The Democratic platform recognized that trade deals haven’t always been successful or delivered what they promised to. “Over the past three decades, America has signed too many trade deals that have not lived up to the hype,” the platform document reads.

The Democrats want to negotiate trade deals that protect the environment, workers’ rights and labor standards, and improve public health, not just corporate profits, who they argue benefit from trade deals today. The party acknowledged the importance doing business with the rest of the world, but said it would “oppose trade agreements that do not support good American jobs, raise wages and improve national security.” The document also made a nod to the mixed opinions within the party about the TPP, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries. But, stops short of opposing it all together.  If enacted the TPP would have only modest economic benefits, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission. It would boost U.S. annual GDP by $42.7 billion, or .15 percent, by 2032. The agreement, championed by President Barack Obama, has been one of the more divisive issues for the Democrats. Bernie Sanders’ opposition of the agreement — he thinks it’s favors multinational corporations over American jobs — became one of the sticking points for his supporters this election. While Hillary Clinton worked on the TPP in her capacity as secretary of state, she has also come out against it.

The Republican platform emphasized an “America first” trade policy. The GOP prioritized negotiating trade deals that would create jobs. When trade deals don’t benefit America, or benefit the U.S. enough, “they must be rejected.” The platform pointed specifically to America’s trade with China, a theme that echoed Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric: “We cannot continue China’s currency manipulation, exclusion of U.S. products from government purchases, and subsidization of Chinese companies to thwart American imports.” While recognizing the importance of international trade, the platform denounced “massive trade deficits.” In May 2016, the U.S. trade deficit was $41.4 billion. While specific trade deals are not mentioned by name in the platform, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized them, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and NAFTA, and threatened to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organization.

The Democratic platform draws a clear line, mentioning the Republican platform and Donald Trump by name as it threatens to raise taxes for the wealthiest Americans and give breaks to middle-income households as a salve for stagnant wages. The Tax Policy Center noted all but the top five percent of taxpayers would see little or no change under Hillary Clinton’s plan. The top 1 percent would pay an average of $78,000 or about five percent more. The Dems’ platform put a lot of emphasis on discouraging outsourcing and corporate inversions. Clinton’s plan echos that with a number of initiatives, including raising the ratio on foreign ownership required for an inversion from 20 percent to 50 percent.

The Republicans called tax reform a “moral imperative,” calling for a complete “top-down” overhaul that makes taxes flatter and simpler. The platform condemned dividing the country into “winners and losers” and tax policies that “promote class warfare.” Donald Trump’s tax plan includes deep cuts, with three brackets going up to 25 percent. The Tax Policy Center estimated an average cut of 7 percent, or about $5,000. Middle-income households would save about 4 percent on average, while the 1 percent would save 17.5 percent on average. PolitiFact noted Trump’s plan would cut Obamacare taxes, the alternative minimum tax and the estate tax. The GOP platform also calls the IRS “toxic,” accusing it of treating conservative groups and religious organizations unfairly.

The Democratic platform called out Donald Trump by name, claiming the GOP nominee doesn’t take the national debt seriously, and that his tax plan could add trillions to it. The Democratic platform came out strong against privatization of services, and claimed any spending and tax cuts will be offset. Like the Republicans, the Democratic platform decried the defense cuts under sequestration — which dropped military spending’s share of the federal budget by a fourth — but they pin the issue on the GOP-controlled Congress. The Democrats also advocate for more frugal spending via an audit of the Pentagon. Finally, the Democratic platform takes a broader and more expensive approach to infrastructure, using an “independent, national infrastructure bank” to fund auto, transit, energy and even broadband infrastructure, particularly in urban areas.

The Obama administration has been running up the national debt, the Republican platform said, and refuses to compromise on efforts to manage it. The platform reframed the 2013 government shutdown as a manufactured fight over excessive spending. The shutdown occurred after a budget standoff related to the Affordable Care Act, and was the second longest since 1980 and the most significant. The platform also pushed for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, and spending cuts that hew close to the Constitution. “We support the following test: Is a particular expenditure within the constitutional scope of the federal government? If not, stop it. Has it been effective in the past and is it still absolutely necessary? If not, end it. Is it so important as to justify borrowing, especially foreign borrowing, to fund it? If not, kill it.” The GOP platform also calls for auditing the Department of Defense, while reversing sequestration cuts to defense spending and reforming the procurement process. Finally, the Republican platform pushes infrastructure fixes, but proposes more public/private partnerships and a deemphisis on rail, transit, bike-sharing and other non-auto infrastructure, particularly in cities.

The DNC platform prioritized jobs, committing to reaching a full-employment economy. While the Republican platform emphasized reforms in an effort to create jobs, the Democrats are focused on investing in specific sectors. The party wants to create public and private jobs in infrastructure by expanding roads, transportation and “21st century energy and water systems, and continue to support the expansion of high-speed broadband networks.” Democrats are also want to keep manufacturing jobs here by vowing to “claw back tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, using the proceeds to reinvest in communities and workers at home instead.” The Democrats also emphasized the need to “educate our people and train our workforce; support entrepreneurship and promote inclusion in the digital economy.” The party’s goals include creating jobs for people age 16 to 24 and more specifically young people of color by providing “programs that will put young people to work.” In contrast with Republicans, the Democrat’s platform supports a federal minimum wage at $15 an hour, a platform concession to Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton has a more complicated stance on setting a federal wage at $15.

The Republican platform declared “getting people back to work” as its first priority. The party called for rolling back the Dodd-Frank regulations placed on the financial sector after the 2008 financial crisis. The platform describes Dodd-Frank as “unprecedented government control over the nation’s financial markets,” that has not created jobs, but killed them. Republicans also focused on restricting employment of undocumented immigrants. The party wants mandatory use of the E-verify program — an internet database that runs checks on employee’s citizenship status — “so that more jobs can be available to all legal workers.” In addition to building a wall on the southern border, the platform suggested programs reforming the guest worker program for immigrants already in the country to “eliminate fraud, improve efficiency and ensure they serve the national interest.” The platform also mentioned a “determination to advance the kind of trade agreements that multiply opportunities for workers here at home.” As for their stance on minimum wage, the platform simply states that it is an issue “that should be handled at the state and local level.”

The Democrats’ platform vowed to make college debt free by expanding the income-based loan repayment program and increasing funding to grant programs. It also opposed for-profit charter schools and standardized testing. But much of the education platform was dedicated to early education measures. The party wants to invest more in the early education program Head Start. In the last fiscal year, the government allocated $8.6 billion for the program. The policy also called for raising the wages of childcare workers, some of the lowest paid workers in the country, and scrutinizing the qualifications of early childhood educators and teachers. Other goals included increasing funding for afterschool and summer learning programs, and fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which helps fund special education for kids ages 3 to 21. The 1975 legislation was last reauthorized in 2004 and in 2014, allowed $11.5 billion of funding for special education programs. Originally, the federal government committed to funding 40 percent of the bill, but it has yet to happen. For fiscal year 2016, the government had only allocated 16 percent.

The platform also attempts to tackle the $1.3 trillion in student debt. Students, on average, are more than $37,000 in debt. The party said it will eliminate tuition for students from many middle-class families who attend public colleges and universities, and make community college free for all. It’s a significant addition to the platform this year. As one of the concessions to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the declaration helped paved the way for Sanders’ public support of nominee Hillary Clinton. The policy mentioned creating a fund to help students at historically black colleges and other “minority-serving institutions” while restoring year-round Pell funding with an eye toward helping low- and middle- income students. Pell Grants are a $30 billion program that currently awards $5,815 per grant.

The Dems also proposed “cracking down on predatory for-profit schools” through regulatory action from the Department of Education and continue debt forgiveness to students who attend these schools. For-profit schools, like Devry University or the University of Phoenix, have come under fire for allegedly preying on low-income students and making millions off federal financial aid. The bad PR has already resulted in these colleges seeing a sharp drop in enrollment.

The GOP’s goals for education include support an “english first” approach that adds Bible studies and replacing family planning programs with abstinence classes. But the major economic focus fell on K-12 spending and student loans for college. In 2013, the US spent an average of more than $12,000 per pupil in public schools, totaling funding at $620 billion a year, the document cited. The platform argued that the spending in recent years has not justified the results. What the party supports is tuition tax credits, which give parents a credit for college costs, and education savings accounts (ESAs) vouchers. ESA programs involve the state taking funds that would have been spent on a public school education and depositing it into a bank account for parents, allowing the parents to determine how the money is spent instead. The platform suggested the bulk of the money currently dedicated to low-income children and children with special needs should go toward these vouchers. Supporters of these programs say this gives parents control over how their children are educated while critics say there’s not enough oversight for these programs to make sure students are actually receiving a well-rounded education.

On student loans, the party said, “The federal government should not be in the business of originating student loans; however, it should serve as an insurance guarantor for the private sector as they offer loans to students.” The federal loan program currently oversees billions of dollars in loans, holding about 90 percent of the $1.3 trillion in outstanding student loans. Elizabeth Baylor, a director at the Center for American Progress who specializes in higher education issues, said the GOP’s platform language indicates a desire to reverse legislation established in 2010 that overhauled the student loan system and stopped private banks from using federal money to issue loans. Banks were about to default the loans, which were backed by government anyway. The 2010 regulation resulted in the federal student loan program becoming a direct lender to students instead of simply taking on the risk of loans. The money that was used as a subsidy for private banks are now used for pell grants, according to Baylor.

The Democrats said its party is striving for every American to gain health insurance coverage, pushing for states to use “innovation waivers” through the Affordable Care Act to create “locally tailored approaches to health coverage.”  To alleviate the costs of health care, Democrats want to make premiums more affordable, reduce out-of-pocket expenses, and set a limit on prescription drug costs.

In November, the median deductible in Miami was $5,000; in Chicago it was $3,400; and in Phoenix it was $4,000.

The Democratic Party platform also stated it wants to help Community Health Centers, aiming to double funding over the next decade.

To fight against drug and alcohol addiction, namely the opioid crisis, Democrats want various agencies and departments, including the Department of Labor, to “fully implement the protections of the Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act of 2008.” The act would make American insurers disclose how they make medical management decisions.

Autism is also a key point of party’s health care platform, with Democrats aiming to launch a national screening outreach campaign. The party plans on increasing services such as employment and housing assistance for adults with autism, along with those who are transitioning into adulthood. They also plan to push for states to mandate that private insurance plans provide health insurance coverage for autism services.

When it comes to women’s abortion rights, Democrats hope to repeal the Hyde Amendment, and ensure that women have access to services that would provide them with a safe and legal abortion. More generally, when it comes to legislation for women, Democrats stated they will fight against sexual assault by providing support to survivors and increasing sexual violence prevention education programs.

For the elderly, Democrats want to expand home care given the obstacles they face in “affording the support they need to do so.”

The Republican Party wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying that “it weighs like the dead hand of the past upon American medicine.” Its platform stated that Obamacare has caused a price spike for insurance premiums, deductibles, and drugs.

Reports differ on the exact effect Obamacare has had, or will have, on premiums. Some analysts said that premiums will rise significantly in 2017. For instance, in California, officials have already announced that health insurance plans sold in the state are expected to rise next year by an average of 13.2 percent. But a new analysis argued that the cost of the average health insurance premium dropped after the start of the ACA. It states that silver plans, the second cheapest of the Obamacare plans, had average premiums in 2014 “between 10 and 21 percent lower than average individual market premiums in 2013, before the ACA.”

Last year that half the plans sold through HealthCare.gov had deductibles costing $3,000  — a concerning price for Democrats. As for drug prices, costs have been soaring. A report released this month predicted that by 2025, one-fifth of the economy will be devoted to the drug sector.

In its place, the party wants to limit federal requirements on private insurance and Medicare, and advocated for states to regulate local insurance markets.The party is also aiming to block grant Medicaid and other payments, and have patients participate instead in a “robust consumer market.” To encourage a competitive marketplace, the party wants to promote price transparency and have individuals and small businesses form purchasing pools.

The GOP platform doesn’t think there should be a separation between the way professionals practice in the field and their religious beliefs. Its platform rejects the notion of abortion as a form of health care, and is calling for codification of the Hyde Amendment, a measure that prohibits using federal dollars on abortion services. To bolster medical progress against life-threatening diseases such as breast cancer and diabetes, the platform wants increased support for stem cell research, so long as it does not destroy “embryonic human life.”

The party wants legislation that would enable terminally ill to try medicine that hasn’t been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. They also are against euthanasia and assisted suicide, and want the Drug Enforcement Administration to ban controlled substances that are used in physician-assisted suicide. The platform wants to combat drug abuse, with special attention to the opioid epidemic.