Trump or Biden?

The statistics from statista.com, show how the election would turn out if it happened today. Biden would have a 6-point lead over Trump, in average. To understand more as to why this is, these two candidates need to be compared to each other on the different issues that are important to most Americans today.

Biden and Trump focus on different issues, making it difficult to compare these two, but according to Pew Research Center, the most important political issues to Americans today are racial and social justice, education and gun laws.

Racial and social justice is a major issue Americans face today. May 25, 2020, Americans again experienced how corrupt the racial and social justice system is. Biden supports rooting out racism, while Trump wants to rescind guidance aimed at reducing racial disparities in school discipline. Whites and blacks are still treated extremely differently, causing this to be an important issue to have an opinion on for the nominees.

Education is essential for a life with possibilities. Biden wants to put a lot of money into the education system in America, so that it can get as good as possible. Early education is an investment, and smaller classes in early grades are important. In comparison, Trump does not offer preschool programs, and would rather have larger classes. He puts as little money as possible into the education system. Trump also supports private schools with public money, where Biden focuses on ensuring that families have access to support services and modernized school buildings.

Thirty percent of American adults personally own a gun (Saad, 2019). Gun laws are significant to most Americans, where guns affect them one way or another. Biden believes that to reduce gun violence, the federal government should close gun show loopholes and restrict the gun laws. Trump thinks that to reduce gun violence, teachers should be carrying guns, and the more people that carry guns, the safer he thinks the people will be.

Sources:

• EdVotes. (n.d.). Compare Candidates. Retrieved May 27, 2020 from https://educationvotes.nea.org/presidential-2020/compare-candidates/.
• Pew Research Center. (2020). Political Issues Priority. Retrieved May 27, 2020 from https://www.pewresearch.org/topics/political-issue-priorities/.
• Roper, W. (2020, May 19). Presidential Election – Trump vs. Biden. Retrieved May 27, 2020 from https://www.statista.com/chart/21377/trump-versus-biden/.
• Saad, L. (2019, August 14). What Percentage of Americans Own Guns? Retrieved May 27, 2020 from https://news.gallup.com/poll/264932/percentage-americans-own-guns.aspx.