BALTIMORE — Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and former President Donald Trump, a Republican, campaigned vigorously in the final months of the historic 2024 presidential election. Now is the time for voters to cast their ballots. express.

Although there are third-party candidates on the ballot in Maryland, an overwhelming majority of Americans will choose between Harris and Trump, who clash over multiple policies and the best direction of the country.

Here’s a look at where they stand on key issues:

Economy

Harris: She proposed several plans that would provide cash to first-time home buyers, expand tax credits to low-income and middle-class families, ban price gouging, increase government infrastructure spending Biden administration and would raise taxes on businesses and wealthy Americans.

Asset: He said he would cut taxes in a second term more than in his first term, making personal tax cuts permanent and reducing the corporate tax rate to 15 percent. He also wants to eliminate taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security benefits.

Public safety

Asset: He has called for deploying the military to Democratic-run cities to combat crime, opposes gun restrictions and supports reclassifying medical marijuana.

Harris: She supports increasing police funding, decriminalizing marijuana and restricting guns. This includes banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Abortion

Harris: She supports abortion rights and has said she would sign a bill that would enshrine federal protections. She wants to prevent states from enacting restrictions before a fetus is viable.

Asset: His Supreme Court picks overturned Roe v. Wade, but he said he would not sign a federal abortion ban. He supports states passing the laws they want.

Health care

Asset: He has pledged to replace the Affordable Care Act and wants to combat opioid addiction by closing the southern border and using military force against Mexican drug cartels.

Harris: She supports the Biden administration’s expanded insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, plans to lower drug prices and make Medicare cover long-term care at home.

Immigration

Harris: She supports restrictions on asylum seekers and wants to tackle the causes of migration. She supported a bipartisan immigration bill that would have hired thousands of border security agents.

Asset: He said he would launch the largest deportation effort in American history, including detaining immigrants who enter the country illegally in camps.

Climate

Asset: He has denied climate change and said he would get rid of many environmental regulations that would protect air and water quality.

Harris: She supports environmental justice programs and renewable energy subsidies and reversed her position on banning fracking, saying she would no longer ban it.

Education

Harris: She wants to increase funding for public schools and has supported the Biden administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness. She opposes laws that restrict what can be taught about race, history and gender.

Asset: He wants to abolish the Department of Education, give parents financial support for school choice and restrict what schools can teach about race, history and gender. He opposes student loan forgiveness.

Democracy

Asset: He has not accepted his defeat in the 2020 election and has not committed to accepting the 2024 results. He has opposed Democrats’ voting rights bills.

Harris: She said she would accept the results of the 2024 election and condemned Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. She supported efforts to expand voting rights.

Ukraine

Harris: She would continue to send military aid to Ukraine, but she has not shared many foreign policies related to China. She said it was important for the United States to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty.

Asset: He said he would eliminate the country’s economic dependence on China, but he did not say whether he would send more aid to Ukraine. He claimed, without details, that he would end the war in one day.

Israel

Asset: He supports Israel but encourages it to end the war in Gaza. He doesn’t think a two-state solution is possible.

Harris: She supports a two-state solution, Israel’s right to defend itself and has also called for a ceasefire.

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