In less than 100 days registered voters in the United States will elect their next President, possibly sooner if you plan to vote absentee or by mail.
Votes will choose from among several candidates-
- Incumbent president, Donald J. Trump- Republican
- Former Vice President, Joe Biden-Democrat
And a long list of third party and independent candidates, who may or may not be on the ballot in your state-
- Jo Jorgenson-Liberarian
- Howie Hawkins-Green Party
- Don Blankenship-Constitution Party
- Kanye West-Birthday Party
Campaign 2020
American presidential campaigns are always contentious, involving often widely different views on
- the economy
- taxes/Social Security
- national security/defense
- immigration
- foreign policy
- jobs/employment
- education
- crime/violence/guns
- healthcare
And this year new issues make this campaign even more raucous than usual with debate on
- widespread protests
- rioting/looting
- misuse of force by police
- racism/reparations/justice
- recession/jobs loss
- evictions/food insecurity
- business shutdowns
- school closures
- public health restrictions
- overwhelmed hospitals
- disease and deaths due to COVID-19
At least in the memory of anyone alive today, we have never seen a presidential campaign quite like this one, maybe never in United States’ history.
The candidates speak-
Earlier this year I reviewed the official websites of the Republican and the Democratic political parties and wrote posts summarizing their proposals for healthcare.
Then I visited the campaign websites of the two major party candidates for President of the United States, first reviewing their healthcare stances in general and then their views on the COVID-19 pandemic specifically.
This post contains links to all of those posts so you can easily review them as you carefully consider how you will vote this year. As I said before, I encourage you to read the entire original documents yourself, especially as there may be updates.
Through this blog I do not endorse any particular candidate; if it seems otherwise, that is unintentional and accidental.
Here is a reminder of the structure of the United States Federal government as created by the Constitution
The Parties’ Platforms on Healthcare
How the Republicans want to fix your healthcare- a review of the party platform of 2016
The Republican National Committee chose to defer writing a platform for 2020. Instead they issued a RESOLUTION REGARDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM . It concludes with the following resolutions: That the Republican Party has and will continue to enthusiastically support the President’s America-first agenda;
How the Democrats want to fix your healthcare- a review of the party platform
“Democrats have been fighting to secure universal health care for the American people for generations, and we are proud to be the party that passed Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Being stronger together means finally achieving that goal. We are going to fight to make sure every American has access to quality, affordable health care.” quote from the Democratic party platform
The President Candidates’ Healthcare Positions and Policies
Donald Trump’s Healthcare Achievements-a review
The ACA sparked heated debate in the 2016 election with the Democratic candidate pledging to build upon it and Republican candidate vowing to dismantle it . This year the debate continues.
Joe Biden’s Plan for Healthcare-a review
The ACA sparked heated debate in the 2016 election with the Democratic candidate pledging to build upon it and Republican candidate vowing to dismantle it . This year the debate continues.
The President Candidates’ COVID-19 pandemic response
Donald Trump’s Actions to Combat the Coronavirus
In two previous posts I reviewed the healthcare plans of Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. For this and the next post I reviewed statements about the United States’ coronavirus pandemic response from the candidates’ official campaign websites.
Joe Biden’s Plan to Combat Coronavirus (COVID-19)
For this and a previous post I reviewed statements about the United States’ coronavirus pandemic response from the President candidates’ official campaign websites.
Exploring the HEART of campaign 2020
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