Stacey Abrams

Democratic Platform

Democrats support progressive taxation, with higher rates on top earners and corporations to fund public investment. The party favors raising the minimum wage, strengthening unions, and expanding worker protections. Democrats generally support government investment in infrastructure, education, and social programs as drivers of broad economic growth.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams supports raising the minimum wage, strengthening worker protections, and directing federal and state investment to Georgia's underserved communities. She has called for expanding Medicaid as an economic development tool and supports progressive tax policies that fund public investment in infrastructure, education, and healthcare.

Republican Platform

Republicans favor lower taxes across income levels, with particular emphasis on cutting corporate and capital gains taxes to stimulate investment and job creation. The party supports deregulation, reduced government spending, and free market solutions over federal programs as the primary engine of prosperity.

Democratic Platform

Democrats support expanding access to affordable healthcare, including protecting the Affordable Care Act and moving toward a public option or expanded Medicare coverage. The party broadly favors government negotiation of prescription drug prices and opposes removing protections for pre-existing conditions.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams has made Medicaid expansion in Georgia a central commitment across both her gubernatorial campaigns, arguing it would cover hundreds of thousands of uninsured Georgians and strengthen rural hospitals. She supports abortion rights, opposes Georgia's abortion restrictions, and has framed healthcare access as a fundamental economic and racial justice issue.

Republican Platform

Republicans have generally sought to repeal or significantly reform the Affordable Care Act, favoring market-based solutions. The party supports expanding health savings accounts, increasing competition among insurers across state lines, and reducing federal mandates on coverage requirements.

Democratic Platform

Democrats generally support pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including DACA recipients, and favor comprehensive immigration reform. The party supports increased resources for legal immigration processing and a humanitarian approach to asylum seekers at the border.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams supports comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and long-term undocumented residents. She has opposed enforcement-only approaches and highlighted the contributions of immigrant communities to Georgia's agricultural, poultry, and construction industries.

Republican Platform

Republicans prioritize border security and strict enforcement of existing immigration law. The party broadly supports completing physical border barriers, ending policies they view as incentivizing illegal entry, and reforming legal immigration to favor applicants with marketable skills.

Democratic Platform

Democrats favor robust federal investment in public K-12 education and higher education, along with policies to reduce or eliminate student loan debt. The party generally opposes using public funds for private school vouchers and supports universal pre-K and affordable childcare.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams supports robust investment in Georgia's public schools, with particular focus on addressing funding disparities between wealthy and low-income districts. She supports universal pre-K, affordable childcare, and expanding access to Georgia's HOPE scholarship for students from lower-income families.

Republican Platform

Republicans support school choice, including voucher programs for private and religious schools, and local control over curriculum decisions. The party generally opposes federal education mandates and broadly supports parental rights in schooling. Many Republicans oppose student loan forgiveness as unfair to borrowers who repaid their loans.

Democratic Platform

Democrats broadly support stricter gun safety measures, including universal background checks, red flag laws, and restrictions on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. The party frames these regulations as consistent with the Second Amendment and necessary to reduce mass shootings.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams supports expanded background checks, red flag laws, and a repeal of Georgia's permitless carry law. She views gun violence as a public health crisis that disproportionately affects Georgia's communities of color and has backed comprehensive gun safety legislation.

Republican Platform

Republicans strongly defend Second Amendment rights and generally oppose new gun control legislation, arguing that existing laws should be enforced more effectively. The party emphasizes mental health intervention, the right to self-defense, and opposes what they view as infringement on law-abiding gun owners.

Democratic Platform

Democrats view climate change as an urgent crisis requiring immediate government action. The party supports transitioning to clean energy through federal investment and regulation, reducing carbon emissions across the economy, and meeting international climate commitments. Democrats generally oppose expanding fossil fuel development on public lands.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams supports aggressive clean energy investment in Georgia and has highlighted the state's solar manufacturing boom as a model for clean energy economic development. She backs federal climate commitments and has called for accelerating Georgia's transition to clean energy through both public investment and regulation.

Republican Platform

Republicans emphasize American energy independence through domestic production of oil, gas, and coal alongside renewable development. Many in the party are skeptical of aggressive climate regulations they argue harm economic growth and jobs. Republicans generally prefer market-based energy solutions over government mandates and oppose restrictions that raise energy costs for families.

Democratic Platform

Democrats generally support a multilateral approach to foreign policy, emphasizing alliances, international institutions, and diplomacy as the first line of engagement. The party broadly supports maintaining NATO commitments, providing aid to democratic allies, and engaging international bodies to address shared challenges.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams supports U.S. alliances, continued backing for Ukraine, and a multilateral approach to international challenges. As a governor candidate, she has engaged foreign policy debates primarily through their effects on Georgia's economy, particularly the automotive and clean energy manufacturing investments that have transformed the state.

Republican Platform

Republicans emphasize American sovereignty, a strong military as a deterrent, and bilateral relationships over multilateral institutions. The party broadly supports robust defense spending and is skeptical of international agreements they view as constraining American action or requiring open-ended foreign commitments.

Democratic Platform

Democrats oppose cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits and support expanding both programs. The party generally favors raising the Social Security payroll tax cap on high earners to ensure long-term solvency and opposes any form of privatization.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams opposes cuts to Social Security and Medicare and has called for strengthening both programs. She views these programs as essential to Georgia's older residents and has backed federal legislation to protect them from benefit reductions or privatization.

Republican Platform

Republicans support reforming Social Security and Medicare to ensure long-term fiscal solvency, which some in the party argue requires adjusting benefits or eligibility ages. The party opposes tax increases to fund the programs and some members have supported personal investment account options.

Democratic Platform

Democrats broadly support criminal justice reform, including reducing mandatory minimum sentences, addressing racial disparities in policing and incarceration, and investing in community-based alternatives. The party generally supports police accountability measures and evidence-based approaches to reducing recidivism.

Stacey Abrams

Abrams supports significant criminal justice reform, including reducing mandatory minimum sentences, ending cash bail, addressing racial disparities in policing, and investing in reentry programming. Her work on voting rights intersects with criminal justice through her efforts to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions.

Republican Platform

Republicans emphasize law and order, strong support for law enforcement, and tough penalties for crime. The party generally opposes reducing mandatory minimum sentences for violent offenses and supports prosecutors pursuing strong sentences. Republicans broadly oppose policies they view as undermining police authority or creating leniency for criminals.