title: Political positions of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primary candidates
text: # Political positions of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primary candidates
  
  The Republican candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election are not all the same in their opinions. The following chart shows the different positions they hold.
  
  ## Domestic policy
  
  ### LGBT rights
  
  | | Jeb Bush (Suspended campaign) | Ben Carson | Chris Christie (Suspended campaign) | Ted Cruz | Mark Everson (Suspended campaign) | Jack Fellure (Suspended campaign) | Carly Fiorina (Suspended campaign) | Jim Gilmore (Suspended campaign) | Lindsey Graham (Suspended campaign) | Mike Huckabee (Suspended campaign) | Bobby Jindal (Suspended campaign) | John Kasich | Andy Martin (Suspended campaign) | Jimmy McMillan (Suspended campaign) | George Pataki (Suspended campaign) | Rand Paul (Suspended campaign) | Rick Perry (Suspended campaign) | Marco Rubio | Rick Santorum (Suspended campaign) | Donald Trump | Scott Walker (Suspended campaign) |
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  | Executive Order 13672 | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known |
  | Federal statute prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation | No | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Yes | Un­known |
  | Federal statute prohibiting discrimination in public and private employment on the basis of gender identity | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | No | No | No | Un­known | Un­known | Yes |
  | Federal statute prohibiting discrimination in public and private employment on the basis of sexual orientation | No | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | Un­known | No | Un­known | No | No | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
  | Maintain Obergefell v. Hodges | Un­known | Yes | Yes | No | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Yes | No | Un­known | Yes, | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Un­known | Yes | Un­known | No | Un­known |
  
  ## Foreign Policy
  
  | Jeb Bush (Suspended campaign) | Ben Carson | Chris Christie (Suspended campaign) | Ted Cruz | Mark Everson (Suspended campaign) | Jack Fellure (Suspended campaign) | Carly Fiorina (Suspended campaign) | Jim Gilmore (Suspended campaign) | Lindsey Graham (Suspended campaign) | Mike Huckabee (Suspended campaign) | Bobby Jindal (Suspended campaign) | John Kasich | Andy Martin (Suspended campaign) | Jimmy McMillan (Suspended campaign) | George Pataki (Suspended campaign) | Rand Paul (Suspended campaign) | Rick Perry (Suspended campaign) | Marco Rubio | Rick Santorum (Suspended campaign) | Donald Trump | Scott Walker (Suspended campaign) |
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  ## Political ideologies
  
  Note that some of these terms are self-identifiers (in quotation marks): the views linked to may not adequately represent all of their policy stances.
  
  | | Jeb Bush (Suspended campaign) | Ben Carson | Chris Christie (Suspended campaign) | Ted Cruz | Mark Everson (Suspended campaign) | Jack Fellure (Suspended campaign) | Carly Fiorina (Suspended campaign) | Jim Gilmore (Suspended campaign) | Lindsey Graham (Suspended campaign) | Mike Huckabee (Suspended campaign) | Bobby Jindal (Suspended campaign) | John Kasich | Andy Martin (Suspended campaign) | Jimmy McMillan (Suspended campaign) | George Pataki (Suspended campaign) | Rand Paul (Suspended campaign) | Rick Perry (Suspended campaign) | Marco Rubio | Rick Santorum (Suspended campaign) | Donald Trump | Scott Walker (Suspended campaign) |
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  | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | Un­known | Un­known | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | "full-spectrum conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | Un­known | "limited government conservative" | "Reagan conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" | "conservative" |
  