# In which ways, if any, does Harris hold different views than Biden? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [July 24, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748 "2024-07-24T19:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/1 "2024-07-24T19:29:04Z")
Let’s assume Kamala wins in November. Is there any policy or stance in which she has been known to differ from Biden in any way, or is it going to be pretty much Biden 2.0 for four or eight years? Taxes, religion, Ukraine, guns, drugs, abortion, LGBT, race, gender, environment, China, illegal immigration, Israel-Palestine, affirmative action, etc. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/2 "2024-07-24T20:14:42Z")
She seems more pro gun control, based upon her term as CA AG. More or less, similar to Biden internationally, afaik. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/3 "2024-07-24T20:29:44Z")
While their views on abortion and women’s health care access may be aligned, I suspect she as a different view on how to talk about and address it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/4 "2024-07-24T21:29:18Z")
Trains. We just don’t “get” trains here in California. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/5 "2024-07-25T02:40:55Z")
She is not different, but inexperienced in foreign policy. More likely to be a bit aggressive. But it’s not going to work with Israel. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/6 "2024-07-25T03:01:30Z")
She’s been notably more pro-Palestine than he has. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/7 "2024-07-25T03:01:59Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Trains. We just don’t “get” trains here in California. Speak for yourself. I took the Caltrain from San Jose to SF daily for a few years, and both the _Coast Starlight route_ and the _Pacific Surfliner ._ ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/8 "2024-07-25T19:59:20Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > She’s been notably more pro-Palestine than he has. Was it really notable? Or was it just a hint subject to multiple interpretations? [Today:](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-american-flag-burning-union-station-dc-hamas-israel/) > [@](#): > > I condemn any individuals associating with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate the State of Israel and kill Jews. Pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric is abhorrent and we must not tolerate it in our nation. I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in that way. Does she really believe we should be intolerant of rhetoric we find abhorrent? I hope not. But she is running for President in an election where the other side is going to paint her as far-left, and she needs to slap that down. I think today’s statement is less about Gaza and more an indication that she is in this to win. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/9 "2024-07-25T20:02:22Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Trains. People might forget, but Joe’s ties to Amtrak are pretty huge. He has even been called Amtrak Joe as a nickname. They even named a rail station after him. > **[Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station](https://www.visitwilmingtonde.com/listing/joseph-r-biden-jr-railroad-station/3674/)** > > One of Amtrak's busiest stops, it serves nine Amtrak trains and is part of the Northeast Corridor. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ways-if-any-does-harris-hold-different-views-than-biden/1004748/10 "2024-07-25T20:15:33Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Is there any policy or stance in which she has been known to differ from Biden in any way, or is it going to be pretty much Biden 2.0 for four or eight years? In theory, this would give an idea: > **[5 of Harris’ more progressive proposals from her 2020 White House bid | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/harris-abortion-health-care-economic-policies/index.html)** > > As Kamala Harris prepares to run for president against Donald Trump, she will have to lay out for voters her own ideas on how to steer the economy and address Americans’ pressing concerns about the steep rise in prices in recent years. In the coming campaign, she is going to have to find something on this list, or something else, to put out there as making her distinctive. And officeholders do try, within reason, to keep campaign promises. In the real world, Harris would certainly make different decisions than Biden would, but it is almost impossible to know in advance what they will be. I do not think she is an ideologue. This helps make me comfortable with her.