2012 presidential election

Introduction
Candidate inclusion criteria
Candidate issues
- Side-by-side comparison chart
- Health Care
  - Abortion
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Abortion and parental consent
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Obamacare
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Health insurance mandate
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Medicare
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Health care
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Stem cells
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
  - Medical marijuana
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
- Crime and justice
  - Felon voting
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Non-violent drug users
    - Pro
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
  - Racial profiling
    - Pro
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Mitt Romney
  - Concealed carry
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
    - Con
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Gun control
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Jill Stein
  - Death penalty
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
  - Federal marijuana enforcement
    - Pro
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Drinking age
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
- International and military
  - China
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Cuba
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
  - Iran
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
  - Drone strikes
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
  - National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
  - National service
    - Pro
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Jill Stein
  - Iraq War and safety
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Mitt Romney
  - Iraq war
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
  - War on Terror
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Jill Stein
  - Syria
    - Pro
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
- Economy
  - Credit cards
    - Pro
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Financial institution bail-out
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
  - Car company bail-out
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
  - Debt limit
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Jill Stein
  - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
    - Pro
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Federal deficit
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
  - Gold standard
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Labor unions
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
  - NAFTA
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
  - Oil company subsidies
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Taxes and hiring
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Jill Stein
  - Tax increases
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
  - Wealth tax
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
  - Churches and taxes
    - Pro
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Social Security
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
    - Con
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
  - Job outsourcing
    - Pro
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Mitt Romney
- Education
  - Sex education
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
  - Student loans
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
  - No Child Left Behind
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
  - Private school vouchers
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Standardized tests
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
  - Teacher tenure
    - Pro
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Religion
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
    - Con
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
- Immigration
  - Undocumented immigrants and social services
    - Pro
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - E-verify
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Jill Stein
  - State and local immigration enforcement
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Border wall
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
    - Not clear or none found
      Jill Stein
  - Troops at the border
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Mitt Romney
  - U.S. economy
    - Pro
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
- Environment
  - ANWR Drilling
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Jill Stein
  - Climate change
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Clean Air Act
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Jill Stein
  - GMO food
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
  - Energy subsidies
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Keystone XL Pipeline
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Barack Obama
  - Nuclear energy
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
  - Domestic oil
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Jill Stein
- U.S. politics
  - Citizen’s United
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
  - Voter ID
    - Pro
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
  - Gay marriage
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Politicians and extra-marital affairs
    - Pro
    - Con
    - Not clear or none found
      Virgil Goode
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
  - Occupy Wall Street
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
  - Public broadcasting
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
  - Tea Party
    - Pro
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Con
      Barack Obama
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
  - U.S. Constitution
    - Pro
      Gary Johnson
      Barack Obama
      Mitt Romney
      Jill Stein
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
  - World Trade Center
    - Pro
      Barack Obama
    - Con
      Virgil Goode
      Mitt Romney
    - Not clear or none found
      Gary Johnson
      Jill Stein
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