Editor's note: This chart features brief summaries of candidates' viewpoints on some issues, based on their statements and records. Most candidates have offered more comprehensive explanations of their positions on these and other issues. More information may be found on their campaign Web sites.
Opposes death penalty; says it doesn't deter crime, has racial and class bias
End 'drug war,' legalize some drugs; calls drug abuse a health problem
Backs trigger locks, licensing of gun owners, bans in some cases
Bar vouchers, curb standardized testing push
No public position on justices
Abortion
Death penalty
Drug policy
Gun control
Education reform
Supreme Court
NOTE • AG: Attorney General; ANWR: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; CAFÉ:
Standards that provide tax and other incentives for consumers to purchase
and alternative fuel vehicles; COPS: Community Oriented Policing Program;
DOMA: Defense of Marriage Act; GLBT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered;
NCLB: No Child Left Behind; NMD: National Missile Defense.
