Will Donald Trump or Joe Biden be better for criminal justice?

Trump promises to restore law and order, and will take a tough approach on criminality. Biden has a poor track record on criminal justice, and is too weak on left-wing lawlessness.

This position holds that Joe Biden would be better than Donald Trump for criminal justice. It argues that Trump has a poor record and stayed silent on police brutality and right-wing violence, while Biden would reform the police and the wider justice system, prioritising crime prevention.

This position holds that Trump and Biden would be much the same for criminal justice. It argues that today's system is the product of both Republican and Democratic policy, that Biden's own record resembles Trump's, and that there is bipartisan interest in maintaining the status quo.