U.S. presidential election, 2004: Campaign Issues

NOTE: Issues inserted, or moved from one category to another, should be associated with a hyperlink to the evidence. Thank you. What we're tracking here is issues, not the positions on issues. Issue positions can be externally linked.

Not an openly discussed issue

The following issues show NO SIGN of entering the public discourse during the U.S. presidential election, 2004:

• Peak Oil
• military support for Israel
• need for election reform
• need for campaign finance reform
• need for media reform
• need for corporate reform
• need for ethics reform
• Bush administration scandals
• House of Bush, House of Saud, the Saudi connection
• conference committee legislation

Kucinich & Nader issues

The following issues are discussed by Kucinich(Ku:) or Nader(N:), but not by Bush or Kerry:

• the Draft Ku:[1]
• duopoly two-party system flaws/failure Ku:[2]
• fear as a political tool Ku:[3]
• free trade, IMF, NAFTA, WTO Ku:[4]
• Guantanamo Camp Xray Ku:[5]
• Impeachment N:[6]
• PATRIOT Act Ku:[7]
• Pentagon spending Ku:[8]
• Medicare Ku:[9]
• Privatization of Iraq Ku:[10]
• "Stop trying to covet our neighbor's goods." Ku:[11]
• trade deficit Ku:[12]
• universal, single-payer, healthcare Ku:[13]
• Verifiable voting Ku:[14]
• War profiteering Ku:[15]

Bush & Kerry issues

The following issues have become Campaign Issues of/between Bush and Kerry:

• chickenhawk
• George W. Bush's military service

Common Issues

The following are being addressed by all four candidates:

• Iraq
• Jobs Growth in the U.S.

Unallocated issues

The following issues could become Campaign Issues in U.S. presidential election, 2004:

• abortion
• Afghanistan
• Bush administration leaks
• Bush administration lies that led to war
• Bush administration propaganda and disinformation
• Bush administration smear campaigns
• election reform
• Funding the war in Iraq
• gay rights
• global warming
• God gulf
• gun control
• Halliburton Company
• Homeland defense
• Homeland security
• illegal immigration
• immigration reform
• Iran
• Libya
• North Korea
• nuclear weapons
• Operation Iraqi Freedom: Beginnings of a Quagmire
• outsourcing
• Patriot Act I
• Patriot Act II
• Patriot Act abuses
• Pax Americana
• Post-war Iraq
• preemptive war
• same-sex marriage
• Saudi Arabia
• State of the Union 2003
• State of the Union 2004
• Terrorist attacks in Iraq
• Two Americas
• U.S. budget deficit
• U.S. economy
• U.S. National Debt
• U.S. prescription drug system
• U.S. presidential election, 2004: Health Care
• U.S. Social Security
• U.S. tax cuts
• U.S. unemployment
• Valerie Plame
• Veterans benefits
• war on poverty
• War on terrorism
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Weapons of mass destruction investigation
• women's rights

Also see:

• U.S. presidential election, 2004: The Culture War
• U.S. presidential election, 2004: Wedge Issues