# Political positions of the 2016 United States presidential candidates by political affiliation

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The United States presidential candidates in the 2016 United States presidential candidates by political affiliation hold a wide variety of stances on issues related to domestic and foreign policy and their political ideological views.

## Domestic policy
### Capital punishment

| Political party | Democratic Party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | Green Party |
| Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | Jill Stein |
| Federal capital punishment | Yes | Unitary state position | Yes | Unitary state position | No | | No | |

### LGBT rights

Executive positions
| Political party | Democratic Party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | Green Party |
| Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | Jill Stein |
| Arizona Senate Bill 1062 | No | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Burwell v. Hobby Lobby | No | | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Cap out-of pocket expenses for people with HIV/AIDS | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Define the term "sex" in federal statute, federal agencies, and courts to include discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Equality Act of 2015 | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Executive Order 13672 | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Yes | |
| Every Child Deserves a Family Act | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Expand the utilization of HIV prevention medications, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| H.R. 2802 and S. 1598 | Un­known | | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Indiana Senate Bill 101 | No | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Kansas Senate Bill 175 | No | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Law enforcement training on interactions with LGBT individuals. | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| LGBT Data Inclusion Act | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| LGBT adoption | No | Unitary state position | Un­known | Federalist position | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Mississippi House Bill 1523 | No | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| North Carolina House Bill 2 | No | Unitary state position | Yes | Federalist position | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Obergefell v. Hodges | No | Unitary state position | No | Federalist position | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Proposition 1 | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Reporting of hate crimes data based on a victim's actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity | Yes | Unitary state position (federally collected data only) Federalist position (state and territorial collected data only) | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Safe Schools Improvement Act | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Same-sex marriage | Yes | Unitary state position | No | Federalist position | Yes | Unitary state position | Yes | |
| Shelby County v. Holder | No | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Student Non-Discrimination Act | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Transgender individuals to change their gender marker on identification documents | Yes | Unitary state position (federally issued identification documentations only) Federalist position (state and territorial issued identification documentations only) | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| U.S. Department of Defense regulations allowing transgender people to openly serve in the U.S. military | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| U.S. Department of Justice to require that data be collected on hate crimes committed basis of sexual orientation and gender identity whenever demographic data is collected | Yes | | Un­known | | Un­known | | Un­known | |
| Voter ID laws | No | Unitary state position | Yes | Federalist position | Un­known | | No | |
Appointments

### Abortion

Executive positions
| Political party | Democratic Party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | Green Party |
| Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | Jill Stein |
| Roe v. Wade | Yes | Unitary state position | No | Federalist position | No | Federalist position | Un­known | |
Appointments

## Foreign policy
### Iran

| Political party | Democratic Party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party | Green Party |
| Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | Jill Stein |
| Iran Deal | Yes | | No | | No | | Un­known | |

## Political ideologies

| Political party | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Libertarian Party | Green Party |
| Candidate | Hillary Clinton | Donald Trump | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein |
| As described by themselves | "modern progressive" "moderate" "centrist" "progressive who gets things done" | "liberal on healthcare" "commonsense conservative" | "libertarian" "fiscally conservative" "socially-accepting liberal" | Un­known |