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| Republican candidates - Michele Bachmann | Republican candidates - Michele Bachmann |
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| As the first votes of the primary season approach, the BBC looks at the Republican candidates hoping to stand against President Barack Obama in November. | As the first votes of the primary season approach, the BBC looks at the Republican candidates hoping to stand against President Barack Obama in November. |
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| The Minnesota congresswoman was an outspoken favourite of the Tea Party who rose to prominence with her strident cable television attacks on President Barack Obama and the Democrats. | The Minnesota congresswoman was an outspoken favourite of the Tea Party who rose to prominence with her strident cable television attacks on President Barack Obama and the Democrats. |
| Ms Bachmann built her campaign from a small core of staunch supporters and briefly led in the polls in the early caucus state of Iowa before falling into the second tier of candidates. | Ms Bachmann built her campaign from a small core of staunch supporters and briefly led in the polls in the early caucus state of Iowa before falling into the second tier of candidates. |
| A devout evangelical Christian, Ms Bachmann has a law degree and worked as a tax attorney. Before her election to the House in 2006, she was a state senator in Minnesota. | A devout evangelical Christian, Ms Bachmann has a law degree and worked as a tax attorney. Before her election to the House in 2006, she was a state senator in Minnesota. |
| She withdrew from the race after a disappointing six-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. | She withdrew from the race after a disappointing six-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. |
| See a full profile of Michele Bachmann. | See a full profile of Michele Bachmann. |
Story of the polls The Republican candidates are all vying for the votes of members of the Republican party in the upcoming state primaries and caucuses. Follow the changes in their political fortunes with the poll tracker, which measures opinion poll support for each candidate.Find out more about all those running for the Republican presidential nomination on our candidates' pages. PolltrackerHow to use poll tracker
| Story of the polls The Republican candidates are all vying for the votes of members of the Republican party in the upcoming state primaries and caucuses. Follow the changes in their political fortunes with the poll tracker, which measures opinion poll support for each candidate.Find out more about all those running for the Republican presidential nomination on our candidates' pages. PolltrackerHow to use poll tracker
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| Select a candidate on the left to see poll figures. Select a poll from the row above to see how figures vary. | Select a candidate on the left to see poll figures. Select a poll from the row above to see how figures vary. |
On the issues 's stance on the issues See where other candidates stand EconomyWould reduce the corporate income tax rate, cut "non-security discretionary spending" by 5% and "tear down the vast edifice of regulations the Obama Administration has imposed on the economy"HealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul, even though it is conceptually similar to a plan he supported in Massachusetts; would encourage individuals to purchase their own health insurance rather than rely on their employersImmigrationWould make English the official language of the US and "turn off the magnets like tuition breaks or other breaks that draw people into this country illegally"National security"It's worth working with the insurgents in the country to encourage regime change in the country. And if all else fails, if after all the work we've done there's nothing else we can do besides take military action then of course you take military action. It is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon"Social issuesWould defend a US law barring federal recognition of same-sex marriages; supports allowing states to ban abortionEconomyWould cap federal spending at 18% of GDP, which the campaign says is the average since 1960, and replace the complicated income tax code with a 20% flat rateHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaulImmigrationHas been criticised for his support in Texas for offering children of illegal immigrants the same low university tuition rates as native-born Texans; has suggested using Predator Drones to patrol the US-Mexico border; says a fence along the entire border "does not make sense"National securityWould deploy thousands of soldiers to the US border with MexicoSocial issuesSupports a "human life amendment" to the US constitution and an amendment barring same-sex marriageEconomy"9-9-9" plan calls for a flat 9% individual income tax, a 9% corporate income tax, and a 9% national sales taxHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaulImmigration"We should secure the border for real, and it would be a combination of a fence, technology, as well as possibly boots on the ground for some of the more dangerous areas"National security"The first thing that I would do is to assist the opposition movement in Iran, that's trying to overthrow the regime"; Would deploy warships to the Persian GulfSocial issues"I believe in life from conception, period. No exceptions. I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman and... I would have asked the Department of Justice to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act"EconomyWould reduce corporate income tax rates; opposes increases in the US debt limitHealthcareWould replace Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul with a system of individual health insurance plansImmigrationCalls for a fence along the entire US-Mexico border and will "enforce" English as the official language of the US governmentNational security"We have a President who devalues the special relationship with our most trusted ally, Britain, even as he bows to kings, bends to dictators, bumbles with reset buttons, and babies radical Islamists"Social issuesStrongly opposes same-sex marriage and is fiercely anti-abortionEconomyWould veto any "unbalanced" budget; refuse to raise the US borrowing limit; and eliminate the income, capital gains, and estate taxes, and cut $1tr from the annual federal budgetHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul; "the answer to it is turn it back over to the patient and the doctor relationship with medical savings accounts"ImmigrationWould "abolish the welfare state" to discourage illegal immigration and end automatic citizenship for everyone born in the USNational securityOpenly questions his rivals' aggressive talk on Iran and calls concerns about Iran's nuclear programme "propaganda" aimed at building support for another US warSocial issuesSupports allowing states to ban abortion and legislation "defining life as beginning at conception"; supports policy measures to facilitate homeschoolingEconomyWould eliminate the current system of income tax deductions and credits and lower individual and corporate tax rates; would eliminate capital gains taxesHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul, then consult with governers on a replacement, and says "we need to do a better job in harmonizing medical records"ImmigrationHas said it would be unrealistic to deport all 12m estimated illegal aliens in the USNational securityQuestions the "ill-advised counterinsurgency campaign" in Afghanistan; calls for a "sober-minded" assessment of US commitments abroadSocial issuesSupports same-sex civil unions, but says: "I stand tall and proud for traditional marriage. You can't re-open the definition of marriage, that would not be a good thing"; favours a constitutional ban on abortionEconomyWould make permanent Bush-era individual income tax cuts; eliminate the capital gains tax; reduce the corporate income tax rate; and establish an "optional" 15% flat income taxHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul and offer in its place tax benefits to encourage the purchase of private health insuranceImmigrationWould make English the official language of the US and favours "100% control" of the US-Mexico borderNational securityCalls for "maximum covert operations" to disrupt the Iranian nuclear programmeSocial issuesPledges to grant home-schooling parents access to tax-payer funded extracurricular activities; website vows to "protect the frail, infirm and the elderly from the state's arbitrary decision to terminate life"EconomyCalls for a 0% tax on the manufacturing industry and on repatriated corporate profits earned overseasHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul and has said: "I was always for having the government out of the health care business and for a bottom-up, consumer-driven healthcare"ImmigrationWould penalise employers who hire illegal immigrantsNational security"We should be working with Israel right now to do what they did in Syria, what they did in Iraq, which is take out that nuclear capability before the next explosion we hear in Iran is a nuclear one and then the world changes"Social issuesWould push for a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage; while a senator, was a prominent anti-abortion voice Issues in full | On the issues 's stance on the issues See where other candidates stand EconomyWould reduce the corporate income tax rate, cut "non-security discretionary spending" by 5% and "tear down the vast edifice of regulations the Obama Administration has imposed on the economy"HealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul, even though it is conceptually similar to a plan he supported in Massachusetts; would encourage individuals to purchase their own health insurance rather than rely on their employersImmigrationWould make English the official language of the US and "turn off the magnets like tuition breaks or other breaks that draw people into this country illegally"National security"It's worth working with the insurgents in the country to encourage regime change in the country. And if all else fails, if after all the work we've done there's nothing else we can do besides take military action then of course you take military action. It is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon"Social issuesWould defend a US law barring federal recognition of same-sex marriages; supports allowing states to ban abortionEconomyWould cap federal spending at 18% of GDP, which the campaign says is the average since 1960, and replace the complicated income tax code with a 20% flat rateHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaulImmigrationHas been criticised for his support in Texas for offering children of illegal immigrants the same low university tuition rates as native-born Texans; has suggested using Predator Drones to patrol the US-Mexico border; says a fence along the entire border "does not make sense"National securityWould deploy thousands of soldiers to the US border with MexicoSocial issuesSupports a "human life amendment" to the US constitution and an amendment barring same-sex marriageEconomy"9-9-9" plan calls for a flat 9% individual income tax, a 9% corporate income tax, and a 9% national sales taxHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaulImmigration"We should secure the border for real, and it would be a combination of a fence, technology, as well as possibly boots on the ground for some of the more dangerous areas"National security"The first thing that I would do is to assist the opposition movement in Iran, that's trying to overthrow the regime"; Would deploy warships to the Persian GulfSocial issues"I believe in life from conception, period. No exceptions. I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman and... I would have asked the Department of Justice to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act"EconomyWould reduce corporate income tax rates; opposes increases in the US debt limitHealthcareWould replace Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul with a system of individual health insurance plansImmigrationCalls for a fence along the entire US-Mexico border and will "enforce" English as the official language of the US governmentNational security"We have a President who devalues the special relationship with our most trusted ally, Britain, even as he bows to kings, bends to dictators, bumbles with reset buttons, and babies radical Islamists"Social issuesStrongly opposes same-sex marriage and is fiercely anti-abortionEconomyWould veto any "unbalanced" budget; refuse to raise the US borrowing limit; and eliminate the income, capital gains, and estate taxes, and cut $1tr from the annual federal budgetHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul; "the answer to it is turn it back over to the patient and the doctor relationship with medical savings accounts"ImmigrationWould "abolish the welfare state" to discourage illegal immigration and end automatic citizenship for everyone born in the USNational securityOpenly questions his rivals' aggressive talk on Iran and calls concerns about Iran's nuclear programme "propaganda" aimed at building support for another US warSocial issuesSupports allowing states to ban abortion and legislation "defining life as beginning at conception"; supports policy measures to facilitate homeschoolingEconomyWould eliminate the current system of income tax deductions and credits and lower individual and corporate tax rates; would eliminate capital gains taxesHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul, then consult with governers on a replacement, and says "we need to do a better job in harmonizing medical records"ImmigrationHas said it would be unrealistic to deport all 12m estimated illegal aliens in the USNational securityQuestions the "ill-advised counterinsurgency campaign" in Afghanistan; calls for a "sober-minded" assessment of US commitments abroadSocial issuesSupports same-sex civil unions, but says: "I stand tall and proud for traditional marriage. You can't re-open the definition of marriage, that would not be a good thing"; favours a constitutional ban on abortionEconomyWould make permanent Bush-era individual income tax cuts; eliminate the capital gains tax; reduce the corporate income tax rate; and establish an "optional" 15% flat income taxHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul and offer in its place tax benefits to encourage the purchase of private health insuranceImmigrationWould make English the official language of the US and favours "100% control" of the US-Mexico borderNational securityCalls for "maximum covert operations" to disrupt the Iranian nuclear programmeSocial issuesPledges to grant home-schooling parents access to tax-payer funded extracurricular activities; website vows to "protect the frail, infirm and the elderly from the state's arbitrary decision to terminate life"EconomyCalls for a 0% tax on the manufacturing industry and on repatriated corporate profits earned overseasHealthcareWould repeal Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul and has said: "I was always for having the government out of the health care business and for a bottom-up, consumer-driven healthcare"ImmigrationWould penalise employers who hire illegal immigrantsNational security"We should be working with Israel right now to do what they did in Syria, what they did in Iraq, which is take out that nuclear capability before the next explosion we hear in Iran is a nuclear one and then the world changes"Social issuesWould push for a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage; while a senator, was a prominent anti-abortion voice Issues in full |