - US Constitution updates
    - Pro
      Bob Barr,
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
  - USA PATRIOT Act
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
  - Warrantless wiretaps
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      John McCain
- Economy
  - Outsourcing jobs
    - Pro
      John McCain
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      Barack Obama
  - Labor rights
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - NAFTA
    - Pro
      John McCain
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Private company bail-out
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
  - Labor unions
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
  - Bush tax cuts
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain,
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
  - Federal tax increase
    - Pro
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr,
      John McCain
    - Not clear or none found
      Cynthia McKinney
- Education
  - No Child Left Behind
    - Pro
      John McCain
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - College tuition
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
  - School vouchers
    - Pro
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
  - Sex education
    - Pro
      John McCain
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
  - Intelligent design
    - Pro
    - Con
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
- Elections
  - Felon voting
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - VVPAT
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Campaign contributions
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr,
  - Public finance
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
  - Eminent domain
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
- Energy
  - ANWR drilling
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
    - Con
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Emergency oil reserves
    - Pro
      John McCain
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Barack Obama
  - Offshore drilling
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
  - Nuclear power
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
  - Ethanol industry
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
  - Carbon emissions
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Fuel efficiency
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney,
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
  - Climate change
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
    - Not clear or none found
      John McCain
- Health care
  - Abortion
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
  - Abortion and parental consent
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Universal health care
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Prescription drugs
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
  - Fast food and obesity
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Barack Obama,
  - Medical marijuana
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      John McCain
- Immigration
  - Economic benefit
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Ralph Nader,
      Barack Obama
  - Entitlements
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
  - Border wall
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader,
- International
  - China threat
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
    - Con
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
  - China and economic sanctions
    - Pro
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Cuba
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr,
  - Darfur
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      John McCain
      Ralph Nader
  - Missile defense
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Iran’s nuclear program
    - Pro
    - Con
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama,
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
      Ralph Nader
  - Iran negotiations
    - Pro
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Ralph Nader
  - Iraq
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      John McCain
  - Iraq and American safety
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Iraq troop withdrawal
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama,
    - Con
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Israel aid
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
  - Hamas
    - Pro
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Palestinian state
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
  - Kosovo
    - Pro
      John McCain
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Turkey
    - Pro
    - Con
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin,
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
- Military
  - Military draft
    - Pro
      Bob Barr
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - LGBTQ military service
    - Pro
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
  - Mandatory national service
    - Pro
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Not clear or none found
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Guantanamo Bay
    - Pro
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
- Politics
  - Competence v. honesty
    - Pro
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Extramarital affairs
    - Pro
    - Con
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
  - Line item veto
    - Pro
      John McCain
    - Con
      Chuck Baldwin
      Cynthia McKinney
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      Ralph Nader
      Barack Obama
  - Unitary executive theory
    - Pro
    - Con
      Cynthia McKinney
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Barack Obama
  - Vice president
    - Pro
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Chuck Baldwin
      Bob Barr
      John McCain
      Ralph Nader
  - Candidates’ religions
    - Pro
      Chuck Baldwin
      John McCain
    - Con
      Ralph Nader
    - Not clear or none found
      Bob Barr
      Cynthia McKinney
      Barack Obama
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