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Side by side · 10 issues

Find the issue that matters to you.

See what Democrats delivered, where Republicans stood, and how each side voted. Every guide links to the records behind its claims.

  1. 01 / Can you afford to get sick?

    Health care

    Democrats stopped insurers from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, capped Medicare insulin at $35, and let Medicare negotiate drug prices. Republicans tried to repeal the health law and voted against the drug-price reforms.

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  2. 02 / Who gets the tax cut?

    Cost of living

    Democrats lowered Medicare drug costs and invested in infrastructure and domestic manufacturing. Republicans made corporate tax cuts permanent and back tariffs that raise consumer prices.

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  3. 03 / Who decides - you or your state legislature?

    Abortion

    Republican-appointed justices overturned Roe, allowing states to ban abortion. Democrats want to restore its protections in federal law.

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  4. 04 / What your power bill funds

    Climate and energy

    Democrats enacted the country's largest clean-energy investment. Republicans voted against it, then ended key clean-vehicle and home-energy credits early in their 2025 tax law.

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  5. 05 / What happens after the next one

    Guns

    Democrats helped pass the first major federal gun-safety law in decades and want universal background checks. Most Republicans voted against the law; their 2024 platform offers no comparable proposal.

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  6. 06 / How hard is it to cast this ballot?

    Voting and democracy

    Democrats pushed national standards for early and mail voting and a restored Voting Rights Act. Senate Republicans blocked both bills from advancing.

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  7. 07 / The check that has to keep coming

    Social Security and Medicare

    Democrats propose taxing high earners to strengthen Social Security and have lowered Medicare drug costs. The 2024 Republican platform promises no benefit cuts but names no way to close the trust-fund shortfall.

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  8. 08 / Whose marriage, whose kid, whose doctor

    LGBTQ rights

    Democrats led the law protecting federal recognition of same-sex marriage and want broader civil-rights protections. Most congressional Republicans voted against the marriage law.

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  9. 09 / Who runs the classroom, who holds the loan

    Schools and student debt

    Democrats back public-school funding and student-debt relief. The 2024 Republican platform calls for closing the Education Department and sending public funds to private and religious schools.

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  10. 10 / What you were exposed to, and who pays for it

    Veterans

    The Democratic-led Congress expanded VA care for veterans exposed to toxins. Senate Republicans briefly blocked the PACT Act before joining its bipartisan final passage.

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